Thanks!
Is it a crime to like science when it involves blowing stuff up?
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Originally Posted by tanmaker
The damage to the metal tank almost looks like it was punctured by the plastic tank shrapnel, and didn't fail on it's own. The odds the the two tanks failing at the exact same time is pretty much zero.
So unfortunately this test doesn't show how or when metal tanks will fail. I guess you have to do more destructive testing!  |
Well, when I shot the metal tank, the plastic tank was right behind it, so presumably spall and/or fragments from the bullet hitting the metal tank caused the plastic tank to fail at virtually the same time.
It would take some serious damage to make a metal tank fail. Here are a few pictures of the aftermath:
A .22LR 'mini-mag' round impact. No fractures. IMO it is highly unlikely that a plastic tank would ever take out a metal tank.
A 7.62mm bullet sitting at the impact site on the metal tank.
The bullet impacted almost tangential to the inside of the tank, in this picture you can see how bullet fragments spun around inside the tank's ID.
