@@KingAlpha4108 there is religion haters couse because you told me I looked at it and there is lot more there is Quran too and bhuddism books and lot more
Fun fact. The US Army tested AND fielded ballistic plates for Helicopter crews rated to stop 50 BMG. They tested it on a pig. The plate stopped the round, but the pig died shortly after from blunt force trauma.
@@2ndAveScents you've been playing too many videogames if you honestly believe a 5.56 or 7.62 is taking down a military helicopter with anything other than an exceedingly lucky shot. Tons of helicopters even in Vietnam took rifle rounds and didn't crash, modern helicopters are armored and anything short of a lucky shot or rounds from a heavy machine gun aren't downing a military helicopter.
I would happily watch an hour's worth of slow-mo footage where the audio is 100% gun parts moving and ringing against each other because it's some amazing ASMR.
This video shows why spaced armor is really effective, even putting a thin cheap little barrier in between the projectile and the armor can destabilize and waste so much energy it can drastically improve the effectiveness of the armor behind it. Plus a spall liner to catch any small pieces that break off from the armor in front and It's a solid defense. (Bonus points for chemical munitions)
I would love to see some sabot rounds in slow motion it would be cool to see the casing separation and how the tungsten penetrates. I have some if you need it :P.
That Remmington 870 furniture is really nice. I've honestly never seen something like that where it looks old and classic yet sleek and modern at the same time.
“I’m doing a thing…” “Got it, alright I’ll be over here” while instantly putting on PPE knowing where this is going Yeah, these are good friends. They bros. Genuine friendship. Love it.
YES!!! Being in construction for 20+yrs and into sending lead longer, I've always been interested in the materials I work with. Like wood framing v. metal framing and the gauges involved. So many variables, densglass sheets v. abuse board. List is decades long.
My dad was an MP in the army in the mid-50's and the machine gun on their jeep patrol vehicle, was a Ma Deuce. He qualified with it, the grease gun and the .45 pistol. He loved all of them, but the M2 was his favorite. He called it "a half inch auto cannon". Makes a lot of sense.
I hope visual artists use this kind of content as reference even if they are not aligned with using guns or whatever, something so awe inspiring about watching that .50 just deliver more energy than I can muster in a lifetime in a tiny moment
I recently saw someone doing 1000 yards with a 5.56, and it didn't look much different from 700, just harder to land. The biggest change in effect is going to be in the first 100 yards, where the velocity drops a long way fast. High velocities (24" barrel, anyone?) versus steel to see how far it can go before it's too slow to go through might be fun, and also how nasty a mess it makes after it goes through steel.
It wouldn't be interesting at all. You severely underestimate how much power rounds can retain at that distance, especially sniper rounds. It'd look almost exactly the same (if not exactly the same) as 2 yards.
To be honest, anyone who is a follower of Kentucky Ballistics is well versed in what can go through cinder block. Still..... always fun to watch the explode in Slow-Mo.
You could make the argument that the penetration chance - especially of the 12 gauge slug - would be higher if the bricks were not loose but a solid wall. The movement of the entire block can take away quite some energy.
This ! I was thinking the whole time during the video...I believe if the blocks were secure like normal and not moving ...the bullets would Penetrate more...specially the .308
If you make the cinder blocks a bit wet with a waterhose or if you spray water onto the cinderblock during shooting, you will greatly reduce the amount of dust.
It's interesting because something that's commonly stated is that the most deadly part of old school age of sail ship battles wasn't the solid shot but the spalling and splinters from a shot that hit just close enough.
The other factor to consider is the very low standard of medical care available then. Anything that penetrated the torso was a death sentence, unless the victim was extraordinarily lucky. Major trauma to extremities would most often require amputation due to the lack of knowledge about infections and how to prevent them. Taking a limb off with a "clean" cut still risked gangrene and lethal shock, but it was the better chance of survival, given the utter impossibility (using their methods) of cleaning and treating a serious injury. And even so, a lot of amputees died after the operation.
@@christopherreed4723 Especially since on a ship you aren't in a stable location for emergency care and even if you land quite fast with injured you were not in a clean room... And as a doc on a ship that is being fired at you too can be injured... and if you are not in the ship and they could come to your island in a timely manner they would probably have died from blood loss... unless they cauterized the wound which isn't great either... anyway I didn't know that a loose cinder block would be that effective
Glad I found this channel. Some of the best slow mo I've ever seen. Ballistic High Speed and Slow mo guys are the best channels for this kind of stuff.
