Exploding Shotgun Rounds at 250,000FPS! - Ballistic High-Speed

Bryce and Adam test some various shotgun rounds against a AR550 steel plate! The results are incredible.
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[@BallisticHighSpeed]

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[@JohnLee-jk5ew]

Another great video!! Surprised you guys didn’t use the bird shot for that swarm of pterodactyls!!

[@TheSwedishMoose91]

do a collaboration with @taofledermaus because he have some really wired ammo you can test :3

[@Boomcheeks]

It'd be cool to have the camera filming the back of the plate to see it exit.

[@Deepwaterjew]

It would be really cool to see an APIT API tracer AP and raufoss detonate on a steel plates.

[@divineoutlaw]

Except everything i wanted to buy from the video is sold out.. Hope they restock soon..

[@zewalon]

Thats last shot is the coolest armor hit i have ever seen.

[@axiealthor2067]

Right? Well the armor stopped the bullet.. but uh.. then the armor shot him.. 😂

[@5peciesunkn0wn]

@@axiealthor2067 You've heard of 'tandem warheads' for anti-tank missiles designed to defeat explosive-reactive-armor, now get ready for 'outsourced tandem slugs' lol.

[@axiealthor2067]

@@5peciesunkn0wn Lol god. Not against guns at all but an image of someone blasting a home invader and shooting people in two other houses with the one shot went through my mind there 😂

[@Real_Richmond_510]

​@@axiealthor2067 the slug would make the person go thru the other two people 😂

[@richardloo1523]

That last slug would go through 3-4 people standing in a row, maybe more. It would be the perfect slug to use , when being rushed by a gang of thugs at your front door.

[@tukohamma3166]

Obviously the slow-mo is top tier, but I dont think you get enough credit for the sound design on the slow-mo. You guys do a great job of adding another layer of depth to these shots. Great video!

[@quasimoto4424]

I really like that they toned it down a bit, it is not overkill but complementary!

[@skullduggeryduh]

Yes exactly, I was thinking the same thing. Some people don’t realize there is zero audio and it’s all done in post. Adds some amazing drama, and absolutely very well done. I love this channel.

[@feverdream2661]

@@skullduggeryduh is it all fake sound then? I didn’t know that

[@wojciechbieniek4029]

@@feverdream2661 yes, you can't slow down audio and still make it sound good, so all the slow-mo audio footage you hear is clever sound engineering. The Slow Mo Guys did an episode about it :)

[@ddums89]

I would have to disagree with the sound effects. Would Pellets really sound like explosives/thunder? Best watched on mute.

[@RippinBeefers]

That AP shotgun slug was absolutely brutal. I couldnt imagine getting hit by something so hard that it basically just smashes a steel cylinder into me. I think a cool thing to look at would be to set the hi-speed camera up perpendicular to a steel plate to watch how material comes out through the backside when shot with AP rounds.

[@Phage0070]

They talk about not being able to see the armor piercing effect of the AP slug, but I'm pretty sure it is that rod that pierces the back of the cylinder as it splatters against the plate. I suspect it is "armor piercing" in the sense of piercing Kevlar body armor, not steel plates. Whatever hardened penetrator was encased in the slug was stopped dead by the plate and the rest of the slug continued on.

[@DamienDarkside]

Dude it wouldn't even be the ball that would kill you. With how embedded that Steel Plate Cylinder was into a wooden post, that would be in you. The STEEL PLATE would kill you itself (apart from obvious physics of the energy being dispersed into that plate but I digress)! Point being, the projectile doesn't kill you, it makes your armor kill you.

[@dylannix4289]

It’s basically the same concept as British HESH rounds vs armor, just without the plastic explosives

[@Eric-gi9kg]

Last clip was INSANE Awesome stuff guys

[@QAjimine1]

I think you should do the TSS again with the ballistic gel behind the AR550 plate to see the penetration depth of the punched piece.

[@supercomp65]

The last one is a perfect illustration of how a tank can get knocked out by a non penetrating shot. While the projectile itself fails to penetrate, the material knocked off the backside of the armor kills the crew.

[@rogerstlaurent8704]

It all depends on how the armor plating is manufactured there are different layers of armor plating to help stop the spalling example US battleships had different layers of armor plating like on the Iowa Class and the South Dakota class battleships

[@ulfhedtyrsson]

Laughs in HESH

[@chemistryofquestionablequa6252]

It's called spalling and it's terrifying

[@transtubular]

That's not actually how real armor piercing rounds work. But yes, that is certainly nothing to dismiss!

