Brother i thought about you when they mentioned the Raufoss because of the fun we make on your channel with the "party popper" Cant wait to see another video from you guys!! Tank you for your service!
So nice to see that you guys guntubers actually helping eachother out with ammo for example. Like Buffman Range Matt helps you,you helped these guys. Really cool. And Chris,despite I am not amercican,thank you for your service overseas.
Trivia time: Raufoss, Norway is the place where the round was first made. It's likely the US military read "Raufoss" on the box, thus coining the name of the round. I remember from my military service we were told the MP (Multi Purpose) saved the M2 Browning from obsolesence.
@@todd-makes-videos That is what made me think of Scott, he will need to find a way to have a table totally engulfed in flames now. Maybe test some flamethrowers?
I might be Mistaken, but I thought that the original 50cal Slap used a Depleted Uranium Penetrator. I might be thinking of a different caliber though...
9:00 that's just incredible! How the bullet just disintegrates, shatters into tiny bits. Seeing it in slo-mo like that, it just doesn't look real. Very cool!
29:29 If the tracer coating doesn't ignite during flight in a short distance, it will during impact...that a big part of what made the fire ball...plus the extremely violent impact of very dense metals
Tungsten is almost 3x as dense as steel, so for every 1 inch of tungsten armor, you could get 3 inches of steel armor. No idea what the average density of modern composite armor is. But it would also bee way too expensive. I'd be curious as to how effective polycrystaline diamond would be as armor. Ofc it would be way too expensive.
This video was likely recommended to me because I watch Houston, but I just realized that I used to work at Family Video with you in Warsaw lol. It’s fantastic to see how far your photography has gotten you Bryce. It’s been years since I’ve seen you. I’m very happy for you, and congratulate you on what you’ve accomplished. I’ll sub and keep up with your content from now on!
I think everyone is justifiably spooked by them. Almost killed a man (note Scott is prob alive because hes actually built as tough as a fucking bear. Pretty sure anyone else except for a rare few would have died from that). And then the misfire here. That shit is terrifying if you are holding it yourself. They only forced it through because they are doing it remotely.
@@asianbboy911 I did see the video where Scott from Kentucky Ballistics tried a slap round and almost died when the round exploded inside the rifle 😥. He's was so lucky his dad was at the scene.
@@christophpoll784it wasn’t the Serbu’s fault tho, the SLAP round was just heavily over pressured and that pressure far exceeds what 50 cals are typically rated for.
Well if you do 0.5x((300/7000)/2.2)x((4000/3.3)^2)=14310.76J of energy for the SLAP round. Wiki claims that the 20x138B has upwards of about 47000J of energy. The 20mm should be a beast.
Seeing the proper weapon discipline made me happy. “High speed ready, everyone good behind me?” “Yeah!” _shot_ “Weapon clear” ive never even touched a gun but this just made me so happy.
I found this channel indirectly through Kentucky Ballistics. When I heard "SLAP" I winced reflexively, having seen both the original video and the re-enactment as well as the video of Scott firing the remaining rounds from that batch. I've been watching your videos for a few hours; subscribed after the first one, and also subscribed to Going Ballistic now too.
Gets smacked with a .50 cal… “Yep, pretty gummy!” I know you were just making a comparison between carbide and tungsten but was still funny to me how hard it was compared to a 50 cal
Gummy is good for taking hits. Carbide could cut the bullet clean in half, but is likely the shatter from the impact. It's a fancy and specialized material for cutting metals
@@copperheadroad567 it’s density is a huge factor in how well it takes abuse. It’s weird stuff. It drills very similarly to aluminum but is 100x rougher on tools. In terms of tungsten/carbide. Tungsten is used as the binding agent to make carbide a lot less brittle in tooling applications or in this videos case a penetrating core.
Its because the cube is actually 95% tungsten, 5% iron and nickel. This gives it the strength and hardness of tungsten, but the malleability and ductility of steel. Its basically the ultimate super metal
The reflection off the tungsten cube of the approaching 9mm projectile @ 3:46 as it hones in on the cube...simply delicious, same as for the 308 round @ 5:31 The cube face @ 22:26 looks a bit like a freaked out terrified squirrel bricking itself... Cheers for a cracking rapturous reel BHS ...
Slap rounds. Somewhere in KY Scott's scar is burning. I'm honestly surprised y'all didn't get a phone call. I do love seeing all the UA-camrs that I have subbed to are actually doing content together. First it was Eli Double Tap, Angry Cops, Donut Operator, and Brandon Hererra. Then Fat Electrician, Houston Jones, Slow Mo Guys, Ballistic High Speed, Eddie Hall...just ALL doing content together. It's freaking great.
Fun fact, that's about the same density as a gold cube So when you see guys throwing gold bars in a duffle bag in the movies... 😂 Wow, a lot of people missed the point. I'm simply saying that that block is the same weight as a block of gold of equal size (au= 19.32 g/cc w=13.35 g/cc) Now picture a movie where two characters throw a gold bar from one to the other... Or really any media depiction of gold. It gets really funny when you realize that even holding a bar one handed is herculean, let alone one in each hand 😂
@jackieow He's not trying to say that it's related to the hardness of the cube, he's talking about the weight of it, when you see movies they usually have a duffel bag full of gold bars which would be unrealistic unless you were someone of Eddie Halls stature
@@Brandon-G-413 Soft metal like gold deforms a lot (like lead) regardless of the hardness, weight, or anything else. Nobody with any sense is going to waste money shooting at gold anyway unless they have money to burn, so it is sort of a non-issue in the real world and the mystery is why anybody would want to talk about something that is more of a comic book non-issue.