In this case, that's a contradictory statement. Momentum is Mass (grains) multiplied by Velocity (FPS). If the 45acp has more momentum, it has more energy.
This shows why penetrators have to be made from brass, tempered steel, tungsten, or DU. The penetrator has to be able to survive impact, to continue on with enough force to damage whatever lies beyond. The more interesting part is how much disintegration the .50 cal underwent after impact. What was lethal was largely also the fragmentation type effect--like a grenade. In most cases with standard .50 lead, is the jacket tends to travel on in pieces or large fragments that maintain enough energy to be lethal. To your point: the impact energy tends to accomplish what a hardened penetrator would at a lower caliber.
Adding the additional cinder block across the top to absorb some of the energy and constrain the wreckage made a HUGE difference in the damage. It is really interesting the difference between the two 50 cal shots. Impressive.
I'm so thankful to you gentlemen for providing us with this amazing experience. It's so awesome to see these things happening at such a precise and slow speed. The detail is mind-blowing to me. What used to be a blur, at best, and a puff of smoke and debris is now so detailed that we can literally count the grains of cinderblock as they break apart.
I'm a bricklayer laid thousands of those things and always wondered how well they'd work as cover. Given they are just standing loose no mud no durawire and no crete or rebar still excellent video and mostly answers my years of pondering.
This is by far my favorite out of all the guntube channels. I was a big fan of y'all b4 the accident, but the fact that y'all didn't hang it up after that like 98% of people would have is so awesome and says so much about y'all personal character that it's hard not to love and want to support y'all. *Raises drink* here's to many more years of BHS!
Can we see the FBI denim test in slow-mo? It would be cool to see the fabric layers separate under the hi-speed Edit: would I be correct in saying this footage also shows the importance of air-gapping your protective surfaces, since all that dust is carrying force away?
It's essentially the concept for spaced armor or RPG armor cages. Ideally spaced armor allows shaped charge jets to expand in a direction that isn't through your armor plate, and it's less effective against kinetic projectiles but the armor gap can destabilize the projectile enough that it won't punch through the second one sometimes.
The cinder blocks are very brittle, so they will want to explode more than other surfaces. This would serve to reduce impact forces. If it was a building or a retaining wall, the cells/holes would be filled with concrete and rebar, so far more protection that way. I believe the pattern on the shotgun is called 'cross hatching', and it takes a really steady hand to do it. The stock is black walnut. This is a very stable wood that moves less than many other types of wood. Another benefit of walnut is that the bugs won't eat it since it is toxic to just about anything. They will eat the sap wood on the walnut trees, but not the heart wood.
At 7:04 you can see what looks like part of the jacket basically falling through the block with the other debris. If this is so then it did not penetrate, it just fell through the hole along with everything else.
In most US states, concrete blocks are rarely used in house building, instead wall with 2x4 construction is 3 1/2” stud and 1/2” drywall on either side which equate to 4 1/2” thick which does NOTHING to protect the occupants
It is insane to me how it was less the parts of the 12.7 that destroyed the unprotected torso, but the spalling created by the vaporized cinderblock by all that directed energy that basically turned the cinderblock into a shotgun blasted at the target. Just like tank spalling. Scary as hell.
I remember hearing some form of story from Iraq. A US sniper had a .50 cal and saw an enemy's barrel pointing above some cinder blocks as if he was resting. As an idea, he sot roughly where the guy was and all the spotter saw was a plume of pink, meaty mush splatter from behind the wall. Can't remember if it was a trye story or some hollywood scene, but this video definitely proves .50 cal makes for a good shotgun post cinderblock penetration
really impressed for the extra high quality of your slow mo video !! as a rifles and handguns owner, i enjoy every one of your videos. regards from Mallorca, Spain !
...That .50 shot was a lot more devastating than I had anticipated, and I say that having had the misfortune of treating someone who was hit with one of those.
Wow. First video I watched on this channel. The production is amazing. Visually stunning and great commentary. Gotta say you seem like the best at this by far.