[@Aaron-zu3xn]

this is what squash head tank rounds do they're putty explosive that squashes against the plate and when it detonates it blows chunks out of the back of the armor plate which is inside the tank

[@finq0997]

I want to see super slow motion archery SO BAD! Obviously it will never shoot through AR550 plates, but I think a lot of people will be absolutely baffled by the amount an arrow flexes even when it hits actual archery targets. Or how much the vanes bend and wiggle during flight.

[@robertfrapples2472]

I have always found the archer's paradox simply astounding. People hit aspirin in mid air by timing that flex.

[@finq0997]

@@robertfrapples2472 not really, they hit the aspirin by trial and error and luck. 😅 The archer's paradox is just the fact that the arrow is pointed off target before it is launched (on longbows and other bows that are not cut out past center), but is still going to travel in a straight line directly to the target, because it flexes around the bow. You couldn't possibly time that dynamic reaction of the arrow mid flight.

[@robertfrapples2472]

@@finq0997 The old guy who I saw shoot the aspirin out of the air said he timed it, but I'm sure you could straighten him out. While I find the concept amazing, I still find those who pursue the bow vs firearms as naive.

[@finq0997]

@@robertfrapples2472 did he mean the flexing of the arrow that he timed or when he released the string? I'm not trying to be a backyard pro here, but timing arrows flex is virtually impossible as you can't even see it with the naked eye. Also, in theory, it shouldn't really change between two perfekt shots.

[@hunterdan2002]

​@@finq0997 Byron Ferguson is a legend in the archery trick shot world. He's shot through rings and everything and in order for him to do so had to time or position himself so that the flex was just right for the arrow to pass through.

[@MikeInVBVA]

The armor piercing ball was totally unexpected. The person wearing the armor gets injured (or worse) from the armor itself. Wild!

[@MikeInVBVA]

That said, a kevlar panel behind it would probably be good to go in this situation

[@EndoftheBlock7224]

I'm 46 and have dreamed of this type of video for 41 years. I've always been a gun-nut and a big part of that is because of the physics

[@somecsguy9824]

What's crazy is in 3-5 years we'll look back on these videos and scoff at the low resolution of the 250k fps shots up close. By then I'm sure we'll be seeing 4k resolution at 10 million fps These videos continue to be amazing. I love the birdshot meteor explosions

[@Sypher474]

Another shot of that TSS round, but from the side of the plate so we can see the plug form and get shot out would be excellent. Or even from behind with a mirror or something? Banger video as always lads.

[@pan4909]

I subscribed at 60k and asked myself how do you only have 60k? I am so happy for your channel growing now, before you know it, you'll be at a million, guaranteed. Keep up the phenomenal work!!

[@Alduintheworldeater]

Yeah these are my favorite guntubers

[@paulstan9828]

Slow motion is great it’s like a whole different world.

[@wes7580]

Love your videos! I hope this isn't the end of the steel videos. Would be cool to see super slomo of differently angled plates: 90 degree, angled downward, hanging plates, etc.

[@westonloomis]

Great video! I'd love to see you go to a tank range and test a HESH round, shaped charge, and sabot rounds (APDS) against armour in high speed. Also, there are some shotgun rounds I'd like to see like that exploding slug with the rimfire blank in it. That one on both a ballistic dummy and a plate.

[@MarkATrombley]

Shoot glass marbles against the steel plate.

[@MarkHahn]

The AP shell was awesome. I would never have thought it would be a sphere. Im thinking a hardened spike INSIDE of a lead round. Very cool. Cool stuff like that deserves a sub!

[@BikeThrottleOfficial]

I always thought the enemy of armour was speed, so seeing a relatively slow-moving ball of tungsten didn’t give me much hope. That stuff ain’t messing around!

[@beenschmokin]

Velocity is king. Those are for soft armor. Aka Kevlar.

[@danielburke911]

@@beenschmokin nah the tungsten shot is made to punch out a section of the plate which becomes the projectile that causes injury. it's made for had armor.

