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Originally Posted by imyourgod2
http://www.theboxotruth.com/
Sorry if this has been posted before.
This should settle questions about which caliber is best - whichever one can penetrate enough, AND doesn't pierce too many walls and kill innocent people.
These tests are obviously not completely scientific, but I don't know of anyone else putting theory to practice instead of sitting in the high chair and spouting off egotistical wisdom.
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Pretty sobering stuff. The 'Buick of Truth' demonstrates the reason that army types call normal vehicles 'soft-skinned' seeing as most normal army issue rounds will penetrate straight through them!
I've seen fire penetration demos in the army. 5.56mm will go through single skin brick walls in a couple of shots whilst 7.62mm will penetrate through double skin walls. When the paras still used the FN-FAL they'd had the option to enter buildings through the walls to gain the element of surprise.
That is also why if an army occupies a town they'll usually choose solid stone buildings as their base of operations e.g. churches, civic halls and car parks
