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American soldiers displaying a German Panzerschreck and the small (but deadly) penetration hole resulting, France, WW2, 1944
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Would it be the same size on the other side or expand and rigoceté
ricochet?
Potato potato
potato patata patate kartoffel
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kumulativnimlazanimacija.gif
RPG demonstration, but same principle
I really didn't know it was that nasty, the principle
What’s the name of that gif supposed to mean ?
Something like "Shaped charge animation" I think
I don't think there's a ricochet, as (if my memory is right), bazookas use a shaped charge and that hole is caused by a jet of plasma.
Pretty high tech for the time.
That’s very cool! The plasma is caused by the heat?
Plasma isn't quite correct. It's more like a jet of metal (usually copper) travelling so fast it behaves closer to a liquid