The thing that followed the SLAP round and exploded could be the aluminum insert. This is a quote from Gun Wiki: "The sabot, which is designed to break up at the muzzle to release the penetrator, must also survive the gun environment until launch. It is injection moulded of special high strength plastic and is reinforced with an aluminium insert in the base section. The tungsten alloy penetrator has a slot in the base to ensure full spin-up before separation from the sabot at the muzzle. The penetrator base is cored out to accommodate a trace mix composition."
because its a smaller round inside a sabot, which means it might not engage rifling as well as a proper round. and if they say it damages guns then it might also bounce around in the barrel its a similar idea to the round just before but instead of a tungsten piece incased in softer metal they just remove the casing and just shoot the tungsten part
Scott at Kentucky Ballistics has a 20MM Solothern Anti-Tank rifle.......Just sayin..... **.50 BMG blue tip is a Spotter round used when aiming a recoilless rifle. No destruction, just a flash. **If you don't use the special powder and use regular gunpowder when loading a tracer, the trace compound will not ignite.
Scott just did a vid with the slow mo guys featuring the .950 jmac. At the end they hinted they were going to do something even bigger so I'm hoping we will get to see the 20mm in slow mo soon
@@hazardousroo That is a special short round but the bullet is pulled and loaded into a 50 BMG case. They are known for detonating in the muzzle brake in Barretts.
@@myfavoritemartian1 Ah, I understand. I just mentioned the Ontos after seeing The Fat Electrician do a.video on it, is all. The Ontos used 6 .50 BMG 'spotting rifles' to aim 6 105mm recoilless rifles fired from a light tank platform. No, I'm not kidding. Wasn't aware that it had ever been used for other weapons.
9:51 - Appreciate the words. I've attempted it two times through overdosing and woke up the next day both times. I've been struggling with depression ever since my TBI in 2011. To anyone struggling with depression, just reach out to anybody. I know how hard it is to text or call people. It seems like, you are trying to reach for the phone when your body is in agonizing pain. You can't even get out of bed. Even if you manage to call someone, you always seem to get the "it will always get better, just try to stay positive, try to do something you like, or go outside and get some fresh air", so it seems pointless. So keep messaging people until you find that one person who is struggling just like you. Not only will you be helping yourself, but you will help someone else in the process. We are all on the frontlines fighting this war on depression together. We cannot afford to lose anymore soldiers. 💚
The M23 "Super Incendiary" is just a bullet jacket and a soft metal cup, packs in 90gr (5.83g) of IM-28. IM-28: 10% Potassium Perchlorate, 40% Barium Nitrate, and 50% Magnalium (in this case specified to be a 50/50 Mg:Al mix). Basically a round filled with Flash Powder. Has close to zero penetration, was intended for aircraft and AA use.
It was the aluminum pusher plate behind the sabot... Side note, not all SLAP rounds are tungsten. They are made in 3 varieties, mild steel, high carbon hardened steel and tungsten. Check with a magnet to be sure what you have. Mild will be strongly magnetic, high carbon will be slightly magnetic and tungsten won't be magnetic at all. I bought a case of "tungsten" SLAP, come to find out, I got ripped off because they were the high carbon hardened variety, not tungsten.
@woody369 I don't think tungsten carbide is used for any .50 ap penetrators. It's too brittle and will shatter. I'd have to look up the alloy used again, but even the tungsten that's used, is alloyed (just not with carbide). This video highlighted a fact that few know. SLAP rounds are NOT supposed to be used with a muzzle brake unless it's specifically designed for saboted SLAP rounds. The brake is the likely reason the sabot and pusher became separated from the projectile and may have deviated the penetrator enough to just catch the edge of the block. Under normal usage, it's a captive sabot that only sheds upon armor impact.
@timewave02012 definitely do.... I paid FULL price for 50 projectiles as "tungsten". Only to get the hardened steel ones that are normally about half the price. SLAPs are pain to load too... if you seat it to mil spec, it won't chamber in most rifles because the shoulder profile of the SLAP is different than regular ball (api,rofus,trace etc etc). I dry load a round with no primer, powder or crimp. After it's seated in the chamber, I extract the cartridge and measure how much is left exposed because chambering pushes the round back in to the case the exact amount needed to just hit the rifling. Then I can load the cartridges so each one functions properly because the round is spaced correctly to not have the shoulder of the sabot dig in to the rifling during chambering.
@@John-ir2zf I get some attraction with a strong magnet, but not as much as bare steel. I haven't shot any yet, but if/when I do, it'll be from an M2, which is what the SLAPs were designed for. I bought a whole can several years ago from JnC, who was also the source of the SLAP-T Greg Bryant has a YT video shooting a can of through an M3.
Awesome video! The .50 cal rounds against the tungsten cube were impressive. It would be incredible to see how the Solothurn 20mm Anti-Tank Rifle compares as well. I’d love to see that added to the mix for an even more intense demonstration! Keep up the great work!
