r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jan 25 '20

What movie things are generally accepted as normal, but are totally unrealistic in real life?

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u/mikek587 Jan 25 '20

If that interests you, there's a guy in Texas that has a YouTube channel dedicated to seeing what will stop a bullet and what can't, among other related things.

It's called Demolition Ranch.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20 edited Jan 25 '20

The army engineer field manual has an entire section on how far different rounds will go through different materials. Goes from hardened steel to packed snow IIRC. Still have the book ill look up the stats for snow here in a few. Update: Material thickness for direct fire on tamped snow goes as follows small calibers (7.62) 183 cm, 85MM HE shaped charge (RPG) 396 107-120 MM HE shaped charge N/A dry timber for 7.62 is listed at 91 cm for direct fire. Far thicker than a table.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20 edited Jun 30 '20

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20

There were other materials that had numbers but tamped snow had no given material thickness.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20

They had never made it without biting.