you’ve seen it in movies so many times
that you’re pretty much an expert at
this point right
while it’s not true of kung-fu and it
certainly isn’t true of guns you know
what it takes to make a shot at our
range welcome to watchmojo.com dispels
them one by one in today’s installment
we’re looking at myths about guns that
are perpetuated by Hollywood movies put
down okay myth number five bullets can
still hit you through water we all know
that the water is a bad place to be in
an action movie it’s cold it ruins your
badass outfit and it makes you an easy
target for foes trying to fill you it
lead seems logical since bullets can
punch through wood and some metals so
why not water right consider this though
what hurts more belly flopping off a
diving board or off a bridge the faster
you’re moving the more force you hit the
water with and the water hits back just
as hard slow moving bullets such as
pistol rounds impact with less force and
can travel through up to eight feet of
water in the right conditions any rifle
round or bigger will lose all of its
energy when impacting the water and will
not be able to kill you after a few feet
wow this thing’s breaking up the minute
it hits the water so next time you’re
being chased by a helicopter go for a
swim
myth number four cars a bulletproof who
needs water when you’ve got a car if
there’s one thing that Hollywood has
taught us about being shot it’s that you
can always rely on the ingenuity of the
automotive industry for safety trust as
though you’re probably better off diving
into a pool cars are built with a
structural support to keep them safe
from other cars hitting them but the
metal panels on the cars body are kept
light to save on weight a bullet could
easily puncture a door travel through
the car’s cabin out the other side and
still be lethal to the action junkie who
thought you was safe there is one
bulletproof part of the car and that’s
the engine all that heavy duty metal is
just too much for a little bullet to
make it through just don’t expect to
drive off after the gunfight as my bet
shoot outside myth number three bullets
cause things to explode so if you throw
a couple bullets at a car it’ll cause a
flash explosion right not the case in
fact car manufacturers actually work
pretty hard to make sure that the gas
tank is protected and won’t explode at
the slightest rupture so the car has to
take serious damage for that kind of
fireball to happen
it’s true though that under certain
conditions many things will explode when
shot such as pressurized objects like
spray paint cans but even then they
usually need an open flame source nearby
to really get that booming explosion you
see in the movies here’s another
explosion for your movie kids
of Warren Road directors often use
sparks from gunshots to illustrate where
the bullets have been going on screen
but in reality there’s only a spark if
the bullet hits a specific metal and
even then it’s usually not enough to
ignite anything sorry Michael Bay myth
number two bulletproof vests will stop
anything hey if it works with Doc Brown
it will work for us turns out his field
was time travel and not ballistics I
figured but now so does body armor stop
bullets depends on the armor but more
importantly it depends on the bullet
high-end soft body armor which is
typically made of Kevlar is ready to
stop up to a 44 Magnum which is grief
you’re being chased by Duty Harry but
rifle bullets which are smaller and move
a hell of a lot faster will shred soft
body armor looks like we went through
several panels one two three military
and tactical police units use armor
plates made out of steel and ceramic
material and will stop some rifle rounds
however even if the army are wearing
stops the bullet there’s still
significant energy transfer so it
doesn’t mean you’re safe I think I broke
a rib
myth number one silencers make gun super
quiet your hand it’s a pistol sir that a
silencer yes sir
let’s make one thing clear gun shots are
really freaking loud that rock-concert
the left ear is ringing was in the
neighborhood of 130 decibels a jet
engine is round 140 your average gun
shot 160 Bruce Willis has permanent
hearing damage in one ear from reeking
diehard so be careful thanks for the
advice that’s okay just slap on a
silencer the problem is when a gun fires
you’re actually hearing three different
sounds at the same time the action of
the gun the Gunpowder exploding and the
bullet breaking the sound barrier a
suppressor will help with one of these
sounds but at best you’re knocking three
decibels off in other words that’s still
extremely loud maybe not deafening but
the other henchmen are definitely gonna
hear it
so how many of these myths did you
believe what right Wow Wow
is what Google searches are asking about
guns how do guns get their names do
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gun to pierce your nose for more
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that you’re pretty much an expert at
this point right