I’ve shot lots of silver tip, idk about yours but the ones I’ve been able to shoot were tungsten, they would imbed 2+ inches into a hardened anvil and never even dulled the tip
Got a couple thousand rounds of silver tip on the bench. I loaded the black, blue, and silver tip ammo for this video. I cut the silver and black tip rounds apart took pics and gave them the cut rounds and the penetrators. They both weighted the same on a Hornady scale and both were same size per calipers. Should have been a substantial weight difference if one made of tungsten. Plus tungsten is self sharpening and I pulled caught rounds out of a piece of a train front end sheet which is 2" thick and sent them to Adam along with 50 cal rnds and some 30.06 black tip and tracer I loaded. These guys are homework and specificity freaks!! They want all the info upfront or they don't film it.
I saw the thumbnail while scrolling. Thought "that looks like Houston", stopped, then a moment of wtf. Followed by. I wonder how he will hurt himself today.
I think the Incendiary is Magnesium in the center to make it explode. These High Speeds are so insanely satisfying to watch. Thank you for making this video. The .308 was might favorite of the High Speed
Just found this Channel, sorry for being late. Dope Video my dudes, i love the quality, especially on those slow motion impact closeups, 60000FPS is fucking satisfying to watch !, Greetings from Black Forest Germany 9:52 warmed up my heart
You are correct. In tracer rounds, such as the last one, the glowing 'tracer' is actually a wad of magnesium on the back of the projectile. When the round is fired, the flaming gases ignites the magnesium, and it's the magnesium burning off as the rounds flies that allow us to 'see' the round in flight. In this instance, the round impacted the cube 'before' the magnesium could ignite properly. Watch closely, and right at the end, the magnesium wad is actually pushed out of the back of the round.
Do you think it's possible with today's technology and manufacturing processes to make a 50 cal with a shape charge explosive penetrator I think that would be awesome to see and probably would have a lot of penetration
It would penetrate less then the SLAP most likely. The thing about HEAT is the penetration is a factor of diameter, for modern designs it's supposedly that penetration is around 10 times the diameter of the shaped charge. Realistically anything over 10mm diameter probably is a no-go inside a 50 cal bullet, that tops out at 50mm of penetration, thats basically same as SLAP for a much more complex to produce item. And the bullet length might restrict it to less than 10 times the diameter in penetration.
probably would work better with higher caliber rounds right I know they use 40 mm grenade launcher rounds that have shape charges in them maybe a 20 mm or 30mm it would probably work a lot better since there is more room in the projectile but I guess we will never know about the .50 caliber shape charge if it's never been tried we have been surprised before on different ballistics penetration from different types of ammunition working better than expected
@@timewave02012 put the pointer inside the chamber, it will rest almost at the lowest point, use the laser to get an approx point of impact. Its only 20ft? Your not going for hyper accuracy here mate.
@catlee8064 The case of a 50 bmg isn't straight walled, so you're wrong on this, and thus, using a regular laser printer just chilling in the chamber wouldn't give you actual point of aim.
@@2S1L3NT The neck down from .804 in to .560 in isnt that great. But jesus, just stick it down the muzzle then, we arent going for hyper accuracy here, the target is literally 20 ft away.....not a mile!!
The energy it takes to make tungsten turn plastic and forge weld is insane. Not only is it one of the densest metals, it also has the highest melting point of any metal at around 3400C (6200F).
Ayy. Adam's arms look way better. Have not watched the channel in a few months, but it looks like he healed pretty well. Glad to see you're still standing.
5:13 the fragmenting shards do seem to momentarily slow down. Local air pressure increases dramatically for the brief duration when the bullet is in the process of deforming. The cylindrical back end rams into the cube like a piston in an engine, which compresses the air. This would then slow down the local speed of sound, and also the speed of the shockwave from the hollow point tip.
I find it amazing how smooth the last bullet left the cube its as if it was flat on the slow mo it shows it better because when he picked at it some pieces came off but before that it almost looked as though it repaired the cube lol
5:13 that brown gas looks like NO2 to me. Stopping a bullet that insanely fast probably releases a good amount of high heat for very short moment. Or are there unburned nitrates on or in the bullet?
The black gas cloud at the end of the bullets is excess air trapped within any significant gap within the bullet. Any air trapped inside has mass and that mass is instantly ejected after the bullet is destroyed. Basically venting from a Microscopic imperfection in the round. Too cool!!!
I was a CIWS tech in the Navy. The projectiles of the 20mm rounds it shoots are tungsten, similar to the last round. That's what you do when you can't use depleted uranium anymore.
Although the first 5 didn't penetrate, I'm curious if the friction buildup affected the results of the .50AP would have been different with an untouched block of tungsten? Is it possible it was softened from the previous hits? Possibly why it created a crater rather than shearing? Just a thought. Would like to hear your thoughts. ❤
Can anyone please explain what actually occurs to the .308 bullet at the very end of the shot from 5:24 to 5:30ish.... what is the powder plum that comes off black powder residue... or could it be metal residue from the obliterated bullet itself.
I'm happiest the cameras made it out of that devastation. Favorite was the AP round. I'm surprised it did that well. However those tungsten bullets just fused with it. Amazing video at those frame rates.
C44 is Canadian 50 cal AP-T ammunition manufactured by General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems Canada. The bullet was designed to defeat BMP1 turret armour out to 800m. The trace was designed to only burn to 800m.
Thanks for having me guys! It was a lot of fun destroying something that wasn’t my own body.
