Mythbusters Shooting 50 Caliber Sniper into Water

[7150285]

that means "Saving Private Ryan" is FAKE!!!!!!

[TQXPreturns]

not what i was expecting

[skyyzthelimit69]

an arrow will still get you

[MrSombtch]

they need to use a ptrs-41 its a 14.5mm-19.5mm rounds 60-80 cal. rounds

[YourFavoriteArabTV]

M1 kills you 50cal. kills everybody in the room XD

[MortisIlluminare]

They should just to try some russian underwater assault rifles like that one:)

/watch?v=x-P578pnctU

[baswijkstra]

dear santa...

[TacticalDoubledong]

Uhhhh, the "M1 Garand" bullet they showed was actually a 5.56.

C'mon guys.

[drake19891]

whats the point being behind ballistics glass when there firing a .50cal???

[idopyrotechnics]

What does a grenade launcher do 😁

[rosshane]

notice they didnt find the lead core..only the copper jacket....idiots

[Aksuno0b]

@rosshane They were using armor piercing rounds

[rkan2]

@Aksuno0b Don't they have depleted uranium in them? - I don't want to swim in that pool!

[baswijkstra]

is that a m95?

[corndoggydawg]

@baswijkstra mcmillan tac-50

[Ratkill9000]

@baswijkstra M95 would have a magazine behind the trigger. Closest this would be to would be the M99.

[Devorvan]

its pretty simple, the slower the round the easier to pass through all that matter in front of it that blocks its way and why it would work great with a shotgun is because the pellets break the surface tention and since theres so many of them, it makes it a lot easier for each other.

(don't call me captain obvious, just saying it for people who don't know)

[MaestroKato]

I want a job like that

[antimaven]

if it was a du round you might want to drain the pool and not hold the casing in your bare hand seeing as how once du gets in to your bodily system by any means ...for example water, cuts in hands, etc it's there for life... but i could be wrong

[bigshow1fan]

i just got done watching the vid that the plastic case their behind isnt bullet proof....look what their behind haha

[150peacemaker]

this wouldnt be true if they had fired the round a a further distance cause the higher the velocity, the more friction is created from the water cause it to stop faster and fragment. so what im saying is if you were to fire the 50 cal at distance into water at the same angle, the bullet would travel under water more then 14 inches.

[Lolled9991]

barrett .50cal or intervention



[justTheusualThings]

@Lolled9991 Interventions fire .408 rounds

[skymonkey953]

Not the best place to hide...hahahaha

[Jamespot24]

Haha just hide in a pool if someone is shooting at u

[Downarrow2]

nice! tried a long- or crossbow...it will slice through water effortlessly.

[iconoclast01979]

Wonder if one could take an arrow to the knee while underwater...

[DotsOnALine]

@iconoclast01979 I used to wonder if you could take an arrow to the knee underwater.

Then I took an arrow to the knee underwater.

[iconoclast01979]

@DotsOnALine Myth confirmed!

[halo56822]

now try ptrd!!!

[averyneilson12]

I would bet my shoes that a full metal jacketed round would maintain enough energy to kill someone for nearly two times the distance of that of an armor piercing round in water.

[holysoks1]

@averyneilson12 Doubt it, check the other videos of guns firing underwater.

[averyneilson12]

They should not be using an armor piercing round they should be using a full metal jacketed round. You would never see a full metal jacketed round fall apart like that in water. Armor piercing rounds are designed to act as a wedge when they hit metal. They shed their jacket and the core of the bullet breaks through. In water they act almost like a ballistic tip, or anti personnel round which are designed to expand violently and immediately.

[yomamasapeach]

Do you know whats the problem, the bullet is being fired right at the pool. If you gave it at least 25 feet, the bullet could slow down, or using a submachine gun, or handgun would have slower bullets which would allow the water to move out of the way. I am just guessing, so I have no idea.

[Kiniler]

@yomamasapeach Yea that wouldnt help at all :p

[yomamasapeach]

@Kiniler Yah, I would determine the speed of the bullet would not be change by distance because of the acceleration, but how about somewhat 400 ft like say a helicopter.