Suggestion: Much of the destruction was obscured by dust. Consider experimenting with fans. Multiple industrial fans or blowers can be staged off camera to divert the dust cloud. Trajectory should not be affected. Nozzled air jets could also be precisely tuned. Possibly introduce atomized water to the air flow prior to the shot to further diminish the size of the dust cloud.
Soaking bricks with a bit of water would reduce the amount of pulverized material in the air as well. The fans might not have as good of an effect I think 🤔
Fun fact. This is why every military bldg on every Army post is built from filled cinderblock. Any that house troops (e.g. barracks) or military activities (e.g. base HQ) are filled with concrete and rebar all others are filled with sand and/or pea gravel depending where in the world they are located. Your local NG outpost is built of 100% concrete filled cinder block. To test those out, I think you may need some bigger rounds?
As a combat veteran of OEF IV who traveled in unarmored dismount vehicles protected only by kevlar blankets and our own body armor. I would love to know exactly how effective or not those kevlar blankets actually are. Love your content, stay safe 🤘
Kevlar doesnt fragment or break apart like ceramic or brick or other hard materials. As a result, it contributes almost no velocity reduction to a penetration due to no energy shearing off.
@FenrisulfrSkarr oh I'm well aware. The kevlar blankets we had never were directly engaged and so we never really got to see what damage they could withstand
The body armor would likely not prevent you from dying from a .50 Cal impact, which would still cause massive internal hemmoraging/ bleeding, that cannot be recreated on a balistic gelatin "dummy".
Thanks guys, great video. You surely must know that if a soft lead bullet hits a harder target material, the softest material will disintegrate and deform. The hardest material always wins the collision. That is the lead bullet. I have seen many postings where they are seeing if certain bullets will penetrate targets. If the bullet did make it thru some of the target, it was severely mushroomed and deformed. Then it loses its penetration performance. We have a .50 BMG and have hit many things with it. We tried a standard copper jacketed round on 1 1/4 inch steel plate. It mushroomed and stuck into the plate. Then we used an armor piercing round and it easily poked a clean hole thru the plate. We recovered the bullet. All of the copper and thin lead peeled off the bullet and disintegrated. But the carbide penetrator core was perfect. No damage and the tip of it was undeformed and sharp. Friends and I fire our handguns, up to the S&W 500 mag. My buddies say why my 500 mag did not penetrate 1/2 inch steel. A simple answer. The soft lead bullet disintegrated. I might cast some handgun rounds with a carbide core. Then show them how easily my magnum revolvers will penetrate steel. Many people just don't get it.
One effect that has always looked really cool in high speed is a bullet traveling through water spray or mist, it leaves a cool trail, but I haven't seen that in particular filmed, its always in the background or at low 'slowmo' speeds.
This was a great video. I'd love to see something similar but with armor piercing rounds of each caliber combined with or without body armor and the concrete blocks or other wall materials.
Thank you guys this is one of the best videos I’ve ever seen!!!!! .👍🏻👍🏻 Watching the bullets coming out of the barrel in slow motion was soo freaking cool 😎. And watching them go in the concrete block in slow motion also. I new your ballistic man was in big trouble when y’all brought out the 50 BMG round 😂😂. Y’all done a GREAT JOB!!! Thanks again.🤝
If this was a real cement wall, those concrete blocks would be full of cement and Reinforced with rebar. Unless it was a 50 cal coming at ya, you're pretty safe behind a concrete wall.
Love you video! I do have to say. Having a lose block will alow it to move and take up momentum. Also cinder block walls that have set for years don't break like a new block. The weight compresses them and makes them stronger. I have broke more than a few cinder block walls with a hammer. Sitting for 40+ years under weight makes them tough as nails
Super cool! I thoroughly appreciated your attention to detail in all the measurements. For a possible future episode, would you consider testing the cinder blocks, but with different materials filling the holes, I.E. sand, pebbles, cement, etc. to see which modified cinder block could best withstand a .50 BMG?
One thing to note about .308 / 7.62x51mm ball is that it deflects a LOT when it hits things. It retains way more energy penetrating brush or other light barriers, but it doesn't tend to fly straight afterward and that might be why there was no impact on the dummy. In general maybe something like a full power .45-70 might be better at carrying straight through stuff, but its a much fatter bullet and might just dump on the first impact.