We’ll get our hands on even stronger munitions and have you bring the cube back out!
I love me some Jouston Hones, no homo.
Maybe U could consider not destroying your body more often
In the opening slow mode you can see the steal penitrator protruding from the ass of the jacket as the jacket ignites around it.
I am an absolute fan of your channel.
Thanks for the shout out guys.
Going Ballistic
Cheers fellas!! Maybe we could see the ma deuce hit this thing with a slap in the future??
Brother i thought about you when they mentioned the Raufoss because of the fun we make on your channel with the "party popper" Cant wait to see another video from you guys!!
Tank you for your service!
This is another great firearms channel!
So nice to see that you guys guntubers actually helping eachother out with ammo for example. Like Buffman Range Matt helps you,you helped these guys. Really cool. And Chris,despite I am not amercican,thank you for your service overseas.
@@majkiboy86thanks so much.
Hope to do a video with them sometime soon
Scott’s neck is tingling from Kentucky.
And he's so proud of their table destroying skills.
I was kinda expecting a call from KB like he did with Matt:).
I should have scrolled down a little before commenting.
that's why the table is getting destroyed so quickly
Just 👍 in it
9:00 "most gentle .50 cal" is not a sentence I thought I would hear ever
Trivia time: Raufoss, Norway is the place where the round was first made. It's likely the US military read "Raufoss" on the box, thus coining the name of the round. I remember from my military service we were told the MP (Multi Purpose) saved the M2 Browning from obsolesence.
23:54 Somewhere in Kentucky, a man's neck scar started tingling...
Just stick a thumb that will stop the tingling
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20mm vs tungsten cube?
@@_Doguru Might as well go for the 30 mm round from an A10 Warthog cannon!
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Just put a thumb in it!
Kentucky ballistics would approve of your table treatment..
Scott will want to step up his table game after watching this.
I bet his neck was throbbing when they mentioned SLAP round.
@@redgeneral5792 First thing I thought of lol. Slap rounds!? Scotttttttttt!!!!
@@harpintn Folding table is bad idea. And plastic? Haha
@@todd-makes-videos That is what made me think of Scott, he will need to find a way to have a table totally engulfed in flames now. Maybe test some flamethrowers?
The mystery impact in the SLAP round is a metal gas seal on the bottom of the projectile as the polymer sabot cannot handle the gas pressure alone.
I might be Mistaken, but I thought that the original 50cal Slap used a Depleted Uranium Penetrator. I might be thinking of a different caliber though...
@anthonyanglim7147 other than maybe a prototype..I have only heard of DU used in 20,25,30 mm 105 & 120mm tank rounds .
@@anthonyanglim7147 Apparently there was DU 7.62 NATO, not sure about 12.7
I was thinking a gas check as well
@Creepus_Explodus there have indeed been DU 50BMG, no idea if they are still made or how long ago they were made though
9:00 that's just incredible! How the bullet just disintegrates, shatters into tiny bits. Seeing it in slo-mo like that, it just doesn't look real. Very cool!
Made me think of Terminator 2
13:22 "if not fren, why fren shaped?" genuinelly killed me😭😭😭
8:08 this has to be the coolest slo-mo footage I’ve ever seen for a bullet. The way the fragments burn & slice right through the table is crazy!
Let us know which was your favorite .50 Cal high-speed footage! I think the underexposed blue tip shot was so crisp.
call scott
I actually liked the a max best, the way it burnt up the table awesome.
For sure! The colorization looked savage 🔥
TBH 8:08 is pure art but I don't like black & white. Thanks for the video 🤙.
The first .50 cal was by far the best footage!!
I would be super curious to see a SLAP shot center hit though.
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**Sweats in Kentucky Ballistics**
Scott: "I don't know why, but my scar is itching something fierce right now!"
29:29 If the tracer coating doesn't ignite during flight in a short distance, it will during impact...that a big part of what made the fire ball...plus the extremely violent impact of very dense metals
5 star General : “hmmm”
US Military: “we need to tungsten wrap an Abram’s”
😂😂
That would straight up start sinking on the soil standing 💀
Straight into thw earths core@@nabajitdas7559
@@nabajitdas7559 and the tank would survive against any bullet but his crew probably not
Tungsten is almost 3x as dense as steel, so for every 1 inch of tungsten armor, you could get 3 inches of steel armor. No idea what the average density of modern composite armor is. But it would also bee way too expensive. I'd be curious as to how effective polycrystaline diamond would be as armor. Ofc it would be way too expensive.
@@thorwaldjohanson2526 I'm saying because of the impact like the old cars would kill it's pilot but keep intact in a crash
This video was likely recommended to me because I watch Houston, but I just realized that I used to work at Family Video with you in Warsaw lol. It’s fantastic to see how far your photography has gotten you Bryce. It’s been years since I’ve seen you. I’m very happy for you, and congratulate you on what you’ve accomplished. I’ll sub and keep up with your content from now on!
Thanks so much!
The little black cloud from the .308 was the bullet's soul leaving its body.
Or the residue from the powder it was fired with.
No @@NatoRadeX
Lmao!
They need to fire another slap round and hit the center of the cube. Hitting the edge doesn't tell how powerful it really is.
I think everyone is justifiably spooked by them. Almost killed a man (note Scott is prob alive because hes actually built as tough as a fucking bear. Pretty sure anyone else except for a rare few would have died from that). And then the misfire here. That shit is terrifying if you are holding it yourself. They only forced it through because they are doing it remotely.