[@beenschmokin]

@@danielburke911 Manufacturer wasn't even sure it'd do it but it certainly did so. Def a hell of a round

[@onikage777able]

I need to know a lot more about that last round. The shell's creator made something VERY interesting. That doesn't seem to be usual ballistic logic when it comes to armor piercing. I'm like 100% interested in peeping BHS' Patreon for a little bit of a deeper dive into the science and logic behind your finale shell v plate.

[@damienhh288]

Crazy footage as usual, thanks a lot for that amazing content you're producing, genuinely top-notch quality !

[@robertfrapples2472]

Great stuff, guys! That first "AP" round looked like a basic Svarog slug. At 11:21 did you see the screw that holds the slug to the plastic wad punch through the back of it?

[@steveshoemaker6347]

That last Slug was unbelievable ....But it was amazing to watch and so was all of the slowmo impact of the steel burning....Thanks guy's👍 Shoe🇺🇸

[@Adam-nv9zo]

This is one of the coolest gun/ammo channels on YT. Congrats on the 200k subs. 👏 👏 👏

[@joshwagner4368]

As an idea, now that you have a baseline of how different calibers act upon the armor, it might be interesting to see how some older weapons look in comparison. Some old black powder pistols, or a muzzle loader, or personally, I would love to see how something like a 45-70 would do against a plate. Or try to get some WWII era guns and see how things like .303 British, 30-06, .30 carbine, or 7.92 Mauser will perform.

[@pyrokeraunos4125]

The birdshot just exploding was one of the most interesting slo-mo shots I have ever seen. Keep up the good work, lovin' it

[@Gorelordd]

High-speed spalling from a HESH round would be next level!

[@America_Yea]

I've never seen fleschette that normalizes that quickly. every time we've tested it was always much more accurate at extreme ranges than buckshot. that's an extremely good design you've got there.

[@Ste_Brit]

18:09 gyrojet slug 😂 but good luck finding one. I think that’s what they’re called anyway. It’s those rare rocket propelled slugs. I saw them on Taofledermaus channel ages ago but they’re not easy to get hold of. I guarantee nobody has ever slo motioned one though at anywhere near the frame rate you use

[@bishopcorva]

The ball shot made a really interesting phenomena of energy transfer spalling. Much like squash head tank rounds of WW2, and until fairly recently. It wasn't as much will this solid punch a hole through the armor, but if it hits it and dumps energy, the concussive wave would transfer through the armor to blast off a piece of the armor from the inside wall of the tank. Sending razor sharp shrapnel bouncing around the inside of the tank. In this case the ball just punched and sent a 'rivet' into whatever the backer to as of the armor.

[@planetrob555]

Started watching your videos a few weeks ago. I'm a fan!! I would consult Gav from The Slo Mo Guys. I bet your slow motion footage from that Phantom could look a lot better with a ton less grain/noise. I'm not complaining so please don't take this comment wrong. I very much enjoy your content.

[@c2099]

I can't believe y'all's channel is so awesome. Each video gets more amazing.

[@elementofprgress]

wow, density is a hell of a thing I guess. I did not expect either of those shells' projectiles to look like they did. Never mind the Phenoix to be AP by just punching it really really hard. Makes me think about how old tanks would take hits that don't penetrate but hit hard enough to deform enough to send spalling into the hull.

[@lilkevin219]

My favorite slow-mo series AR550 plate, great video as always.

[@monolitwoods]

That last round reminded me of HESH. Given they are completely different in that HESH is like a plastic explosive that squashes against armour then explodes causing the inner steel to fragment, but just like that slug it turns the armour into lethal shrapnel instead.

[@ripplesnake]

It was a spalling effect that blew the chunk out so minus the HE it was a lot like squashhead ammo,

[@catherineharris4746]

This is by far the BEST slo-mo channel there is now!💓👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍💥

[@BallisticHighSpeed]

We appreciate that!

[@ConanDLibrarian]

That TSS AP round footage was REALLY really cool, great footage, great video. I'd love to see you include explosives themselves, like my "pie in the sky" would be seeing a slow mo clip of an RPG

[@krisneal7725]

That's unbelievable how the round punched the hole in the plate. Gr8 stuff guys 👍👍🇺🇸🇭🇲

[@charlesmcmanus4229]

That final shot reminded me of the tests I saw that showed how the 5.56mm M193 bullet (55gr, 3250fps) was able to defeat body armor. The bullet would deform upon hitting a hardened-steel target, thereby transferring a great deal of the energy into the plate. While the bullet itself would never penetrate, it would punch a perfect little, cylindrical divot out of the plate and into whatever was behind the target. As you increase the hardness of a steel plate, you also increase the brittleness of the steel, so having a lead bullet smack into it at high speed was enough to overwhelm the integrity of the steel in a tiny area of the plate (while the remainder of the plate remained unaffected).