We would do a demonstration like this while teaching Marines urban warfare. Solid timber beams, cinder block, ammo cans of water, 1/4 steel, and boxes of earth vs 5.56 green tip. It was a lesson that only earth is cover. Everything else is only concealment especially to multiple rounds. So o the receiving end; stay moving. On the throwing side, keep firing until there's no more threat.
Those cinderblocks are a classic example of 'spaced armour'. You have to put in a LOT of energy to get through the second layer like you see with the 50BMG A piece of plywood on the backside would prevent any debris getting to you I would say the cinderblocks are the winner of this contest 🙂
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The best ballistic dummy wound ever!!!!
Test how bullet-proof cinderblocks coated in Rhino Liner or Line-x are.
Leighi penetrator vs the wall
Something in space?
High-speed footage is one of the best things to ever happen to TH-cam.
it's my drug, honestly
Confirmo.
Absolutely. It's fascinating!
And porn I'm addicted
And setting the video speed to lowest is so cool
50 caliber: turning cover into concealment since 1917
@@crocadillius6418 crazy that .50BMG is over 100 years old and still is one of the most viable options for that sort of stuff
I'd like to see engine blocks and phone books/ stacks of paper tested
Ditto!
I can't remember who did it, but someone tested if a bible would stop a bullet and if i remember correctly it didt stop any caliber
bro a 50 cal can barely go through an engine block 😭
Taoflaedermaus shoots phone books every episode. They're soaked in water also. Go look there.
@@KingAlpha4108 there is religion haters couse because you told me I looked at it and there is lot more there is Quran too and bhuddism books and lot more
Fun fact. The US Army tested AND fielded ballistic plates for Helicopter crews rated to stop 50 BMG. They tested it on a pig. The plate stopped the round, but the pig died shortly after from blunt force trauma.
Poor pig 😂
Ghost recon wildlands disagrees. I can take down a helicopter with
@@Orion7204-m5b Free bacon ?
@@MegaSolidninjayeah you could do that in real life too, helis are sitting ducks
@@2ndAveScents you've been playing too many videogames if you honestly believe a 5.56 or 7.62 is taking down a military helicopter with anything other than an exceedingly lucky shot. Tons of helicopters even in Vietnam took rifle rounds and didn't crash, modern helicopters are armored and anything short of a lucky shot or rounds from a heavy machine gun aren't downing a military helicopter.
I would happily watch an hour's worth of slow-mo footage where the audio is 100% gun parts moving and ringing against each other because it's some amazing ASMR.
but this slo mo audio ist fake, the real audio would be quite different
@@FlorianCronauer Well yeah, it's foley art.
This video shows why spaced armor is really effective, even putting a thin cheap little barrier in between the projectile and the armor can destabilize and waste so much energy it can drastically improve the effectiveness of the armor behind it. Plus a spall liner to catch any small pieces that break off from the armor in front and It's a solid defense.
(Bonus points for chemical munitions)
I would love to see some sabot rounds in slow motion it would be cool to see the casing separation and how the tungsten penetrates. I have some if you need it :P.
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THIS IS EXACTLY THE COLLAB WE NEED TO SEE!!!!! ❤❤❤
Wait. I've seen this one before
There are sabots for small-arms?
@@davecrupel2817 There are for .50 BMG, .308 and probably others. See Kentucky Ballistics SLAP round incident
That Remmington 870 furniture is really nice. I've honestly never seen something like that where it looks old and classic yet sleek and modern at the same time.
“I’m doing a thing…”
“Got it, alright I’ll be over here” while instantly putting on PPE knowing where this is going
Yeah, these are good friends. They bros. Genuine friendship. Love it.
I'm still waiting to see someone do this kind of test on cinder blocks filled with concrete and rebar.
YES!!!
Being in construction for 20+yrs and into sending lead longer, I've always been interested in the materials I work with. Like wood framing v. metal framing and the gauges involved. So many variables, densglass sheets v. abuse board. List is decades long.
Be good to see with blocks core filled.
I think at that point, even most 50 cal projectiles will not penetrate unless it's one of the tungsten core type.
@@lawofliberty3517 What about cinder block with the expanding foam insulation filled in it? The foam might slow or stop all the shrapnel?
Wow, I just made the same comment, shoot at my house...
Damn that’s one of the best dummy injury I’ve seen 🤣 pretty realistic looking
Defiantly och!
Yea, you'd definitely need a band-aid after.
