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Weirdly, that's the idea behind naval guns from the age of sail. Solid shot goes through the ship, perhaps injuring anyone in the way. Solid shot hitting the s
by mcguire 5y ago
Weirdly, that's the idea behind naval guns from the age of sail.
Solid shot goes through the ship, perhaps injuring anyone in the way. Solid shot hitting the structure of the ship on its way through creates massive, dangerous splinters.
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- lutorm 5y agoThis happens with armor piercing shells hitting tanks or other armored vehicles, too. And even if they don't penetrate, they can still generate spall from the inside of the armor that's still deadly. (This was at least true with ~WW2 tanks, modern armor is more advanced.)