PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agoAmerican soldiers displaying a German Panzerschreck and the small (but deadly) penetration hole resulting, France, WW2, 1944lemmy.worldimagemessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up1127arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1126arrow-down1imageAmerican soldiers displaying a German Panzerschreck and the small (but deadly) penetration hole resulting, France, WW2, 1944lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square15linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-212 days agoI don’t think there’s a ricochet, as (if my memory is right), bazookas use a shaped charge and that hole is caused by a jet of plasma. Pretty high tech for the time.
minus-squareocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 days agoThat’s very cool! The plasma is caused by the heat?
minus-squaretheroastedtoaster@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·12 days agoPlasma isn’t quite correct. It’s more like a jet of metal (usually copper) travelling so fast it behaves closer to a liquid
I don’t think there’s a ricochet, as (if my memory is right), bazookas use a shaped charge and that hole is caused by a jet of plasma.
Pretty high tech for the time.
That’s very cool! The plasma is caused by the heat?
Plasma isn’t quite correct. It’s more like a jet of metal (usually copper) travelling so fast it behaves closer to a liquid