InfernoMDM
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Can annyone add to this. The conversation was started over the use of 50 cal BMG rifles in Iraq penetrating most Armored vehicles.
Ahhh, but according to this video, featuring the instructor of the Scout/Sniper School for the USMC at Quantico, AP rounds are only effective out to 2000 yards. This I tend to believe when using the .50. I refuse to believe from my own ballistic tests and others conducted by the military, FBI, and ATF that a .50 rifle can do the damage to 19mm armor at 2000 meters that is being claimed here. They even show in the video and 1" thick piece of armor that was not penetrated by a .50 AP round. SLAP round, yes, but still under 2000 meters. And deflection does have quite a bit to do with penetration. All the targets show on the video were full frontal shots with minimal deflection. A 60-degree frontal arc defeats just about every non-SLAP round on the market today, military or not shot from any rifle.
Video:
USMC Scout Sniper Instructor School Terminal Ballistics Demonstration of the Barrett M82A1A SASR
http://www.biggerhammer.net/barrett/50calt1.rm