@@asianbboy911 I did see the video where Scott from Kentucky Ballistics tried a slap round and almost died when the round exploded inside the rifle 😥. He's was so lucky his dad was at the scene.
@@asianbboy911 His neck was probably scratching when the guys loaded the gun with the slap round 😂.
At least it is not a Serbu RN 50 they are using 😅
@@christophpoll784it wasn’t the Serbu’s fault tho, the SLAP round was just heavily over pressured and that pressure far exceeds what 50 cals are typically rated for.
The absolute best ballistic video (per round fired) I've seen. The super slow-motion replays were "Terminatoresq," "sound," and all. Amazing!
The bicep grab at 0:45😂
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Last time I saw someone use a SLAP round it didn't end well.
Good thing they were behind a berm, most of the UA-cam gun community has learned from both channels experiences, that is Kentucky and hi speed
Good thing out of all of this is that people now know to not fuck with those things.
You havent seen a slap round in 3 years??
What video is everyone referencing?
@@infantryhawk When Kentucky Ballistics had a SLAP round blow up in a RN-50 accidentally. Check it out on his channel.
I was gonna go do something productive… then I hit refresh. I can wait another 30 minutes. LETS GOOOOOO!!!
See if Scott can get that 20mm again!!!
He posted another 20mm vid 2 hours after you posted this 😀
What do you mean get it again? He owns the rifle, lol.
Scott and his elephant guns are ripe for vengeance on that unholy cube
@@DannyGraves1775funny thing, one of the comments on Scott's video yesterday asked him to shoot a tungsten cube with it.
Well if you do 0.5x((300/7000)/2.2)x((4000/3.3)^2)=14310.76J of energy for the SLAP round. Wiki claims that the 20x138B has upwards of about 47000J of energy. The 20mm should be a beast.
Seeing the proper weapon discipline made me happy. “High speed ready, everyone good behind me?” “Yeah!” _shot_ “Weapon clear” ive never even touched a gun but this just made me so happy.
I found this channel indirectly through Kentucky Ballistics. When I heard "SLAP" I winced reflexively, having seen both the original video and the re-enactment as well as the video of Scott firing the remaining rounds from that batch. I've been watching your videos for a few hours; subscribed after the first one, and also subscribed to Going Ballistic now too.
16:35 Is the copper jacker sliding forward on the steel core?? cuz if it is than thats craaaazy
That’s what’s happening
@@millardlovejoy4951 actually insane
I saw that too and I thought that it was what happend
I too think that happened
These guys are basically doing what demolition ranch did, but with an awesome camera and got all the footage we’ve all always wanted. Awesome
The quality of this video is insane. No time wasted, so much action. Great video!
One of the best videos I’ve ever stumbled across. And the editing was 1st class! Wow! Amazing half an hour!! Kudos guys, kudos!!
8:10 might just be the coolest slow mo footage you guys have put out yet 👌👏
50 cal vs Houston Jones next time 😂😂😂❤
Zero chance the 50 cal even fires out of fear
THATS WHAT I SAW FIRST LOL 🤣
Why would you even suggest that for those poor bullets?
He could slowly condition his body to become resistant to bullets! like ppl do with poisons!
If anyone can do it he can!
@@aziouss2863...I think garand thumb made a joke about that once on one of his episodes
I machined tungsten and carbide for years. Tungsten itself is actually pretty gummy. Carbide is brittle. Just some info for ya
Gets smacked with a .50 cal…
“Yep, pretty gummy!”
I know you were just making a comparison between carbide and tungsten but was still funny to me how hard it was compared to a 50 cal
Gummy is good for taking hits. Carbide could cut the bullet clean in half, but is likely the shatter from the impact.
It's a fancy and specialized material for cutting metals
Neat!
@@copperheadroad567 it’s density is a huge factor in how well it takes abuse. It’s weird stuff. It drills very similarly to aluminum but is 100x rougher on tools. In terms of tungsten/carbide. Tungsten is used as the binding agent to make carbide a lot less brittle in tooling applications or in this videos case a penetrating core.
Its because the cube is actually 95% tungsten, 5% iron and nickel. This gives it the strength and hardness of tungsten, but the malleability and ductility of steel. Its basically the ultimate super metal
24:44 "This can be a risky round to fire."
Yup, a certain Kentuckian knows how much of a risk it can be...
At 29:53 is that Trump coming out from the flames?
After your comment, I backed and saw him too. Good attention, man.
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Wonder if they got Depleted Uranium tips bullets. Would be fun to see it hit Tungsten. Depleted uranium is super dense
Depleted Uranium is the Tank Killer!! It would be a more than great to see how that works!!
DU is also pyrophoric, so even without an incendiary charge or tracer disk it’ll spark like crazy
Tungsten has a higher density than depleted uranium.
The channel Oxide tested some DU rounds. From closer than I'd be comfortable.
Going Ballistic channel is good. They don't get enough love. Glad to hear you guys shout them out.
9:51 nobody gonna mention this? How sweet. So simple but I can imagine it being so helpfull to alot of people.
nah, kinda weird to say it out of nowhere on a gun shooting video tbh lol
"Who wants to shoot the tungsten cube?"
"I DO! I DO!"
