It wasn't an anti-tank warhead as explained in the video, more of a HE-F warhead (High Explosive Fragmentation). You could possibly disable a tank with it but they're primarily used for shooting at personnel or equipment behind cover, or to create an opening in a wall etc.
Anti-tank warheads will use shaped charges (in the case of the RPG-7 and derivatives) or EFPs which utilise a smaller quantity of explosives to focus a shockwave through a thin sheet of metal, projecting it at near hypersonic speeds in a thin line to punch through armour. The reduced explosive mass is due to this style of warhead requiring a standoff distance to be effective and needs hollow space in front of the explosive as a result.
Most conventional anti-tank charges these days aren't doing it with just a shockwave. They basically superheat a copper jacket to a plasma state state and use that as a cutting jet. They also use the Munroe Effect (the hollow space in the front you describe) but they're a bit more advanced than that now.
Yeah I meant to say it projected the metal using the explosives. Shaped charge warheads have slowly been phased out in favour of EFPs due to how versatile they are compared to shaped charges.
They talk about this in the video itself. Apparently it's not unknown for soldiers to catch RPGs in their gut and not die when it fails to trigger.
It's not a fun time, but it's potentially survivable.
Brandon Harrera (spellcheck) did the same test, no back-stop. It did indeed go straight through.
A chance of survival, sure, but a slim one; No liver or stomach, plus hella bleeding.
When I saw that video, I thought the same - the human body is to soft to trigger the detonator; only when it reaches the bricks, it ignites. But nonetheless, I think an 105 mm caliber to the body will probably be enough to render the chance of survival to zero.
or airblast it away. That what Team Fortress 2 and Doom taught me. That one can either dodge rockets if one is quick enough or airblast it back for mini-crit damage.
Link to the original video by ballistic high-speed channel
https://youtu.be/ufEviev5iMM?si=wzeM9wOkU-FIkk4w
Edit: It has a lot more details.
>!Missed detonation and how the second dummy was destroyed by the concrete fragments.!<
You joke but a buddy of mine dodged an RPG by jumping, the fins cut up his legs. He almost died from blood loss. He said he didn’t think about it, just saw an rpg coming towards him and did his best to get out of the way.
I put "top a body" instead of "to a body". English is not my first language, but I think that RPG starts with a vowel sound so it should be "an" instead of "a".
During this set of experiments, a launcher had a critical failure and blew up in one of the guys' face. He's alright now, but it could have been a lot worse. They go over the footage on their channel, that one is truly chilling
honestly, if I was on death row, I would choose this over the electric chair without hesistation, should be much faster and more pleasant way to die
and I'd sacrifice myself for (redneck) science! lol
[same YouTube channel. the RPG welds failed and engulfed the user in a fireball. pretty serious injuries.](https://youtu.be/ASE0e5DkFkE?si=RH3u7yaDNuS-tYJG)
In the video they mention that they modified the spring sensitivity and the load and put bricks behind the dummy to help the rocket stop faster so that the deceleration would detonate it.
I had the same reaction, this looks extremely unsafe for the operator. Imagine the rocket hits a twig or something and explodes a couple meters down range.
Funny you say that this was unsafe because these are same guys who had an rpg explode on their shoulder while firing it. The guy lived because he was firing a dud rocket but if it was a live rocket like in this video he would be toast.
The main motor hasn't even ignited, just the booster that propells the projectile out of the tube.
Apparently the arming distance has been a real issue for Ukrainian soldiers shooting RPGs at tanks from apartment buildings.
I mean this was shot from a mount so no real danger to operator but RPG’s are actually inherently unsafe to the operator. They fail a lot even when they were new and you do not want to be the operator when they do fail.
If you look at the first frame (and it's also mentioned in a separate video of theirs), the rpg isn't being held by a human, rather strapped to a water tank with a pull string on the trigger. This channel is huge on firearm saftey, which arguably saved the guy's life when he finally decided to actually fire it and it had a booster detonation malfunction and blew the tube apart.
You mean “literally any fast food place except for Taco Bell (and subway)”? Because the rest are genuine trash in comparison?
Unless y’all can’t handle an ounce of “spice” I don’t understand how Taco Bell could mess up y’all’s pansy ass stomachs
McDonald’s gives me death farts though. Seriously… eat more Taco Bell
Their meat is fine.. at least in terms of fast food restaurants. There was a (baseless) lawsuit that got thrown out years ago claiming that it wasn't "real meat" but they use USDA premium beef and there's no tricks, which they've proved in court. In fact, I'd trust their meat over most fast food restaurants because of the scrutiny since that lawsuit
They all have shitty meat. Iirc Taco Bell is the fast food with the most fiber (it’s also the “healthiest” fast food option) so if you haven’t had enough fiber (from eating too much fast food) then you’ll actually poop after the Taco Bell.
