video: maybe I don't want to join the army...

at first it seems far away...but a few seconds later...

misses by a hair (http://www.car-vids.com/?x=213)

holy shit!!! that vid is crazy. :eek: if i was there i would need a change of shorts :lol:

yea i've seen that, but with sound

crazy shit.

Meh, wma format doesnt work for me :(

Crazy stuff.

at my church, we had a guy just come back from iraq from his 3rd tour, he was an engineer, and he was on a guard tower, and stood up suddenly, and got knocked off the tower by a stolen .50cal rifle's bullet as he stood. if he hadn't he would have taken it through the teeth. he survived because of his Bullet proof vest. it punched a hole almost all the way through it. knocked him off the guard tower and over teh side. he's a little man too.

Video doesn't work for me.

What happen?

An explosion off in the distance and flying debris almost hits some soldiers.

at my church, we had a guy just come back from iraq from his 3rd tour, he was an engineer, and he was on a guard tower, and stood up suddenly, and got knocked off the tower by a stolen .50cal rifle's bullet as he stood. if he hadn't he would have taken it through the teeth. he survived because of his Bullet proof vest. it punched a hole almost all the way through it. knocked him off the guard tower and over teh side. he's a little man too.

Are you sure it was a .50 Caliber? If I understand your story, he took one in the chest, remember this is an antimaterial round, and flew off a gaurd tower, managing to live without even a bullet wound? :S

Are you sure it was a .50 Caliber? If I understand your story, he took one in the chest, remember this is an antimaterial round, and flew off a gaurd tower, managing to live without even a bullet wound? :S

2nd, a 50 cal round in just about any form would blow right through any kind of vest. It was probably a smaller round. Even with a vest getting hit with a standard 5.56 or 7.62 is like getting hit with a hammer, it can easily knock you off your feet.

uhh yea.. a 50 cal bullet is like the size of your thumb....not including the big ass gunpowder filled shell that propells it

2nd, a 50 cal round in just about any form would blow right through any kind of vest. It was probably a smaller round. Even with a vest getting hit with a standard 5.56 or 7.62 is like getting hit with a hammer, it can easily knock you off your feet.

That's what I was getting at, but trying to be more polite about it:p

A .50 BMG is designed as a hard target penetration round, so I doubt it would be stopped by something like a kevlar vest. On that note, explosive/incendiary and S.L.A.P rounds wouldn't be exactly vest-friendly either.

Now, given I've never been shot. Yet. But in all likelyhood he got hit with a 7.62 varient, considering most of the common Eastern Bloc hardware is chambered for that round (AK-47 and derivitives, SVD, etc.)...

IF he got hit with a stolen US/Friendly rifle, it would most likely have either been a 5.56 or 7.62, like you pointed out.

Holy close call :eek:













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.50 caliber round...
http://freedomstatesalliance.com/images/compare.jpg

now im pretty sure this would blow right through a vest.


EDIT: since were on the subject check this video I found of a 9 year old kid shooting a .50 cal rifle :lol:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=sgioghA1QEc&search=.50%20caliber

EDIT#2:sorry had to throw this one on as well, not sure what kind of rifle. but funny :lol::lol:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=6ktMOBAG4T0&mode=related&search=gun%20bloopers

The first video you included looks to be a Windrunner .50 Cal. The second might be a 10 guage shotgun of some sort?

EDIT: Picture of Windrunner for comparison

http://www.edmarms.com/images/m96/edmwr96.jpg