5.56 mm NATO "Green Tip" vs. HARD Steel (500 Brinell)

This is a "chapter 2" portion for my 5.56 mm video that illustrated penetration on 1/4" welding steel. 500 Brinell steel is on a par with armor plating. A 12" disc, 3/8" thickness, from Mike Gibson Targets was used for the 80 yard test. I thought it would be educational to illustrate the various hardness properties of steel and how it effects bullet performance, in particular for a high-velocity bullet with a steel penetrator.

Please also view the 5.56 mm test using welding steel to complete the full perspective.

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[502deth]

fyi, i dont know if this was mentioned, but m855/ss109 ARE NOT armor piercing rounds, and were never designed to be. the steel penetrator n the ss109 was designed to aid in defeating light body armor. the construction of the ss109 is nothing like the construction of the m995 black tip ap round.

iirc, the specs for the m995 ap round penetration is 12mm at 80m

[gomergilligan]

Can you try a "black tip" 223? Even though the ss109 has a steel core - it is not an "offical" AP round. I believe all USGI AP only rounds have a black tip.

[themomaw]

Regarding the people asking for tests with "real" armor piercing ammo...  I was under the impression that it was illegal in the US to make armor piercing ammo, and illegal for anybody else to sell it to you, unless you are a member of law enforcement...?

[ms3bani]

you tell us the target steel is 500 brinell, what brinell is the welding steel?

[zapityzapzap]

I think what the M855 is really geared at is urban warfare. Punching through cinder blocks, walls, adobe, etc. and is set up more for carbines which don't have the muzzle velocity that the full length barrels do.

[BigAgitator]

300 win mag with a 210 grain fmj

[jah2mail]

@502deth Tn never claimed these rounds to be AP rounds. The video is what it is; What a Green Tip will do to certain types of steel. Nothing more.

[davidseholm1]

@Breakneckhydra1 Yeah it will, the minute its not available to civilians the military's price sky rockets. With military budgets today politics of a ban will not happen.

Regardless, the FBI & ATF make ban recommendations based on popularity & availability with lethality ... I live in Texas and numerous honest to god gun nuts have tried to tell me how 5.56 and .223 are the same round. The threat is not there. The munitions are safe. The same might not be true for the guns w/o FFL Trust.

[bobwatters]

@dweenz dont know much about armor plating but with what i know about steel it sure sounds like thats a damn good idea!

[Je3perscre3pers]

@gomergilligan hahaha take those bitches off the SAW ammo and into your M4. thats what I like to do.

[Asae2]

@Sochiin

yes i know.

btw: 1mil per sec is enough :-)

Slowmotion begins above 1/24 frames per second - here you see 8 single shots taken from the normal made film - funny.

[barneyknowshow]

@breg77  sweet i ever thought about it that way thanks alot man