I didn't expect so see the absolutely devastated meat in the back sides. I alway thought that it was a lie whenever I heard people talk about the great big eight inch exit wounds that they got on deer with their .30-30 or such.
I’ll share a real world data point. My cousin has a 50. Naturally he needed to hunt with it, so he shot a doe (150ish pounds) at approx 600 yards. Later I saw the pictures. The doe was in chunks - the front half, the second half, and misc chunks. At that time he was shooting Hornady AMax.
Well.... 8 .50 BMG's are "only" 100,000 ft-lbs of retro-energy / ~ 200 horsepower, but that's only 10% of the total Hellcat engine output.A little off topic but I have always been in awe of the WWII fighter P47 Thunderbolt. Nicknamed the "Jug" she was armed with 8 .50 Cal BMGs!...4 in each wing. I can imagine how the pilot felt when he pressed the firing button on those 8!
That's BS about the 30mm GAU-8 Avenger (20mm is the Vulcan). The plane can safely dump the entire magazine in one burst and won't stall. It also won't vaporize itself or explode either.Since you guys are mentioning aircraft mounted weapons, how about the 30mm Vulcan Canon that is mounted on the A-10 Warthogs? Based on what I read, firing extended bursts can cause the plane to stall. Kick things up a notch and you get the 105mm Howitzer on the AC-130, which causes the plane to gain altitude when it is firing (typically while banking). I certainly would not want to see what was left of any animal hit by that!
.50 BMG - Meat fully tenderized and animal bled out
30mm Vulcan Canon - Meat is already in pieces
105mm Howitzer - Fully cooked hamburger
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+1 Model12, I don’t believe it either.That's BS about the 30mm GAU-8 Avenger (20mm is the Vulcan). The plane can safely dump the entire magazine in one burst and won't stall. It also won't vaporize itself or explode either.
+1 Model12, I don’t believe it either.
That didn’t sound right so I asked and got the following back from a current A-10 pilot early this morning :
“There’s no ops limit for speed when you’re shooting, it doesn’t slow down at all”
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Funny how times have changed. In WWII, the ground mount M2s were fitted with a scope base plate riveted to the top of the receiver cover. You would remove the rear butterfly plate and add a pistol grip/trigger plate, install a scope on it, and use it to shoot long range at the Artillery Officers directing the German field guns. More of a psychological weapon than a practical one but it worked.When I was in the Army, I was told not to shoot people with the .50 cal... it's purpose was to disable or destroy equipment... so I aimed for their canteen. All I know is I wouldn't want to be hit by a .50BMG... whether or not it hit something internally or passed on through. 650+ grains of anything travelling 3000fps or thereabouts isn't something you can stand back up from.