real fire power "!!!!

[robsharpe 1]

was up at otterburn in northumberland doing a rally any way we had a mooch about , i have seen these many times when i been there its not until your close up and inside it makes you think they are made to kill , i must be getting soft :11: , otterburn is a military training ground with wide expanse of land its where the fire the BIG guns ,and missiles etc heres a few of the intersting pictures i am sure some of the ex forces lads will be able to put names to them , what really got me is the thickness of the plate about "5 thick with holes right thru ,even the tank barrell ? the rifiling ,any way enough rattling on have a spy cheers rob

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ha ha and before anyoine metions tresspass i had permission to be there on the ranges :11:

[Guest JOEB]

My pal was on patrol in Belize when they came across a pig in a clearing, they have a shufty about but no one around..........sooo........the whole patrol open up on the pig, GPMGs, 5.56, 7.62 you name it......he said when the smoke cleared all they found was tiny bits of pig about the size of 5 pence coins.

 

Then the farmer turned up and go"s mental..........the pig was his life savings..........majors bollockings all round

JOEB

[Guest Frank]

Id say its a 1 in 9 twist in that their rifling? :11: :11:

 

Frank.

[Guest The Shaman]

Id say its a 1 in 9 twist in that their rifling? :11: :11:

 

Frank.

 

 

Mmmmmmmmmmm FAC then :11:

[robsharpe 1]

i take its over 12 ft pound then :whistle: , fac ,it was the thickness of the plate that really got to me the sort of power it would take to get through it grom the distance they were shooting it from

[Guest kevsterjw]

Blimey the plate looks well think. Doesn't it really drum it home how much power there is in them. I'd of loved to have a wonder round a place like that.

[robsharpe 1]

kev the palce is vast they wanted to extend the ranges to shoot the super big long range missiles that plate is honestly about 5 inch thick not sure if its lead or something else but some holes were all the way thru

[Guest baldie]

Its a popular misconception, that steel for tanks etc, is the hardest there is....it isnt, its designed to absorb the round fired at it, not try to stop it without penetration.I worked in a foundry for a good few years, as a furnaceman/ladleman, and we made a lot of stuff for vickers ordnance, parts for the challenger tanks etc.When we had made parts, we had to supply a test plate of the same steel with the parts.They would fire a round at the plate, then measure the damage, and send it back to us for re smelting, they usually came back with a round stuck half way through.The steel has an "elastic" quality, and the clever way a tank will deflect incoming fire, is more to do with the clever angles used in its construction, than the steel.All good stuff.

[pockets 0]

Its a popular misconception, that steel for tanks etc, is the hardest there is....it isnt, its designed to absorb the round fired at it, not try to stop it without penetration.I worked in a foundry for a good few years, as a furnaceman/ladleman, and we made a lot of stuff for vickers ordnance, parts for the challenger tanks etc.When we had made parts, we had to supply a test plate of the same steel with the parts.They would fire a round at the plate, then measure the damage, and send it back to us for re smelting, they usually came back with a round stuck half way through.The steel has an "elastic" quality, and the clever way a tank will deflect incoming fire, is more to do with the clever angles used in its construction, than the steel.All good stuff.

 

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