Bullet penetration in Titanium

[silverado427 10,708]

Cool video on different types of bullet (caliber ) penetration on a chunk of titanium.

http://twistedsifter.com/videos/is-titanium-bulletproof/#.VqzOqe5xjd4.mailto 

[bhunted 887]

Cool video on different types of bullet (caliber ) penetration on a chunk of titanium.

http://twistedsifter.com/videos/is-titanium-bulletproof/#.VqzOqe5xjd4.mailto

Pretty neat.

 

 

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[Sleeper 8]

Cool video.

I guess there is a good reason why A10 pilots sit in a titanium bathtub.

[bhunted 887]

Cool video.

I guess there is a good reason why A10 pilots sit in a titanium bathtub.

And get to fire depleted uranium bullets.

 

 

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[T Bill 649]

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrt!  Sweetest sound to our ground troops on earth!  And what is our military doing?  Ending it, bad move.

[bhunted 887]

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrt! Sweetest sound to our ground troops on earth! And what is our military doing? Ending it, bad move.

Yea,bugged the hell out of me too. Bothered me when they grounded the Blackbird as well. I guess the Hercules gunships are good enough these days.

 

 

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[Krdshrk 3,877]

Dang - needs a .50BMG Black Tip Armor Piercing round to almost penetrate...

[Purple Patrick 638]

So who's making commercial titanium armor plates?? Even thinner material, say half that thickness, looks like it would stop the majority of rounds out there

 

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[carl_g 568]

So who's making commercial titanium armor plates?? Even thinner material, say half that thickness, looks like it would stop the majority of rounds out there

 

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I thought the same exact thing!

[brucin 923]

Cool video.

I guess there is a good reason why A10 pilots sit in a titanium bathtub.

My uncle who was in the Air Force described the A 10  as a cannon that we built a plane around. A very apt description.

[jm1827 284]

Very cool video I actually watched the whole thing, very interesting

[fatty 241]

The cost of a titanium carrier plate must be insane

[bhunted 887]

I don't think the outcome would be the same. Thinner titanium may not fair so well and I doubt anyone would want to wear a full size plate that thick.

 

 

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[mipafox 438]

Cool video.

I guess there is a good reason why A10 pilots sit in a titanium bathtub.

 

Yep. Weight.

 

.50 API actually penetrates more than AP and probably would have gone through.

 

During the summer we fired M2 AP .30-06 at a steel plate 1-1/4" thick, but it was not "armor." Not sure if titanium armor gets any particular additives or heat treatment as I am not familiar with its properties. The .30-06 AP went through the block and stopped with the entire bullet sticking out the rear except for about 1/4" of the rear of the bullet still stuck in the block. The tip is still sharp enough that it will cut you open and the core is completely undeformed. .30-06 M2 AP is pretty well know for having incredible cores and penetration.

[Eric. 9]

Yea,bugged the hell out of me too. Bothered me when they grounded the Blackbird as well. I guess the Hercules gunships are good enough these days.

 

 

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I thought the Blackbird was too cool also, but satellites ended that.

[Lalo 13]

I wonder what kind of damage a titanium bullet would cause when shot at other metal plates...