Garand thumbs vid with a 152mm howitzer made it disappear
Kinda reminiscent of the panzerfaust 3 training death, where the backblast ejected countermass material got cooked into the dude.
My dad was an MP in the army in the mid-50's and the machine gun on their jeep patrol vehicle, was a Ma Deuce. He qualified with it, the grease gun and the .45 pistol. He loved all of them, but the M2 was his favorite. He called it "a half inch auto cannon". Makes a lot of sense.
BHS have 2 gel torsos for one video?! You guys are officially a big channel now!
How much do they actually cost
@@R6Siege_AddictA few thousand
AGREE, Why do a 8-4:30 job when you can shoot things and get paid..The life
@@lukequigley121 America 💪🏿🗿🇺🇸
I hope visual artists use this kind of content as reference even if they are not aligned with using guns or whatever, something so awe inspiring about watching that .50 just deliver more energy than I can muster in a lifetime in a tiny moment
This was incredible! Next, you might want to test sniper shots on a ballistic torso from different distances-100 yards, 200 yards, and beyond!
The result would be very similar from 0-500m depending on caliber. A fast bullet and a slow(er) bullet are still very lethal
I recently saw someone doing 1000 yards with a 5.56, and it didn't look much different from 700, just harder to land.
The biggest change in effect is going to be in the first 100 yards, where the velocity drops a long way fast.
High velocities (24" barrel, anyone?) versus steel to see how far it can go before it's too slow to go through might be fun, and also how nasty a mess it makes after it goes through steel.
It wouldn't be interesting at all. You severely underestimate how much power rounds can retain at that distance, especially sniper rounds. It'd look almost exactly the same (if not exactly the same) as 2 yards.
To be honest, anyone who is a follower of Kentucky Ballistics is well versed in what can go through cinder block. Still..... always fun to watch the explode in Slow-Mo.
You could make the argument that the penetration chance - especially of the 12 gauge slug - would be higher if the bricks were not loose but a solid wall. The movement of the entire block can take away quite some energy.
This ! I was thinking the whole time during the video...I believe if the blocks were secure like normal and not moving ...the bullets would Penetrate more...specially the .308
If that block was properly mortared in place, you would see very different results.
If you make the cinder blocks a bit wet with a waterhose or if you spray water onto the cinderblock during shooting, you will greatly reduce the amount of dust.
It's interesting because something that's commonly stated is that the most deadly part of old school age of sail ship battles wasn't the solid shot but the spalling and splinters from a shot that hit just close enough.
The other factor to consider is the very low standard of medical care available then. Anything that penetrated the torso was a death sentence, unless the victim was extraordinarily lucky. Major trauma to extremities would most often require amputation due to the lack of knowledge about infections and how to prevent them. Taking a limb off with a "clean" cut still risked gangrene and lethal shock, but it was the better chance of survival, given the utter impossibility (using their methods) of cleaning and treating a serious injury. And even so, a lot of amputees died after the operation.
@@christopherreed4723 Especially since on a ship you aren't in a stable location for emergency care and even if you land quite fast with injured you were not in a clean room... And as a doc on a ship that is being fired at you too can be injured... and if you are not in the ship and they could come to your island in a timely manner they would probably have died from blood loss... unless they cauterized the wound which isn't great either...
anyway I didn't know that a loose cinder block would be that effective
@@DeadsTBD "Don't shoot at Doc, and don't mess with our boats!" TFE. 😆
Imagine a lot of wood shrapnel getting shot all over the ship instead of Just One big ball getting trough It
A cannon ball is a lot heavier than any of those rounds, and wood acts very differently.
The slow mo of the slug exit the barrel with the wad behind it was beautiful!
Cover versus concealment
Glad I found this channel.
Some of the best slow mo I've ever seen.
Ballistic High Speed and Slow mo guys are the best channels for this kind of stuff.
You need Kentucky's 416 Rigby for this test. Almost nothing stops the 416 Rigby!
Imagine ballistic dummies have a consciousness but can’t talk
they do
.45 actually doesn't always have more energy (1/2 m v^2) than 9mm. It does have more momentum (mv), however.
^this
@@ICONOCLAST_762it’s for rise to the power of 2, in other words the square of velocity.
the momentum is more important for going through a cinderblock
In this case, that's a contradictory statement. Momentum is Mass (grains) multiplied by Velocity (FPS). If the 45acp has more momentum, it has more energy.
