Military Guns and Ammunition
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This is intended for people interested in the subject of military guns and their ammunition, with emphasis on automatic weapons.
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Bullets impacting targets - super slo-mo 250,000 frames per second! Small Arms <20mm
From: renatohm
23-Jan
Bryce and Adam test out their new Phantom v2512 camera by filming various handgun rounds against steel at 250,000 frames per second!Ballistic High-Speed Merc...
Enjoy!
From: ZailC
23-Jan
Love that camera. Thanks for the link.
I remember my first high-speed shoot. Shot synchronized with camera reaching 1,000 frames/sec with a few thousand watts of close-in illumination, Wet processing of 16mm, black and white film, pushed to ASA 2000, took at least 15 minutes before viewing. Target was a raw ham with a pressure transducer in an oil-filled pocket and accelerometers on the bone. Investigating terminal effects for the coroner when Los Angeles Police were looking to replace the .38 Special as their issue firearm.
From: ZailC
24-Jan
Conclusion was foregone. .38 Special was soon abandoned. I was working in automotive safety at the time, We were developing air bags and had what was then (mid-1970s) "high-speed" instrumentation. Soon moved on to aero-ballistics and micro-second resolution.