How many ballistic steel plates does it take to stop a Browning .50 BMG round? We put it to the test at the range: we line up 6.5 mm plates and start with 9×19. Next come the M16A4, the MG3 machine gun and the Browning heavy machine gun firing M20 and M8 rounds.

After firing, we take the target apart, count the penetrated plates and examine the dents, fragments and bullet remains. We also test how the results change when we leave gaps between the plates or stack them tightly together. For the finale, we assemble a stack of 11 plates—and get a result that leaves plenty of questions.

Chapters

00:00 — 6.5 mm ballistic steel: what we’re testing
00:19 — A look at the guns for the tests
01:17 — Fort-230: first test with 9×19
02:07 — M16A4: testing the M855 round
03:22 — M855A1: the first penetration
04:12 — Two plates stacked together: another M16A4 test
06:15 — A few words about GetPower Breeze
07:41 — UAR-10M: an attempted test and firing malfunctions
09:00 — MG3: a 7.62×51 tracer round
10:31 — MG3: testing a standard round
12:38 — Browning .50 BMG: first test with M20
14:40 — Three plates stacked together against M20
16:05 — Talking fishing and CaseGuru tools
18:18 — Fresh plates and another M20 shot
19:49 — M8 against plates with gaps between them
21:42 — Final test: M8 against a stack of 11 plates
23:20 — Results and questions raised by the experiment

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