[Kiniler]

@yomamasapeach The longer the bullet travels before hitting the water (aka the slower the bullet is on impact) the less effective the bullet will be at penetrating the water (assuming it still hits at an 23degree angle)

[yomamasapeach]

@Kiniler I see, but I heard that it is harder for water to displace so it makes the water almost harder to penetrate, making it harder than fired at a slower speed.

[Kiniler]

@yomamasapeach I cant say that there might not be something to it but I wouldnt have guessed so myself.

[yomamasapeach]

@Kiniler Yah, well we can never know till we can test an idea.

[ppitm]

@yomamasapeach 400ft of air isn't going to slow down a bullet with an effective range of over 3000. And once you get too far away, you wouldn't be able to see your target in the water anyways.

[yomamasapeach]

@ppitm Yah, I didn't that that you would be able to, but the faster the speed of the bullet, the harder it is to pass through the air, so if the bullet is travelling at the speed of sound at a altitude of 400 ft, there still wouldn't be enough friction for it to slow down and since the momentum has already been made it wouldn't make a difference.

[puffball900]

hehe. deeper penetration...

[JellyBellyDeli]

Whenever I see a movie where someone shoots at a person underwater and they hit that person, I always think of this episode.

[Haustyle13]

@JellyBellyDeli. This is not what is going to happen you would be dead if u were in the pool

[JellyBellyDeli]

@Haustyle13

Really? Because the Mythbusters are pretty damn sure that you'd be ok. And I'd take their word over your run-on sentences any day.

[TheBudgefett]

BARRET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[UnWarierMage]

As cool as this is they're just illustrating a fact we all know too well from doing a bellyflop: the harder you push on water the harder it pushes back. Still fun to watch, though :)

[thecarboardking]

see this proves that wen you get something wet it looks better...see wat i did there lol T.W.S.S

[483091]

i'm assuming the myth is that water would be able to act like barrier against bullets or somethin of the like, they didn't state what myth they were buwsting at the beginig of this video, so thats what i'm assuming

[XXXXARCTICXXXX]

Military grade depleted plutonium 50 cal rounds can go 15 in water, sooooo ummm wrong.

[Jetman123]

@XXXXARCTICXXXX Depleted... plutonium? I assume you mean depleted uranium.

And uh... they don't make depleted uranium .50 BMG. There's no point with a caliber like that. To pierce armor they give it a tungsten carbide core (which I'm fairly certain they used here), which is more effective for small arms. DU is for tank shells and armor. Soooo... if you have ANY proof at all of what you were saying here, I'd love to see a source.

[starflame34]

What episode was this during what season?

[nfsm654]

@ifithurtsgo2church Wasn't SPR set in WWII? I can't remember

[nfsm654]

@ifithurtsgo2church Just because no one used 50 cal's in Saving Private Ryan doesn't mean Jamie and Adam can't test it

[nfsm654]

@ifithurtsgo2church This is Mythbusters. Need I say more?

[jackyboyl]

hes adjusting the scope because he is shooting at ballistic gel if you listen :P and doesn't wont to shoot through the pool

[prandomable]

@jackyboyl bullets WILL NOT go through the pool even with a .50 BMG armor piercing round! if you watch the video any bullets lost its velocity within 2 to 3 feet of water :P

[Froobat]

goes to show all the bullshit in films about bullets firing rly low in the water is all just crap

[TheMcLaini]

Ok guys, I think bcollier94 gets it...

[thatdudeonyourscreen]

They are supposed to shoot the water from a farther distance.

[staphinfection]

Make bulletproof  vests out of water.

[ganimed1976]

In a documentation (Treasure Hunters) about wreck diving I saw that some divers found lots of 20mm MG bullets on the bottom of the sea. Those projectiles were all still intact. It was an old US marines training area from WW2. Back in those days they used the ship wreck as a training target for fighter planes. There were lots of intact projectiles on the ground. I think those Mythbuster guys simply used the wrong kind of ammunition for their experiment. Maybe steel core ammo would do the job.