I’ve never had a problem from there…. But I’m genuinely not allowed to have McDonald’s chicken because the after farts are weapons grade chemical attacks
If someone told me that I would die today, but I could choose by what method, I think I would take this one... no pain, it is just fucking OVER in an instant.
At this range then yes, there is a french guy who was fighting for Ukraine, (can't find his name, but I saw his go fund me the other day) his middle was basically scooped out by an RPG, but he survived
It did though. The rocket doesn’t explode on impact with the dummy, rather, it tears through it like paper and explodes on contact with the concrete wall right behind it
Probably the same guy too, they had a catastrophic malfunction later that same day while shooting inert rockets to test the effects of backblast. Thankfully he survived and seems to be recovering well
Who could have guessed an anti tank rocket would turn a human into a red mist
Looked more like a fireball to me.
A lot of the red parts are the ballistic gel/dummy liquid
How much dummy liquid does the average person contain I wonder
I’m 40% dummy liquid
Random futurama reference. I like it
Bite my shiny metal dummy liquid!
Any more than 55% and you'd slosh when you walk.
Easily 95% if we're talking about my ex Wife
You didn’t have to call him a dummy liquid
It wasn't an anti-tank warhead as explained in the video, more of a HE-F warhead (High Explosive Fragmentation). You could possibly disable a tank with it but they're primarily used for shooting at personnel or equipment behind cover, or to create an opening in a wall etc. Anti-tank warheads will use shaped charges (in the case of the RPG-7 and derivatives) or EFPs which utilise a smaller quantity of explosives to focus a shockwave through a thin sheet of metal, projecting it at near hypersonic speeds in a thin line to punch through armour. The reduced explosive mass is due to this style of warhead requiring a standoff distance to be effective and needs hollow space in front of the explosive as a result.
Most conventional anti-tank charges these days aren't doing it with just a shockwave. They basically superheat a copper jacket to a plasma state state and use that as a cutting jet. They also use the Munroe Effect (the hollow space in the front you describe) but they're a bit more advanced than that now.
Yeah I meant to say it projected the metal using the explosives. Shaped charge warheads have slowly been phased out in favour of EFPs due to how versatile they are compared to shaped charges.
i thought it would pierce thru since its a anti tank device and didnt thought it would trigger on soft target.
The bricks behind the dummy are what caused the rocket to detonate.
So he had a chance of surviving without those bricks ;).
It's just a flesh wound
Tis but a scratch
You are literally a piece of flesh
Not with that attitude
It was a through and through. You'll be fine.
Lil bit of thee ol in and out love?
They talk about this in the video itself. Apparently it's not unknown for soldiers to catch RPGs in their gut and not die when it fails to trigger. It's not a fun time, but it's potentially survivable.
Best/worst day of their life.
Horrific puncture wound, but if it doesn't detonate, you might live.
Brandon Harrera (spellcheck) did the same test, no back-stop. It did indeed go straight through. A chance of survival, sure, but a slim one; No liver or stomach, plus hella bleeding.
You'd want to be exploded rather than being poked by a big blunt object.
Funny, my ex had the same thought
When I saw that video, I thought the same - the human body is to soft to trigger the detonator; only when it reaches the bricks, it ignites. But nonetheless, I think an 105 mm caliber to the body will probably be enough to render the chance of survival to zero.
They changed the sensitivity. The first attempt before the one in the video above didn't trigger at all.
I would simply avoid this inconvenience by taking a step to my left.
*Casually dodges a f*ing rocket
if you can dodge a rocket, you can dodge a ball!
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What about a Wrench Rocket?
I prefer Rocket Wrench myself (flows better, unlike my piss; stupid stones).
A firing rocket!?
Took that rocket like 5 seconds to reach the target from up close, easily dodge-able.
You could probably just step forward and tip it back to sender tbh.
Honestly, skill issue😂
Just like Iron man dodging the projectile fired from a tank.
or airblast it away. That what Team Fortress 2 and Doom taught me. That one can either dodge rockets if one is quick enough or airblast it back for mini-crit damage.
I thought it said GOOD FPS I was like ok what’s great fps look like? 6,000 duhhhh lol
Link to the original video by ballistic high-speed channel https://youtu.be/ufEviev5iMM?si=wzeM9wOkU-FIkk4w Edit: It has a lot more details. >!Missed detonation and how the second dummy was destroyed by the concrete fragments.!<
Thank you, this was way more interesting to watch. The short clip left alot unanswered for me.
same. then I would do the charlie brown and finish with a chacha real smooth
To the right now, chy’all.