[@Themeshoots]

I really enjoy watching your videos. Well done. May I recommend a video using a ballistics gel torso and an M-16 on full auto (3 round burst)? The multiple rounds impacting almost simultaneously with a large temporary stretch cavity should be very interesting to witness. Thanks.

[@davidbilbrough3726]

Fantastic to watch all the 12 bore rounds terminal velocities.

[@01Fratricide]

Awesome, The last shot please repeat with the Ballistic Gel behind the armor plate... Please... even if you put it up as a video short would still love to see it.

[@mmmyes9353]

nice demonstration of plugging of armor on that last shot. a projectile with a blunt head (here is the equally round sphere) will not make the plate bulge and petal but forces a "plug" through the other side. So if the round doesn't go through you still can kill personel and disable armoured vehicles

[@Stormclowe]

On that "armor piercing incendiary" slug - you mentioned not seeing the penetrator - that's what pokes back through the wadding when the slug itself flattens out. It might penetrate lighter armor. Definitely those old school 3A flak plates from the 80's

[@BallisticHighSpeed]

Good to know!

[@TheFirstCurse1]

That armor-piercing slug was insane. I knew that Shotgun slugs would be concussive to armor but I never thought that anything would pierce and break it.

[@Iley1_500]

14:45 Damn with the deadly mini cannonball

[@hammond2600]

Here's one for you to try. The Rio Royal MG. It's a rifled slug with a steel tip and core. It's not listed as "armor piercing and I don't think it would penetrate 550 armor but, I do know it'll punch right through mild steel and IIIA armor. We shot one at an old 2" hitch receiver. It punched through both sides and went about 6" into the tree behind it. There are almost no videos at all on this particular round so, I'd love to see you guys test it out.

[@CSltz]

When I was stationed at Guam. Part of the duties was patrolling the “ bomb dumps “ . They had replaced the double 0 buck shot. To number 6 bird shot. After a incident with a pick up truck. I had often wondered what that #6 would do if I ever had to shoot in the jungle.

[@FinnisJaeger]

Effect on the last shot is called "plugging". Shape of the AP projectile influenses heavily what kind of penetration there will be, more rounded or flat the more likely to have plugging.

[@FrankMuchnok]

Each shot was way cool from the first to the last. The bird & buck shot reminded me of the grand finale on the 4th of July ! I wouldn't have guessed that lead would produce flames like that hitting steel.

[@Commxn750]

13:43 they way I laughed at it being “punched” would make Denzel Washington proud

[@koreyhayden1368]

Wow Phoenix Rising did a great job improving the Flechetes! They all flew straight thats awesome!

[@widgren87]

If you guys could ever manage to a hold of one, or more, of the old WW2 Anti Tank Guns like the L-39 Lahti or the Solothurn S-18/100 that could be an amazing video :-) Looking forward to the next one.

[@TheRealJBMcMunn]

Hard to find 20mm for Lahti, but we can dream! Also Hard to find a Lahti that hasn't been de-milled.

[@widgren87]

@@TheRealJBMcMunn But as you said, we can dream.

[@harmlesscreationsofthegree1248]

That wrecking ball thing is incredible! Outstanding video gentlemen, once again.

[@Alex_the_Autist]

Hopefully y’all can do a collab with some of the BRCC guys in the future

[@duaneperkins8329]

I almost couldn't understand what I was seeing at first. I knew they hole was there but the ball just stopped. Would have never understood without the highspeed. Really great episode. 👍😀

[@nanaki-seto]

That is the insane part the ball just like stopped dead the plate barely moved and had a plug knocked out of it At first i thought the ball was just lead and had a smaller penetrator core It is a solid method to get the core to target lead engages the rifling to impart spin helps form a gas seal add weight and the core pushes through the lead through the target and out the back Now reason you can not use a small tungsten ball or faceted core inside a much larger lead ball using those shapes you don't need to worry about things like tubing end over end it just works

[@turbo4g639]

On the last shot the wad and cup blew through the ball. So a substantial amount of energy was lost. I imagine if the wad would have been able to accelerate the ball it prob would have punched through. Great stuff guys!