I love the reverse footage on the outro, to me it says "Balistic's Out" in an artful way. Good job guys.
The reflection off the tungsten cube of the approaching 9mm projectile @ 3:46 as it hones in on the cube...simply delicious, same as for the 308 round @ 5:31
The cube face @ 22:26 looks a bit like a freaked out terrified squirrel bricking itself...
Cheers for a cracking rapturous reel BHS ...
Slap rounds. Somewhere in KY Scott's scar is burning. I'm honestly surprised y'all didn't get a phone call.
I do love seeing all the UA-camrs that I have subbed to are actually doing content together. First it was Eli Double Tap, Angry Cops, Donut Operator, and Brandon Hererra. Then Fat Electrician, Houston Jones, Slow Mo Guys, Ballistic High Speed, Eddie Hall...just ALL doing content together. It's freaking great.
Fun fact, that's about the same density as a gold cube
So when you see guys throwing gold bars in a duffle bag in the movies... 😂
Wow, a lot of people missed the point. I'm simply saying that that block is the same weight as a block of gold of equal size (au= 19.32 g/cc w=13.35 g/cc)
Now picture a movie where two characters throw a gold bar from one to the other... Or really any media depiction of gold. It gets really funny when you realize that even holding a bar one handed is herculean, let alone one in each hand 😂
Fun fact parrot, that information was clearly given in the video.
Density ain't the same as hardness.
@jackieow He's not trying to say that it's related to the hardness of the cube, he's talking about the weight of it, when you see movies they usually have a duffel bag full of gold bars which would be unrealistic unless you were someone of Eddie Halls stature
@@Brandon-G-413 Soft metal like gold deforms a lot (like lead) regardless of the hardness, weight, or anything else. Nobody with any sense is going to waste money shooting at gold anyway unless they have money to burn, so it is sort of a non-issue in the real world and the mystery is why anybody would want to talk about something that is more of a comic book non-issue.
@@jackieow This is about gold bars being faked by using a Tungsten core due to the very similar densities, not about what happens when you shoot it.
Always happy to see some new types of .50. Huge fan of this caliber!
The thing that followed the SLAP round and exploded could be the aluminum insert. This is a quote from Gun Wiki:
"The sabot, which is designed to break up at the muzzle to release the penetrator, must also survive the gun environment until launch. It is injection moulded of special high strength plastic and is reinforced with an aluminium insert in the base section. The tungsten alloy penetrator has a slot in the base to ensure full spin-up before separation from the sabot at the muzzle. The penetrator base is cored out to accommodate a trace mix composition."
I wonder if you fired a copper rod at a high enough velocity...would it ignite like a HEAT round jet going through it?
you talking about shape charges???
Scott's neck scar is itching
The SLAP round may have feeding issues but I fail to see how that would in any way affect the accuracy of a single shot shell holder rifle!
because its a smaller round inside a sabot, which means it might not engage rifling as well as a proper round. and if they say it damages guns then it might also bounce around in the barrel
its a similar idea to the round just before but instead of a tungsten piece incased in softer metal they just remove the casing and just shoot the tungsten part
Scott at Kentucky Ballistics has a 20MM Solothern Anti-Tank rifle.......Just sayin.....
**.50 BMG blue tip is a Spotter round used when aiming a recoilless rifle. No destruction, just a flash.
**If you don't use the special powder and use regular gunpowder when loading a tracer, the trace compound will not ignite.
.50 BMG as a spotter round for a recoilless rifle....hrm. Such as the Ontos?
Scott just did a vid with the slow mo guys featuring the .950 jmac. At the end they hinted they were going to do something even bigger so I'm hoping we will get to see the 20mm in slow mo soon
@@hazardousroo That is a special short round but the bullet is pulled and loaded into a 50 BMG case. They are known for detonating in the muzzle brake in Barretts.
@@myfavoritemartian1 Ah, I understand. I just mentioned the Ontos after seeing The Fat Electrician do a.video on it, is all. The Ontos used 6 .50 BMG 'spotting rifles' to aim 6 105mm recoilless rifles fired from a light tank platform. No, I'm not kidding. Wasn't aware that it had ever been used for other weapons.
9:51 - Appreciate the words. I've attempted it two times through overdosing and woke up the next day both times. I've been struggling with depression ever since my TBI in 2011.
To anyone struggling with depression, just reach out to anybody. I know how hard it is to text or call people. It seems like, you are trying to reach for the phone when your body is in agonizing pain. You can't even get out of bed. Even if you manage to call someone, you always seem to get the "it will always get better, just try to stay positive, try to do something you like, or go outside and get some fresh air", so it seems pointless. So keep messaging people until you find that one person who is struggling just like you. Not only will you be helping yourself, but you will help someone else in the process.
We are all on the frontlines fighting this war on depression together. We cannot afford to lose anymore soldiers. 💚
you didnt attempt it you cried put for help if you wanted to youd be a corpse quit being stupid ask talk before action
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, this is the coolest channel on UA-cam!! I love this stuff! Thanks guys!!!
The M23 "Super Incendiary" is just a bullet jacket and a soft metal cup, packs in 90gr (5.83g) of IM-28.
IM-28: 10% Potassium Perchlorate, 40% Barium Nitrate, and 50% Magnalium (in this case specified to be a 50/50 Mg:Al mix).
Basically a round filled with Flash Powder. Has close to zero penetration, was intended for aircraft and AA use.