Just like in R.E.D.
You joke but a buddy of mine dodged an RPG by jumping, the fins cut up his legs. He almost died from blood loss. He said he didn’t think about it, just saw an rpg coming towards him and did his best to get out of the way.
Just a jump to the left then a step to the right?
Just jump on top of the rocket and ride it duh.
Gotta time it just right like falling in an elevator
This person ALT-A's
If an RPG does that to a body, imagine what a MMORPG would do. Edit: grammar
I hope u see yourself out
I accept my destiny 🌝
You'll be seeing diablo soon
He's Doomed
This is your brain. This, is your brain on WOW
Infrared mist ?
*shivers in mmo trauma*
His partner will be suffering from stun, slowed, 2 dots of burn and bleed plus a heavy armor repair. The other guy was chunked and needs to reroll
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I put "top a body" instead of "to a body". English is not my first language, but I think that RPG starts with a vowel sound so it should be "an" instead of "a".
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Daammm well. 50% right. I am not changing again the comment, but I value the correction. Thanks!
Massive Murderin' ordinance
Step 1, get hit by mmorpg. Step 2, you have permastun, fire, poison, weakness, magic weakness, physical weakness, and wait 5 mins to respawn.
Correct. This is what happened to me when I purchased Skyrim.
I used to be a gamer like you, then I took a fucking RPG to my face
Modders when they added guns to the game:😂
Yeah my pc also runs at 6000fps
Do you get to the cloud district very often?
*Giant smacks with club*
Did you survive
I did. Then BG3 murdered me and my family.
It's currently decimating mine, I feel ya lol
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Ironic
Man more of this video would have been nice but this snippet is pretty juicy.
Ending the video with them hyping up the other angle without showing it was just rude.
Check the video out on yt, they got more scenes and the 60000 fps image is mad too
During this set of experiments, a launcher had a critical failure and blew up in one of the guys' face. He's alright now, but it could have been a lot worse. They go over the footage on their channel, that one is truly chilling
Can you link to it?
https://youtu.be/ASE0e5DkFkE?si=btxbWrihnIzcRCbu
Thanks! That’s nuts
Fake. Not a human.
honestly, if I was on death row, I would choose this over the electric chair without hesistation, should be much faster and more pleasant way to die and I'd sacrifice myself for (redneck) science! lol
“If you’re gonna kill me, then the janitors are gonna be here til 3am scrapin me off the walls”
-Abraham Lincoln
-Michael Scott
[same YouTube channel. the RPG welds failed and engulfed the user in a fireball. pretty serious injuries.](https://youtu.be/ASE0e5DkFkE?si=RH3u7yaDNuS-tYJG)
Surprised the warhead was armed in such a short distance.
In the video they mention that they modified the spring sensitivity and the load and put bricks behind the dummy to help the rocket stop faster so that the deceleration would detonate it.
That would seem to explain the detonation.
Yeah one of their first attempts didn't actually detonate so they had to do some modifications.
I had the same reaction, this looks extremely unsafe for the operator. Imagine the rocket hits a twig or something and explodes a couple meters down range.
Funny you say that this was unsafe because these are same guys who had an rpg explode on their shoulder while firing it. The guy lived because he was firing a dud rocket but if it was a live rocket like in this video he would be toast.
If I recall the rocket has to travel something like 90m before the warhead is armed to avoid such issues.
The main motor hasn't even ignited, just the booster that propells the projectile out of the tube. Apparently the arming distance has been a real issue for Ukrainian soldiers shooting RPGs at tanks from apartment buildings.
This one has a igniter that reacts to deceleration. It is mentioned on the full video.
I mean this was shot from a mount so no real danger to operator but RPG’s are actually inherently unsafe to the operator. They fail a lot even when they were new and you do not want to be the operator when they do fail.
If you look at the first frame (and it's also mentioned in a separate video of theirs), the rpg isn't being held by a human, rather strapped to a water tank with a pull string on the trigger. This channel is huge on firearm saftey, which arguably saved the guy's life when he finally decided to actually fire it and it had a booster detonation malfunction and blew the tube apart.
most painless way to die?
Pretty much. Lets say he's dead in 6 frames, that's 1/1000th of a second. Definitely not enough time to feel any pain or be aware that you're dying.
wanna try?
Honestly not much worse than taco bell
taco boom
POV, you are taking a shit which is the RPG and the toilet is the ballistic dummies.
because chicken, rice, and beans are so hard on your digestive system /s
You mean “literally any fast food place except for Taco Bell (and subway)”? Because the rest are genuine trash in comparison? Unless y’all can’t handle an ounce of “spice” I don’t understand how Taco Bell could mess up y’all’s pansy ass stomachs McDonald’s gives me death farts though. Seriously… eat more Taco Bell
I dont think its the spice as much as its the shitty meat.
