[SGVLUG] hp tech support! - take this!!!

[Robert Leyva]

KE = 0.5 * mv^2, nuf said.

> On 7/11/07, Emerson, Tom (*IC) <Tom.Emerson at wbconsultant.com> wrote:
>> This one I'm not so sure about -- it's either a testament to the
>> "sturdiness" of their product (irregardless of whether or not it
>> /works/) or our soldier's lousy aim, but with a .50 cal at 10 yards,
>> bits-n-pieces and parts should have practically EXPLODED from the
>> printer on the first shot -- I counted at least 4 "three-shot-bursts"
>> before the printer simply "fell off of" the barrel (well, more
>> accurately, the barrel just fell over...)
>
> I believe it was a M60 or modern replacement for the M60 which
> actually fires 7.62 NATO rounds  which is metric for .30 cal. Also
> people have spent way to much time watching movie that over estimate
> what happens when you shoot things.  Sorry to disappoint but things
> just falling over or a whole about the diameter of the ammo you fire
> at it are all that happen when you shoot an object that is not filled
> with explosives.
>


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Robert Leyva
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