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It was the aluminum pusher plate behind the sabot...
Side note, not all SLAP rounds are tungsten.
They are made in 3 varieties, mild steel, high carbon hardened steel and tungsten.
Check with a magnet to be sure what you have. Mild will be strongly magnetic, high carbon will be slightly magnetic and tungsten won't be magnetic at all.
I bought a case of "tungsten" SLAP, come to find out, I got ripped off because they were the high carbon hardened variety, not tungsten.
Looked for a comment on the ‘mystery’ aluminum insert. Also no mention of the difference between tungsten and tungsten carbide.
Thanks for the tip. Now I'm going to have to check mine.
@woody369 I don't think tungsten carbide is used for any .50 ap penetrators. It's too brittle and will shatter.
I'd have to look up the alloy used again, but even the tungsten that's used, is alloyed (just not with carbide).
This video highlighted a fact that few know. SLAP rounds are NOT supposed to be used with a muzzle brake unless it's specifically designed for saboted SLAP rounds. The brake is the likely reason the sabot and pusher became separated from the projectile and may have deviated the penetrator enough to just catch the edge of the block.
Under normal usage, it's a captive sabot that only sheds upon armor impact.
@timewave02012 definitely do.... I paid FULL price for 50 projectiles as "tungsten".
Only to get the hardened steel ones that are normally about half the price.
SLAPs are pain to load too... if you seat it to mil spec, it won't chamber in most rifles because the shoulder profile of the SLAP is different than regular ball (api,rofus,trace etc etc).
I dry load a round with no primer, powder or crimp. After it's seated in the chamber, I extract the cartridge and measure how much is left exposed because chambering pushes the round back in to the case the exact amount needed to just hit the rifling.
Then I can load the cartridges so each one functions properly because the round is spaced correctly to not have the shoulder of the sabot dig in to the rifling during chambering.
@@John-ir2zf I get some attraction with a strong magnet, but not as much as bare steel. I haven't shot any yet, but if/when I do, it'll be from an M2, which is what the SLAPs were designed for. I bought a whole can several years ago from JnC, who was also the source of the SLAP-T Greg Bryant has a YT video shooting a can of through an M3.
Awesome video! The .50 cal rounds against the tungsten cube were impressive. It would be incredible to see how the Solothurn 20mm Anti-Tank Rifle compares as well. I’d love to see that added to the mix for an even more intense demonstration! Keep up the great work!
I’ve shot lots of silver tip, idk about yours but the ones I’ve been able to shoot were tungsten, they would imbed 2+ inches into a hardened anvil and never even dulled the tip
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Got a couple thousand rounds of silver tip on the bench. I loaded the black, blue, and silver tip ammo for this video. I cut the silver and black tip rounds apart took pics and gave them the cut rounds and the penetrators. They both weighted the same on a Hornady scale and both were same size per calipers. Should have been a substantial weight difference if one made of tungsten. Plus tungsten is self sharpening and I pulled caught rounds out of a piece of a train front end sheet which is 2" thick and sent them to Adam along with 50 cal rnds and some 30.06 black tip and tracer I loaded. These guys are homework and specificity freaks!! They want all the info upfront or they don't film it.
I saw the thumbnail while scrolling. Thought "that looks like Houston", stopped, then a moment of wtf. Followed by. I wonder how he will hurt himself today.
I get shot in slow motion for science
"Holy shit! I got hit by something!" "Whew! The camera's are OK!"
these camera are worth around a million tho haha
@@killerbern666Not even close. Still cost a pretty penny though.
@@Head-Tr1ck how much do you think they cost?
@@killerbern666 100k-350k.
30:27 @HoustonJones Get someone to 3dprint a cool stand for it. I do it but i, but live in Denmark!! (No guns to play with)
I think the Incendiary is Magnesium in the center to make it explode. These High Speeds are so insanely satisfying to watch. Thank you for making this video. The .308 was might favorite of the High Speed
love the friendly chill vibe everyone has nice vid. 9:51 this little 10 second segment means a lot to me btw.
and tungsten cube de like "don't care, didn't ask, cry about it"
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That “it’s okay to get help” resonates on every level.
“Look at that, it’s fluffy!”
-“If not friend why friend shape?”
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Tungsten is really incredible, of the dozen videos I've seen of it on youtube it's never failed critically.
Just found this Channel, sorry for being late.
Dope Video my dudes, i love the quality, especially on those slow motion impact closeups, 60000FPS is fucking satisfying to watch !, Greetings from Black Forest Germany
9:52 warmed up my heart
28:58 I think the weird explosion at the back of the bullet was the tracer igniting all at once
You are correct. In tracer rounds, such as the last one, the glowing 'tracer' is actually a wad of magnesium on the back of the projectile. When the round is fired, the flaming gases ignites the magnesium, and it's the magnesium burning off as the rounds flies that allow us to 'see' the round in flight. In this instance, the round impacted the cube 'before' the magnesium could ignite properly. Watch closely, and right at the end, the magnesium wad is actually pushed out of the back of the round.
BEFORE TIME BEGAN THERE WAS THE CUBE----- if you know you know lol
WE KNOW NOT WHERE IT COMES FROM, ONLY THAT IT HAS THE POWER TO CREATE WORLDS... AND FILL THEM WITH LIFE...
I was thinking the same thing brother...