while it’s not true of kung-fu and it
certainly isn’t true of guns you know
what it takes to make a shot at our
range welcome to watchmojo.com dispels
them one by one in today’s installment
we’re looking at myths about guns that
are perpetuated by Hollywood movies put
down okay myth number five bullets can
still hit you through water we all know
that the water is a bad place to be in
an action movie it’s cold it ruins your
badass outfit and it makes you an easy
target for foes trying to fill you it
lead seems logical since bullets can
punch through wood and some metals so
why not water right consider this though
what hurts more belly flopping off a
diving board or off a bridge the faster
you’re moving the more force you hit the
water with and the water hits back just
as hard slow moving bullets such as
pistol rounds impact with less force and
can travel through up to eight feet of
water in the right conditions any rifle
round or bigger will lose all of its
energy when impacting the water and will
not be able to kill you after a few feet
wow this thing’s breaking up the minute
it hits the water so next time you’re
being chased by a helicopter go for a
swim
myth number four cars a bulletproof who
needs water when you’ve got a car if
there’s one thing that Hollywood has
taught us about being shot it’s that you
can always rely on the ingenuity of the
automotive industry for safety trust as
though you’re probably better off diving
into a pool cars are built with a
structural support to keep them safe
from other cars hitting them but the
metal panels on the cars body are kept
light to save on weight a bullet could
easily puncture a door travel through
the car’s cabin out the other side and
still be lethal to the action junkie who
thought you was safe there is one
bulletproof part of the car and that’s
the engine all that heavy duty metal is
just too much for a little bullet to
make it through just don’t expect to
drive off after the gunfight as my bet
shoot outside myth number three bullets
cause things to explode so if you throw
a couple bullets at a car it’ll cause a
flash explosion right not the case in
fact car manufacturers actually work
pretty hard to make sure that the gas
tank is protected and won’t explode at
the slightest rupture so the car has to
take serious damage for that kind of
fireball to happen
it’s true though that under certain
conditions many things will explode when
shot such as pressurized objects like
spray paint cans but even then they
usually need an open flame source nearby
to really get that booming explosion you
see in the movies here’s another
explosion for your movie kids
of Warren Road directors often use
sparks from gunshots to illustrate where
the bullets have been going on screen
but in reality there’s only a spark if
the bullet hits a specific metal and
even then it’s usually not enough to
ignite anything sorry Michael Bay myth
number two bulletproof vests will stop
anything hey if it works with Doc Brown
it will work for us turns out his field
was time travel and not ballistics I
figured but now so does body armor stop
bullets depends on the armor but more
importantly it depends on the bullet
high-end soft body armor which is
typically made of Kevlar is ready to
stop up to a 44 Magnum which is grief
you’re being chased by Duty Harry but
rifle bullets which are smaller and move
a hell of a lot faster will shred soft
body armor looks like we went through
several panels one two three military
and tactical police units use armor
plates made out of steel and ceramic
material and will stop some rifle rounds
however even if the army are wearing
stops the bullet there’s still
significant energy transfer so it
doesn’t mean you’re safe I think I broke
a rib
myth number one silencers make gun super
quiet your hand it’s a pistol sir that a
silencer yes sir
let’s make one thing clear gun shots are
really freaking loud that rock-concert
the left ear is ringing was in the
neighborhood of 130 decibels a jet
engine is round 140 your average gun
shot 160 Bruce Willis has permanent
hearing damage in one ear from reeking
diehard so be careful thanks for the
advice that’s okay just slap on a
silencer the problem is when a gun fires
you’re actually hearing three different
sounds at the same time the action of
the gun the Gunpowder exploding and the
bullet breaking the sound barrier a
suppressor will help with one of these
sounds but at best you’re knocking three
decibels off in other words that’s still
extremely loud maybe not deafening but
the other henchmen are definitely gonna
hear it
so how many of these myths did you
believe what right Wow Wow
is what Google searches are asking about
guns how do guns get their names do
blick ricochet off water can you use a
gun to pierce your nose for more
mind-blowing top 10 lists and completely
safe top 5s published daily be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com hasta la
vista baby
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