@@vipe650r not true
This shows why penetrators have to be made from brass, tempered steel, tungsten, or DU. The penetrator has to be able to survive impact, to continue on with enough force to damage whatever lies beyond. The more interesting part is how much disintegration the .50 cal underwent after impact. What was lethal was largely also the fragmentation type effect--like a grenade.
In most cases with standard .50 lead, is the jacket tends to travel on in pieces or large fragments that maintain enough energy to be lethal. To your point: the impact energy tends to accomplish what a hardened penetrator would at a lower caliber.
Adding the additional cinder block across the top to absorb some of the energy and constrain the wreckage made a HUGE difference in the damage. It is really interesting the difference between the two 50 cal shots. Impressive.
I'm so thankful to you gentlemen for providing us with this amazing experience. It's so awesome to see these things happening at such a precise and slow speed. The detail is mind-blowing to me. What used to be a blur, at best, and a puff of smoke and debris is now so detailed that we can literally count the grains of cinderblock as they break apart.
6:31 I SEE THAT SUPER SAFETY
Wise man :)
I'm a bricklayer laid thousands of those things and always wondered how well they'd work as cover. Given they are just standing loose no mud no durawire and no crete or rebar still excellent video and mostly answers my years of pondering.
This is by far my favorite out of all the guntube channels. I was a big fan of y'all b4 the accident, but the fact that y'all didn't hang it up after that like 98% of people would have is so awesome and says so much about y'all personal character that it's hard not to love and want to support y'all. *Raises drink* here's to many more years of BHS!
What accident?
@@kylebieth3678 the RPG that blew up in his face. They have videos up about it. If you haven't seen it you should watch it.
Dude I need to watch this channel more. This is so interesting
love the sound design in the slowmo
The ringing bell as the 5.56 case came off the case deflector definitely had me chuckling.
that Foley effect , absolute cinema
I have literally never seen a video with so many sponsorships and ads worked into it. Wild.
Can we see the FBI denim test in slow-mo? It would be cool to see the fabric layers separate under the hi-speed
Edit: would I be correct in saying this footage also shows the importance of air-gapping your protective surfaces, since all that dust is carrying force away?
It's essentially the concept for spaced armor or RPG armor cages. Ideally spaced armor allows shaped charge jets to expand in a direction that isn't through your armor plate, and it's less effective against kinetic projectiles but the armor gap can destabilize the projectile enough that it won't punch through the second one sometimes.
The cinder blocks are very brittle, so they will want to explode more than other surfaces. This would serve to reduce impact forces. If it was a building or a retaining wall, the cells/holes would be filled with concrete and rebar, so far more protection that way.
I believe the pattern on the shotgun is called 'cross hatching', and it takes a really steady hand to do it. The stock is black walnut. This is a very stable wood that moves less than many other types of wood. Another benefit of walnut is that the bugs won't eat it since it is toxic to just about anything. They will eat the sap wood on the walnut trees, but not the heart wood.
At 7:04 you can see what looks like part of the jacket basically falling through the block with the other debris. If this is so then it did not penetrate, it just fell through the hole along with everything else.
In most US states, concrete blocks are rarely used in house building, instead wall with 2x4 construction is 3 1/2” stud and 1/2” drywall on either side which equate to 4 1/2” thick which does NOTHING to protect the occupants
If you get shot by a 50 Cal round is it going to hurt
It's always a pleasure to see some ballistic tests in slow motion, thanks guys
0:26, that's the most american thing I've heard this week
You don’t carry a gun when you go to your work ?😂
@@ONsharkYX what about school?
It is insane to me how it was less the parts of the 12.7 that destroyed the unprotected torso, but the spalling created by the vaporized cinderblock by all that directed energy that basically turned the cinderblock into a shotgun blasted at the target. Just like tank spalling. Scary as hell.
I remember hearing some form of story from Iraq. A US sniper had a .50 cal and saw an enemy's barrel pointing above some cinder blocks as if he was resting. As an idea, he sot roughly where the guy was and all the spotter saw was a plume of pink, meaty mush splatter from behind the wall. Can't remember if it was a trye story or some hollywood scene, but this video definitely proves .50 cal makes for a good shotgun post cinderblock penetration
14:46 crazy what 9mm does to the body
That's why guns should be prohibited!!! If that's what 9mm does, imagine what 50 bmg would do??
