Comments by "Stephen Villano" (@spvillano) on "DemolitionRanch" channel.

  1. Screw the wall, make it a giant Barney sandcastle and while everyone aims at it, we'll slip behind them and the non-newtonian sand will leave them without ammunition.
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  2. Ah, but Croy, don't you realize, firearms are really Klingon disruptors? Or something. Or are .50 BMG rounds actually supposed to be photon torpedoes...? Seriously, a two inchish long projectile, a half inch across, is magic?! It'll kill by just passing nearby?! Shouldn't a frigging train then kill the crap out of me, if it's moving at Amtrak speeds?
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  3. Prounce proudly, why, soldiers to indeed fly everywhere. Alas, rarely did we get to fly somewhere we wanted to go. Hey, we're going to Germany! Means: going to Grafenwoehr and being up to one's nuts in mud in April. Good times. ;)
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  4. But, I thought AR stood for Ancient Rifle. After all, it's only a little older than I am. ;)
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  5. Yeah, just a matter of time until we get a new quote, "You can't stick a thumb in *that*". The flash-bang round is unique too, never saw someone flash-bang themselves before by design of the device. Used to have some nice 12 gauge bird chaser flash-bang rounds, but I think they're restricted now.
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  6. Huh, that sounded like my lunch...
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  7. Well, hands, then cubits were ancient units of measure. ;)
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  8. They can, but not a whole lot of energy. What happens in laser cutting is the vapor plume causes blooming of the beam, defocusing it, rendering it eventually incapable of cutting deeper until the plume dissipates.
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  9. Well, sand castles for the engineers, infantry will still be chewing the crayons. The medics will make Barney sand castles and watch everyone expend their ammunition on them and the cooks will poison the survivors with cholesterol.
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  10. That is decidedly odd, no articles on what underwear brand he was wearing. If one's going for guilt by association of purchasing products, we'd need to go after Fruit of the Loom, Hanes, BVD, etc... Not to mention his shoe company, his sock company and his pants company.
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  11. The standard was the problem. Surviving three consecutive hits from a 7.52x51 NATO AP round to the same location. Worse, the Dragonskin plates migrated under normal field conditions, due to adhesive failure at higher temperatures. Hence, when it was hot and nasty, which is the nicest description one can give to summertime conditions in most of Iraq and Afghanistan, the ceramic plating would start to slide down inside of the vest, removing the protection. If it took a hit and hadn't come loose yet, it did after a hit, leaving that area unprotected for subsequent hits. That wasn't a problem with SAPI plates (which had their own problems, necessitating a recall and replacement with ESAPI plates). Of course, we all want that which doesn't exist, a vest that stops at least up to .50 BMG AP/whatever, weighs as much as a single ply MRE toilet paper sheet, breathes like a t-shirt.. :/ Alas, currently, all are made of one form or another of unobtainium - the engineering catchall for shit that is currently far outside of our technological capabilities. Like transparent aluminum was, until aluminium oxynitride was discovered.
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  12. DARPA has been studying non-newtonian fluids for a new ballistic armor system for both infantry and armor for quite some time now.
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  13. I usually respond to the supersoaker heavy with a pressure washer, then go with the water cannon. As usual, I defer to airborne delivery systems...
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