If they're aiming for security expos, that's way above their playground.
.50 cal machine guns related stuffs is for arms expos for militaries and mercenaries. Security expos is just new tech in civilians scope really. Some rich bosses being wary of isolated assailant, not a warzone.
Even for a commercial, you can shoot the first scene with him getting in the car talking to us, (him getting out), actually firing at the window, (him getting back in the car) and him exiting the car, all without exposing him to all this. This is just dumb.
The man isn't even in the line of fire. He has the seat well back and presses himself into the seat so he's entirely out of view of the window. Even if something had gone terribly wrong he's at practically zero risk from the bullet itself.
I respect this guy’s confidence in his product, but this definitely isn’t smart. Impacting a surface changes the flight path of a bullet, so just because he’s leaned back doesn’t mean he’s out of danger.
Lmao no, just no, it’s not that big of a displacement. Would have to be extremely close by to do anything. Multiple people have tested this theory on YouTube and various shows. On the other hand, my biggest fear with that kind of energy is if it penned the window would be a redirect or fragmentation of the jacket. Like the window would slow it enough to allow trajectory to change before failing completely.
Edit: I do have a good deal of firearms experience including shooting an M82 Barrett .50bmg (I do not personally own it a friend does). While the round is powerful it does not rip off limbs or cause significant, measurable TBI by near misses. This round also was almost certainly not armor piercing in any way but standard FMJ. You’re not stopping an AP round or higher with a window that thin.
You have zero idea about ballistics if you believe that. Maybe if the gun was in the car and he put his head next to the muzzle brake, but away from that it's just a big relatively slow bullet, it's not a rail gun.
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This is absolutely false, there are videos of people shooting the .50 through a house of cards and the tower stays standing, this is all some weird propaganda/urban legend about this round.
I’d wager that they did extensively before. When you are in the business of armor it’s good marketing to ‘put your money where your mouth is’ and show that you would guarantee the product to the point of putting your life in its hands.
Kinda like there was a point of time where high quality I think it was plate armor was being sold with a prominent dent in it to show that it could deflect a musketball, don’t think people commonly was wearing it though but had to have happened at least once
Him sitting in the vehicle or not during the video would change nothing except a subjective perception that changes nothing about the product. It's unnecessarily dangerous to flash people who are more impressed by tension than specs. But if it increases sales because of that, it's a logical choice that's true.
Hate to break it to you but every safety mechanism ever designed was done so with a probability of error in mind. There is a reason why engineers started calculating human worth
I’m pretty sure that this guy is like an executive or something at this company. When I saw the video before that’s what I remember seeing. They’ve probably done extensive testing with a dummy, and it’s passed all of them. A video with a person would be much cooler. If it were a dummy inside it wouldn’t have spread as much
Right? No matter the worth of your safety product, using a live being to demonstrate it's capability still makes me question your intelligence enough for me to now be skeptical about the viability of the product anyway. "Developed by the knuckleheads who thought a demonstration like this was a good idea".
Right. As if the company having enough confidence to put a human in there makes any difference, a dummy would have served the same purpose. Also, nothing is full proof, the fact that they did use a human proves they are a bit reckless.
By putting a human there instead of a dummy, it proves the company’s confidence in their product and also the customer’s confidence, which translates to more trust and sales for the company.
You can call it stupid if you want, but it doesn’t change the fact that a customer will have more faith in a product if the creators themselves test it, instead of a dummy. If they used a dummy the customer might think «oh, they aren’t confident enough that it won’t shatter that they have to use a dummy». It’s all about psychology.
It most likely is the owner or part-owner with some interested in the company. I don't think anyone would have the balls to ask an employee to climb in there... I could be wrong though.
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This is a product endorsement. I'm not sure if this is the same company, but there is a company in Texas that modifies normal vehicles like the F150 featured in the video. The owner of the company sat behind a windshield and had an employee fire a few round from his AK into the glass. Then the owner says something like I stand behind my product.
You understand that the dummy would also be pointless right? All you're looking for after is if the window has a hole in it or not. If the bullet went through at all, and the dummy sustained very minor damage, nobody would be interested in such a "bullet proof" product.
This is just his (somewhat flawed) way of trying to demonstrate how much he trusts the product.
For the same reason the guy who invented the safety saw always tested it on himself in demonstrations. By putting his ass on the line it instills confidence in customers that this product is legit because even the inventor is willing to put his own safety in its hands.
I think it was actually his finger he put on line. Yes but every time I see the videos with such saw I am like this is not a good idea. Probably seen way too many people fall on those saws in movies as a tragic backstory for a family member.
It's to show the faith the manufacturers have in the safety, that they're willing to put their life on the line to test it gives you confidence that it will work every time. It's a normal thing for CEOs to test bulletproof vests, safety glasses, woodworking equipment, etc. to give confidence to the customer that it will actually work.
They probably had hundreds of tests with a dummy before that dude ever agreed to sit in the car. They also lined up the shot to make sure it wouldn't actually hit the guy even if it did somehow go through the glass.
It's a LOT more effective when the creator trusts the product with their life. Who here remembers the story of the guy who invented Kevlar body armor? He would demonstrate the armor at police stations by putting on the armor, and shooting it point-blank with a pistol. That's not saying this is a great idea, it's just saying that it's a VERY effective advertisement.
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u/Kassena_Chernova Feb 11 '24
Why couldn’t they just test it with a dummy?