@@tenzingyatso5096it was .50 Bmg tho
Amazing how the 2 Layers of the concrete blocks perfectly demonstrate the concept of a Whipple Shield.
The answer is, sort of.
really impressed for the extra high quality of your slow mo video !! as a rifles and handguns owner, i enjoy every one of your videos. regards from Mallorca, Spain !
3:32 just like my ex 😏
Ayyy I got a slight chuckle out of this. So many that’s what she said jokes could be said 😂😂😂
4:24 is me with your ex 😉
Love the dramatic sound effects added over the slow motion footage, makes me think of the opening of saving private Ryan
...That .50 shot was a lot more devastating than I had anticipated, and I say that having had the misfortune of treating someone who was hit with one of those.
If you can find one next time, be nice to see a 30.06 vs. Block wall, there's a reason why they used that round in WWII
An excellent Guard Dog advert! Looks like an excellent quality vest.
I don't know, unless the Cinder block is filled with cement forget it! Don't trust a wall made of this!
Beautiful video...
14:50 you don't need to visualize how gruesome it would be, you can see it right there 😂
I find this concept of testing different cover materials really interesting. Idk why, but I really nerd out about this stuff. Looking forward to more!
Agreed. It’s pure science
Wow. First video I watched on this channel. The production is amazing. Visually stunning and great commentary. Gotta say you seem like the best at this by far.
Suggestion: Much of the destruction was obscured by dust. Consider experimenting with fans. Multiple industrial fans or blowers can be staged off camera to divert the dust cloud. Trajectory should not be affected.
Nozzled air jets could also be precisely tuned. Possibly introduce atomized water to the air flow prior to the shot to further diminish the size of the dust cloud.
Soaking bricks with a bit of water would reduce the amount of pulverized material in the air as well. The fans might not have as good of an effect I think 🤔
This is hands down the best ballistic channel around. Paul being the info king.
Fun fact. This is why every military bldg on every Army post is built from filled cinderblock. Any that house troops (e.g. barracks) or military activities (e.g. base HQ) are filled with concrete and rebar all others are filled with sand and/or pea gravel depending where in the world they are located. Your local NG outpost is built of 100% concrete filled cinder block.
To test those out, I think you may need some bigger rounds?
Problem is, those places shoot back!
There's a WW2 training vid here on YT where 30-06 AP chews through a several inch thick concrete wall. Great vid guys. Looking forward to this series.
aimed research / buffman range have done different 7.62x51 rounds, including steel core (p80 etc)
that stuff doesn't even care about the brick wall
As a combat veteran of OEF IV who traveled in unarmored dismount vehicles protected only by kevlar blankets and our own body armor. I would love to know exactly how effective or not those kevlar blankets actually are. Love your content, stay safe 🤘
Kevlar doesnt fragment or break apart like ceramic or brick or other hard materials.
As a result, it contributes almost no velocity reduction to a penetration due to no energy shearing off.
@FenrisulfrSkarr oh I'm well aware. The kevlar blankets we had never were directly engaged and so we never really got to see what damage they could withstand
By far the most brutal dummy shot I’ve ever seen with the .50
The production quality of BHS videos is always so good!
The body armor would likely not prevent you from dying from a .50 Cal impact, which would still cause massive internal hemmoraging/ bleeding, that cannot be recreated on a balistic gelatin "dummy".
One of the cleanest and most crisp videos I have ever seen 👏
I always see people testing plates, but they never put a plate in a carrier to test it and wonder why they don’t do that. Thank you for doing that.
Thanks guys, great video. You surely must know that if a soft lead bullet hits a harder target material, the softest material will disintegrate and deform. The hardest material always wins the collision. That is the lead bullet. I have seen many postings where they are seeing if certain bullets will penetrate targets. If the bullet did make it thru some of the target, it was severely mushroomed and deformed. Then it loses its penetration performance. We have a .50 BMG and have hit many things with it. We tried a standard copper jacketed round on 1 1/4 inch steel plate. It mushroomed and stuck into the plate. Then we used an armor piercing round and it easily poked a clean hole thru the plate. We recovered the bullet. All of the copper and thin lead peeled off the bullet and disintegrated. But the carbide penetrator core was perfect. No damage and the tip of it was undeformed and sharp. Friends and I fire our handguns, up to the S&W 500 mag. My buddies say why my 500 mag did not penetrate 1/2 inch steel. A simple answer. The soft lead bullet disintegrated. I might cast some handgun rounds with a carbide core. Then show them how easily my magnum revolvers will penetrate steel. Many people just don't get it.
