American soldiers displaying a German Panzerschreck and the small (but deadly) penetration hole resulting, France, WW2, 1944

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AND THAT SON IS HOW YOU MAKE A REGULATION-SIZED GLORY HOLE!

Destroyed 800 tanks

ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com · 4 pts · 1y (11 replies)

Would it be the same size on the other side or expand and rigoceté

merde@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 1y (2 replies)

expand and rigoceté

ricochet?

Potato potato

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PugJesus@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y (4 replies)

RPG demonstration, but same principle

I really didn't know it was that nasty, the principle

sfxrlz@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y (2 replies)

What’s the name of that gif supposed to mean ?

PugJesus@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Something like "Shaped charge animation" I think

@sfxrlz@lemmy.dbzer0.com

Cumulative stream animation

Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe · 6 pts · 1y (2 replies)

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

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