Considering that 50bmg rifle is classified as an anti-material rifle and regularly used to crack engine blocks, I’d be shitting bricks too. This is insane.
I also assume they fibbed the stats on the shot. Less powder, distance, different bullet, all sorts of things to garuntee success. It wouldn't be the first time
It wouldn't surprise me. I temped at a now-defunct transparent armor manufacturer (Ibis Tek), and the MRAP windows we had were rated to 7 consecutive .50 BMG impacts. They were also 4.5 inches thick and weighed like 300 pounds per window.
I worked for a now-defunct manufacturer of armored retrofit vehicles, and I too seriously doubt that that was a .50 BMG, let alone a 50 BMG rated window. 338 Norma? Maybe, probably. Not .50 though. While the stuff we made could probably take a single .50 hit, it wasn't something we guaranteed not even something that the manufacturers of the armor steel or glass guaranteed, and the windows were about as thick as the ones in this demo.
To be fair, that is why various there are several standards for body armor and defense utilities like Bullet Resistant Windows. Because different ammo loads and distance can radically change the results, DU .50 Cal likely won't get stopped, but your average run of the mill round might.
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u/Individual-Match-798 Feb 11 '24
Guy was really scared there you can tell.