From: John Stewart-Smith (micdunn@ev1.net)
Date: Fri Apr 02 2004 - 14:47:01 PST
In EOD we had a small tracked robot for checking packages and car bombs. It
used a jet of water compressed (and reduced in diameter) rapidly by a blank
magnum shotgun cartridge. At extremely close range (a couple of inches), the
water jet would penetrate a car door.
-Sarge
----- Original Message -----
From: "noel shelley" <noel@shelley1722.freeserve.co.uk>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 3:39 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] New military weapons program
> Hi Guys ,
> WELL it was April the first , BUT ---about 30 years or more
> ago I remember a program on science and how the Russians had developed a
> cannon that fired 1/2 pint of water at 7 times the speed of sound and
> punched a hole through a 3" block of copper , just like a drill , never
> heard any more about it .
>
> Does any body remember this or know of it ? Noel
>
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