[gabrieldbz13]

M200 intervention FTW

[ofnir123]

Water is kinda weird. The harder you go through it, the more damage it does to you. Throw the bullet in the water with your hand and you'll hit the bottom faster lol.

So pistols would work wonders for underwater kills, but rifles? nope

[cosplayman96]

so it took the copper casing off aye....try FMJ bitch ^_^

[Pelletgunner97]

wat season is this on

and which one is it

[ButtsexV2]

.50BMG isn't that bad, give him a .700NE to blast the pool with

[x666j]

This is the 50 caliber. *(evil laugh)

[Assi2004]

try armor piercing (hard steel core)

this will fly threw the water like a jet, punch threw the gel and damage the pool

u chose the wrong bullet for the job!

[squidnasty619]

i still wouldnt let someone try thiis if i was in the water

[beefywarrior12898]

he should have done a 360 no scope

[MrBmario21]

@beefywarrior12898 that would have been sweet

[HiddenLotus111]

Wait.... THIS IS WHAT OUR TROOPS SHOULD BE WEARING =D

[DarthLA33]

Announcer: "That was more like an explosion than a gun shot" No shit Sherlock. GUN SHOTS ARE EXPLOSIONS!

[MrDip02]

the 30-06 can get up to 200 grain if the 7.62x54r can get up to 220 grain it's not that common though its a possibility so they 30-06 can get up to maybe 230 grain that's just the lowest it gets is 150

[IanDavidOnDU]

All those landing craft on the beaches of Normandy were designed incorrectly.

They were designed to swing DOWN to provide a ramp onto the beach, leaving the troops exposed to enemy fire, when they had to land SHORT of the beach, in the water.

If they'd been designed with reversible hinges, they COULD have opened UPWARD, providing cover for troops as they disembarked DOWN INTO the water.

[XWHITEoKNIGHTX19]

it matter from what angle you use. straight down wont work but if its at 15 degrees then it will work

[petapyro13]

Not from the shock wave. Who seen shooting fish in a barrel ?

[buckamoona]

Artosis was right!

[Fershizzal]

and still hollywood loves showing someone shooting into water and you see a big straight bullet line going 10+ ft down into the water...

[MrKingAvocado]

So are you saying that saving private ryan isn't real.

[technologic21]

@MrKingAvocado

In shallow water the rule may not apply bullets can travel underwater a few feet before loosing velocity.....these guys fired rounds into a full, dense pool of water at the surface.

[tumortim666]

@MrKingAvocado In SPR, the mg42 uses a 7.92, this was a .50

7.92 is thinner and slower than the .50, so it has much more penetration in water.

[Serowy]

@MrKingAvocado Yeah, it's film.

[16patie]

@MrKingAvocado but that were machine guns that fire thousand rounds, so there must be 1 that hit, it also depends on which angle the bullet fly in the water

[b3decker425]

@16patie They were MG-42's, and the gunners didn't aim for people in the water, they aimed for the people in boats or out of cover.

[SkullKing11841]

@16patie I dont think it matters at what angle, it's the fact that the bullet is flying so fast it's like a person falling from 60,000 feet and hitting the water, it's like hitting concrete.

[dontwhine1]

@MrKingAvocado tsaving it is real save private ryan they were no under 3 feet of water 

[G777GUN]

@MrKingAvocado

Some WW2 weapons are actually classed as being more powerful than todays weapons. Some are even better.

[basslinenut]

@MrKingAvocado the film isnt real its based on a real story :)

[WW2Fanatic1000]

@MrKingAvocado The difference is the bullets are traveling a hundred yards instead of 10 feet. I wonder if the bullets lose enough velocity over that distance to travel through the water and penetrate soft tissue like in Saving Private Ryan. 

[Jetman123]

@MrKingAvocado Depends. They never tested an 8mm bullet, and at long range the round might lose enough velocity to the point where it could enter water unscathed, without tearing itself apart due to the high velocity.