One effect that has always looked really cool in high speed is a bullet traveling through water spray or mist, it leaves a cool trail, but I haven't seen that in particular filmed, its always in the background or at low 'slowmo' speeds.
The Dale Gribble reference 😂 POCKET SAND!!
I'm late to the channel, but it's quickly becoming my favorite!!
Carry on!!
Dang you guys have gotten really solid at getting those crispy clear shots. They look amazing, and the clarity is unreal..
By far. The best. High speed firearms channel in the world.
Stepping up the editing really shows. Much better quality.
This was a great video. I'd love to see something similar but with armor piercing rounds of each caliber combined with or without body armor and the concrete blocks or other wall materials.
Thank you guys this is one of the best videos I’ve ever seen!!!!! .👍🏻👍🏻 Watching the bullets coming out of the barrel in slow motion was soo freaking cool 😎. And watching them go in the concrete block in slow motion also. I new your ballistic man was in big trouble when y’all brought out the 50 BMG round 😂😂. Y’all done a GREAT JOB!!! Thanks again.🤝
All of this high-speed plus sounds makes me feel like I'm playing Sniper Elite again.
If this was a real cement wall, those concrete blocks would be full of cement and Reinforced with rebar. Unless it was a 50 cal coming at ya, you're pretty safe behind a concrete wall.
What about showing the difference between concrete filled cinder block and cinder blocks like you just used.
I'd love to see this again with a properly built wall, the blocks filled with concrete like it's supposed to be done.
The sound of the brass bouncing off the side of the chamber is super cool! never new it made that noise
This channels always been great, but lately you guys have stepped up and wow.
the production quality is insane
This camera work is stellar!
You have the best content. The photography is unmatched! Thank You (and you like physics)
749,000 subs! Channels still growing! I always enjoy the videos!
Sound effects are amazing!
Love you video! I do have to say. Having a lose block will alow it to move and take up momentum. Also cinder block walls that have set for years don't break like a new block. The weight compresses them and makes them stronger.
I have broke more than a few cinder block walls with a hammer.
Sitting for 40+ years under weight makes them tough as nails
At 16:30 /16:31 if you look closely you can see more ignitions in the dust cloud all the way to the left. Might explain why gel was so melted.
Super cool! I thoroughly appreciated your attention to detail in all the measurements.
For a possible future episode, would you consider testing the cinder blocks, but with different materials filling the holes, I.E. sand, pebbles, cement, etc. to see which modified cinder block could best withstand a .50 BMG?
This is the best channel on TH-cam
One thing to note about .308 / 7.62x51mm ball is that it deflects a LOT when it hits things. It retains way more energy penetrating brush or other light barriers, but it doesn't tend to fly straight afterward and that might be why there was no impact on the dummy. In general maybe something like a full power .45-70 might be better at carrying straight through stuff, but its a much fatter bullet and might just dump on the first impact.
Amazing video, as always! It is high time you guys collaborated with the Slow Mo Guys!
Just ordered my first carrier and plates. Thanks for the very visual demo of this gear!
We would do a demonstration like this while teaching Marines urban warfare. Solid timber beams, cinder block, ammo cans of water, 1/4 steel, and boxes of earth vs 5.56 green tip. It was a lesson that only earth is cover. Everything else is only concealment especially to multiple rounds. So o the receiving end; stay moving. On the throwing side, keep firing until there's no more threat.
That footage looks so badass
Amazed by the quality of this video! Great job, guys! 👏👏👏👍
The 50 Cal leaving the muzzle 15:51 actually made me say WOAH out loud.
Subscribed. That was fucking immense 😃
Your slow motion sound effects are awesome
Those cinderblocks are a classic example of 'spaced armour'.
You have to put in a LOT of energy to get through the second layer like you see with the 50BMG
A piece of plywood on the backside would prevent any debris getting to you
I would say the cinderblocks are the winner of this contest 🙂