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Ah this is what I wanted to know. If you ignite a shaped projectile with nothing to push on but air, will it go "An EFP 20 cm (8 inches) in diameter threw a 3
by subroutine 7y ago
Ah this is what I wanted to know. If you ignite a shaped projectile with nothing to push on but air, will it go
"An EFP 20 cm (8 inches) in diameter threw a 3 kg (7 lbs) copper slug at Mach 6, or 2,000 meters per second. (A .50-caliber bullet, among the most devastating projectiles on the battlefield, weighs less than two ounces and has a muzzle velocity of 900 meters per second.)
— Rick Atkinson, The Washington Post"