[bcollier94]

0:05 why is he adjusting the scope? if he missed a fricken pool he's retarded

[3kliksphilip]

@bcollier94 He's aiming for the gel

[bcollier94]

@3kliksphilip i forgot about the gel, its been awhile since i've seen this one lol

[surfer260]

@bcollier94 hahahahahahahaha so true

[salarfili1]

@bcollier94 cuz he's aiming at the ballstic gel :)

[BadassRaiden]

@bcollier94 Cuz whn you adjust the scope, it moves the barrel to your target. He needed the gun to be pointed at exactly 23 degrees and he adjusted the scope to do that. He also needed to hit the gel. You sir, are the retarded one.

[Haustyle13]

@BadassRaiden. No you sir are the retarded one you barrel dosent move you scope cross hairs move to your barrel. The only thing that ever moves is your scope or you barell when you shoot it moves but on its own. Ps this video is a lie.

[BadassRaiden]

@Haustyle13 look up how to sight a scope before you call someone retarded. dumbass.

[jockeand1]

@bcollier94 He is adjust the zoom not the elevation it was set to 9times zoom

[GSSRT8]

@bcollier94 he is aiming at the fish man lool

[hunterhockeyplayer]

@bcollier94 hes ajusting the zoom

[Gnarlet]

@bcollier94 He's adjusting the magnification of the scope.

[bobcheese427]

@bcollier94 He has to shoot at the same angle, to be a fair test.

[MrRambo438]

@bcollier94 adjusting zoom

[MrRambo438]

Respond to this video... not the moa

[Pallepop909]

@bcollier94 he wasent just aiming at the pool you moron ..they got a ballistics gel body down there

[B4119812B]

@bcollier94

he is not aim at the pool, he is aim at a cube of ballistic gel, that is in the pool

[Jonodude0]

@bcollier94 if you would watch, hes aiming at ballsitic gel at the bottom of the pool.

[devastationstation]

@bcollier94 Jamie adjusting the power. You're retarded

[222thehobojoe]

@bcollier94 he's aiming at ballistics gel in the water... i guess your retarded, or deaf.

[MeSezSo]

@bcollier94 no you're a retard! don't you know water has a weak point??

[chelvinsmith12]

@bcollier94 dude he isnt aiming at the water he aim for the gel

[HeadSHOT604]

@bcollier94 I think he just fooling around with it

[rob0sa]

@bcollier94 He was adjusting the scope cause of the ballistic jell in the pool, he was trying to shoot that, not just the pool

[Torture97]

@bcollier94 he is just setting the scope so its not zoomed in to much so its not blurry lol

[999jlane999]

@bcollier94 I'm pretty sure its to add more comfort for looking down the sight. it helps to look down even tho hes shooting at a pool.... U CANT MISS....

[LocalRandomz]

@bcollier94 He has a target you cant just fire into the floor of a pool

[WrathOfEnd]

@bcollier94 He's aiming at a ballistic gel in the pool, not the pool.

[nerfguns25]

@bcollier94 he was actully aimming for a ballistic jell that was under water

[Jetman123]

@bcollier94 So you're suggesting he should have just "eyeballed" it with a .50 BMG? That's a rather big violation of the "treat firearms with respect" rule, even at ten feet. A gun is not a toy. "Nothing can go wrong" is not an acceptable excuse.

Besides, as numerous other people have pointed out, he's aiming for a ballistics gel target.

[KalashnikovKid762]

wow, that's pretty awesome.

[phattyarbuckle]

@gtmilenko

I know right? a quick 2 sec google search is easier than waiting a month for a reply.

[94svenni]

@gtmilenko is that a episode or what are you talking about?

[fireangel32]

@94svenni it´s season 3, episode 34: "Bullet proof water"

Og gtmilenko er fáfrótt fífl, ekki hlusta á hann.

[94svenni]

@fireangel32 þakka þér fyrir en held ekki að það mundi koma ísl og segja það:P þakka þér fyrir:).

[94svenni]

what episode in what season plz tell me

[IBeScubaSteve]

WHOA!