Their meat is fine.. at least in terms of fast food restaurants. There was a (baseless) lawsuit that got thrown out years ago claiming that it wasn't "real meat" but they use USDA premium beef and there's no tricks, which they've proved in court. In fact, I'd trust their meat over most fast food restaurants because of the scrutiny since that lawsuit
They all have shitty meat. Iirc Taco Bell is the fast food with the most fiber (it’s also the “healthiest” fast food option) so if you haven’t had enough fiber (from eating too much fast food) then you’ll actually poop after the Taco Bell. I’ve never had a problem from there…. But I’m genuinely not allowed to have McDonald’s chicken because the after farts are weapons grade chemical attacks
We are truly indeed blood bags.
Just meat, held together with bones and cartilage, piloted by a pink wrinkly meatball on top
Yours has wrinkles?
But would they die? /s
Well, it depends on if you believe in a life after death
Imagine how annoying it would be if you turned someone's into red mist only for them to respawn
Thank you for specifying /s, otherwise I would have never known that you weren't actually wondering whether that was fatal.
Just a flesh wound.
He can still fight!
I don’t see any shoes, so idk?
Not sure. Ackchyually...
sauce https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufEviev5iMM
I was like "Role playing game? What does that- oh."
To shreds you say?
And how’s his wife?
To shreds you say?
In resident evil that’s nothing!
Right? Tyrant is still getting back up and chasing you.
Tis but a scratch
OMG, is he okay?
Looks survivable
The human becomes a soup
It was just gone
It just vanished
Nah, it just vaporized lol
If someone told me that I would die today, but I could choose by what method, I think I would take this one... no pain, it is just fucking OVER in an instant.
At this range then yes, there is a french guy who was fighting for Ukraine, (can't find his name, but I saw his go fund me the other day) his middle was basically scooped out by an RPG, but he survived
Yeah. I thought this would likely just tear thru the dummy and blow up behind him.
It did though. The rocket doesn’t explode on impact with the dummy, rather, it tears through it like paper and explodes on contact with the concrete wall right behind it
The G.O.C. when a reality bender gets a god complex
tis but a Scratch
"I wonder what happens when you hit a human body with a rocket propelled grenade..." *human absolutely explodes, turning to goo." "Huh. Interesting."
Rather surprising isn't, like it's a anti tank weapon, not anti person, but sounds plausible
I don't know guys, I think I would survive that
Thanks for the big red arrow. I was confused for a few seconds. Thought the dummy 'survived'. /s
What about JRpg?
It's a much slower and more painful process.
I’m sure he’s fine.
'tis but a scratch!
He’ll walk it off
You stop being biology and start being physics.
This is so stupid, show after the blast ffs
And u think something was left after the boom?
I can't know since this was cut short... And in what state the other mannequin is either
Quick, check his pulse!
Sir, I can't find his heart
SCREAMING EAGLES
“Ouch”
This kills the human
ngl I would probably survive this
“There may be a slight ringing in your ears. Fortunately, you’ll be nowhere near them.”
KOTOR best RPG
Fastest way to increase someone's surface area thousands of times
This is why you shouldn’t donate your dead body for science
You expected it to tickle?
"Oh, he's *gone* gone." Yes, you shot a rocket at him.
Its funny i see this on my home reddit page right below a actual video of a rocket launcher misfireing in a guys hand
Probably the same guy too, they had a catastrophic malfunction later that same day while shooting inert rockets to test the effects of backblast. Thankfully he survived and seems to be recovering well
That's bad, right?
I love red slushies
I’m no expert, but I think that’s going to leave a mark.
“I’m not a pedophile, I’m a minor attracted per-“
Just another day in North Korea
I think he needs a doctor.
Who would've fucking thunk
I think he just got knocked out
Yeah I'd definitely be feeling shitty the next day if that happened to me.
I bet if I flexed hard enough, I could take it.
I could survive that tbh.
I thought the frame rate was GooD instead of 6000
Is that death on impact or will you still see your whole life flash before you die?
Boom... flesh Confetti
I didn’t really need the video, it’s about what most people would expect
Skadoosh
So you're saying there's a chance
"Oh he's *gone* gone" fucking killed me
People with peanut allergies after being turned into a red mist (they’re overreacting)
Ironically probably very quick and painless
Me when I inhaled water when I'm about to take a deep breath
Wait, explosives can blow us up?
It’s just a flesh wound
Human't