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Do you think it's possible with today's technology and manufacturing processes to make a 50 cal with a shape charge explosive penetrator I think that would be awesome to see and probably would have a lot of penetration
It would penetrate less then the SLAP most likely. The thing about HEAT is the penetration is a factor of diameter, for modern designs it's supposedly that penetration is around 10 times the diameter of the shaped charge. Realistically anything over 10mm diameter probably is a no-go inside a 50 cal bullet, that tops out at 50mm of penetration, thats basically same as SLAP for a much more complex to produce item. And the bullet length might restrict it to less than 10 times the diameter in penetration.
probably would work better with higher caliber rounds right I know they use 40 mm grenade launcher rounds that have shape charges in them maybe a 20 mm or 30mm it would probably work a lot better since there is more room in the projectile but I guess we will never know about the .50 caliber shape charge if it's never been tried we have been surprised before on different ballistics penetration from different types of ammunition working better than expected
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23:02 "even right at this moment he knew, he f***ed up" 😅😅😅
14:50 random grasshopper
lol
you holding that slap round made MY neck tingle.
Instead of eye balling it....use a cheap laser pointer down the barrel....
Eyes work better unless you go through the trouble of building up material so the pointer fits snugly with the beam parallel to the bore.
@@timewave02012 put the pointer inside the chamber, it will rest almost at the lowest point, use the laser to get an approx point of impact. Its only 20ft? Your not going for hyper accuracy here mate.
Good luck finding a laser pointer on metal in bright daylight, especially a cheap one.
@catlee8064 The case of a 50 bmg isn't straight walled, so you're wrong on this, and thus, using a regular laser printer just chilling in the chamber wouldn't give you actual point of aim.
@@2S1L3NT The neck down from .804 in to .560 in isnt that great. But jesus, just stick it down the muzzle then, we arent going for hyper accuracy here, the target is literally 20 ft away.....not a mile!!
The energy it takes to make tungsten turn plastic and forge weld is insane. Not only is it one of the densest metals, it also has the highest melting point of any metal at around 3400C (6200F).
Ayy. Adam's arms look way better.
Have not watched the channel in a few months, but it looks like he healed pretty well. Glad to see you're still standing.
Please do tracers in high speed
I feel like there's a scar in Kentucky that's burning...
min 00:18 held by the world's dirtiest finger nails. ...
I appreciate you guys putting the clip we wanna see immediately. Earned respect
5:13 the fragmenting shards do seem to momentarily slow down. Local air pressure increases dramatically for the brief duration when the bullet is in the process of deforming. The cylindrical back end rams into the cube like a piston in an engine, which compresses the air. This would then slow down the local speed of sound, and also the speed of the shockwave from the hollow point tip.
@13:17 my asshole after Chipotle
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Damn. So how bad would it have to be to be your asshole after Taco Bell?
nailed it
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I find it amazing how smooth the last bullet left the cube its as if it was flat on the slow mo it shows it better because when he picked at it some pieces came off but before that it almost looked as though it repaired the cube lol
5:13 that brown gas looks like NO2 to me. Stopping a bullet that insanely fast probably releases a good amount of high heat for very short moment. Or are there unburned nitrates on or in the bullet?
The black gas cloud at the end of the bullets is excess air trapped within any significant gap within the bullet. Any air trapped inside has mass and that mass is instantly ejected after the bullet is destroyed.
Basically venting from a Microscopic imperfection in the round.
Too cool!!!
The Explosive rounds explosive from round slowing lead down core down enough to stick and not shatter and ricochet? 22:33
thanks for having Houston Jones in this video guys, I just found you cause UA-cam showed this to me cause he is on it.
Okay, pausing at 13:31. There are literal coronal flares coming off the flame where secondary explosions were happening inside the fire. Amazing shot!
That was fucking Wild! Thank you I enjoyed that, and I bet you three did too lol
One day, as the cube is sitting on his desk, he will hear “We are Borg. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.”
I was a CIWS tech in the Navy. The projectiles of the 20mm rounds it shoots are tungsten, similar to the last round. That's what you do when you can't use depleted uranium anymore.
Although the first 5 didn't penetrate, I'm curious if the friction buildup affected the results of the .50AP would have been different with an untouched block of tungsten? Is it possible it was softened from the previous hits? Possibly why it created a crater rather than shearing?
Just a thought. Would like to hear your thoughts. ❤
I doubt it. Cubes strength wasnt really affected by the impacts. It just changed shape a little
Can anyone please explain what actually occurs to the .308 bullet at the very end of the shot from 5:24 to 5:30ish.... what is the powder plum that comes off black powder residue... or could it be metal residue from the obliterated bullet itself.
The ricochet sound from the ap round was the most genuinely terrifying sound ever
Very entertaining. No long stories with poor acting. Just some dudes shooting guns and cameras. GG
I'm happiest the cameras made it out of that devastation. Favorite was the AP round. I'm surprised it did that well. However those tungsten bullets just fused with it. Amazing video at those frame rates.
That's the BEST photography EVER!!! SUPER-GREAT CAMERA
"6 heat" omfg that was hilarious 😂 great video
C44 is Canadian 50 cal AP-T ammunition manufactured by General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems Canada. The bullet was designed to defeat BMP1 turret armour out to 800m. The trace was designed to only burn to 800m.
Respect for allowing him the final chance to preserve his cube.