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How many water balloons does it take to stop a bullet ?
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| Jan 16, 2015
| Nat Geo
Posted on 02/15/2015 5:02:12 PM PST by dontreadthis
a 44 Magnum handgun bullet?
Make your guess before the test
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To: dontreadthis
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posted on
02/15/2015 5:04:20 PM PST
by
rellimpank
(--don't believe anything the media or government says about firearms or explosives--)
To: dontreadthis
To: dontreadthis
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posted on
02/15/2015 5:06:41 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
To: dontreadthis
How large are the water balloons, and what bullet at what velocity?
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posted on
02/15/2015 5:06:52 PM PST
by
Blue Collar Christian
(Ready for Teddy. Cruz, that is. Texas conservative.)
To: dontreadthis
I guessed 4. Water is tough. I remember seeing those movies of the bad guys shooting into water to get the good guy. They didn’t go too far.
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posted on
02/15/2015 5:07:42 PM PST
by
FatherofFive
(Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
To: dontreadthis
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posted on
02/15/2015 5:07:47 PM PST
by
SkyDancer
(I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am ...)
To: rellimpank
Think I’ll pass on the water balloon armor in any case.
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posted on
02/15/2015 5:08:21 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
To: dontreadthis
There is a Normandy scene in Saving Private Ryan where GIs are being hit by small arms fire 10+ feet below the surface. Fake. A rifle round lethality in water dies off rapidly after just 1 foot.
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posted on
02/15/2015 5:08:57 PM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: dontreadthis
That was very cool.
I think it could be a prototype for a new kind of shielding around stationary objects.
Kind of like a moat encased in rubber? Just thinking out loud.
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posted on
02/15/2015 5:09:01 PM PST
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: dontreadthis
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posted on
02/15/2015 5:09:44 PM PST
by
GOPJ
(If you can't get on the high horse for men burned alive and children raped, what's the horse for?)
To: dontreadthis
Hollow point or round nose?
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posted on
02/15/2015 5:11:35 PM PST
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: dontreadthis
How large are the balloons?
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posted on
02/15/2015 5:13:08 PM PST
by
WayneS
(Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
To: Blue Collar Christian
Regular rubber balloons a little smaller than a human head. Couple inches between each suspended balloon.
250 gr bullet at 1500 - 1800 fps.
Also, the color of the balloons is blue.
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posted on
02/15/2015 5:13:32 PM PST
by
FoxInSocks
("Hope is not a course of action." -- M. O'Neal, USMC)
To: WayneS
How large are the balloons?DD cup in size.
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posted on
02/15/2015 5:13:46 PM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: dontreadthis
Depends on the diameter of the balloons when filled. I am guessing, however many equates to about 18 inches.
To: FoxInSocks
I think 5 based on my old water jug tests.
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posted on
02/15/2015 5:17:17 PM PST
by
MtnClimber
(For views of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
To: left that other site
Yeah that could work, but dirt stops bullets too, and it will stay where you pile it up and doesn’t evaporate. If you want to penetrate a defended earth-berm structure, you may need explosives.
To: FatherofFive; All
"I remember seeing those movies of the bad guys shooting into water to get the good guy. They didn’t go too far." If I remember correctly, Myth Busters had shot some kind of rifle in a swimming pool years ago. But since water didn’t compress well, bullet never penetrated too far.
To: dontreadthis; left that other site
14 FEET of water will protect you from radiation and make deep space exploration possible. You have to travel in an enormous swimming pool, however. Keep that in mind when you don your water bullet proof vest.
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posted on
02/15/2015 5:20:41 PM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not, no explanation is possible)
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