[@JoshNormandy]

This... Was... AWESOME!!!!

[@Tydirium5240]

the perfect birthday present is a new vid from these guys :)

[@denikoki]

One of the best youtube channels right now

[@DangOldRegularOld]

I LOVE THESE VIDEOS!

[@aydinmeric1040]

It's a very nice video, thank you for your work. Videos showing how it goes through regular thin metal plates instead of steel would also be good. For example, 9mm punches 4 plates, like 45acp 5 plates

[@theshishow4942]

That was freaking awesome looking. The way that tss round punched out that plug was crazy. If you'd like to try out some black powder Cannons I've got a few. 44cal, 50cal, 26mm and a 42mm you're welcome to use. I've always wanted to see how they shoot with high-speed cameras.

[@bokkenwielderful]

Love the editing work you do, especially showing the main impact twice, it is edited precisely how I would want to see it, bravo. If I may add, do some archery on armor, single bevel broad heads through gel or whatever sounds good. A powerful crossbow is quite a wonderful bit of equipment.

[@eugeneallshouse5884]

I love yr videos..the slow mo is amazing..keep em coming guys

[@ZMAN_420]

Nice, this channel is great! I've been waiting for a channel like this! 👍🏻🇺🇲

[@-Master_Of_Disaster]

Wow that last shot was cool. Never saw something like that. The fastest hole puncher in the world.

[@stevejones7539]

Hi Folks, great content! my suggestion is an AP round exiting the back of the armour plate or Bullet proof glass. actually any round exiting as I would love to see the deformation and complete perforation. Again, great content. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

[@willo7734]

Seriously awesome video! As others have said I think the sound during the slow mo shots is a whole other level and is a huge part of what makes this channel great. In terms of what else to hit the plate with, I think the next logical step is RPG lol. Great job guys.

[@catgynt9148]

There used to be ammunition rounds that were allegedly cast with depleted uranium. I think it’s classification was DRT or DTR. It’s been too many years and sandbox excursions to remember exactly. Thanks for sharing this high speed video capture. Wishing you gentlemen safe days and quiet evenings. Peace (through superior fire power)

[@chemistryofquestionablequa6252]

Oxide got a few of them and is trying to find out how to legally test them. There's a short video on his channel about them.

[@ethandonohoe]

Always great cinematography!

[@megawl2086]

I love shotgun slugs, they come in so many forms, like tiny tank rounds

[@tylerd.5694]

I'd love to see various types of 5.56 ammo against a steel plate. 40 gr varmint rounds, regular fmj, 62 gr green tips, 77 otm etc etc. Who knows they might look cool.

[@Steelcity77]

Crazy video guys, I never thought a 12 guage could punch a hole in ar550👍🏻

[@LunchboxISU]

I'd like to see ballistic testing of 9mm fired from a ruger pcc. Typically tested from a much much shorter handgun barrel, it would be awesome to see the changes to hollow point expansion and penetration with the additional barrel length. Any cycling issues would be interesting, especially when trying +P or +P+ ammo

[@LunchboxISU]

Pistol Caliber Carbines have exploded in popularity, but the ballistics for said enthusiasm has not kept up. I've searched, unsuccessfully to find an answer - especially if I wanted to use said weapon to lawfully take a deer in the state of Iowa (straight wall rifle cartridge, min. .350" diameter, expanding projectile, min 500ft lbs velocity at the muzzle). I have a 10 year old daughter that wants to deer hunt. We aren't taking more than a 50 yard shot and I'd love to share this experience with her.

[@Lc-lv8io]

Awesome stuff you guys keep it coming. As far as the armor piercing round going through two car doors, I think the 1 once slug would do that and probably 00 buck would also. Maybe something to do a video on sometime. Thanks

[@Ste_Brit]

13:33 the back part probably looks like rubber because it’s the gas seal 😂 Just a thought 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@ulfhedtyrsson]

That first AP slug was tumbling on launch and hit rear first. You can see the armor penatrator poke out the back on impact facing the wrong way...

[@derekturner3272]

Be super interesting to see the ballistics of the slug that popped out the back from the TSS ball impact. Some gel behind to see if it would pen the body.

[@lacepub]

Woa 200+K subs, that's fast than I expected Good job 👍

[@duaneperkins8329]

A Canon!!! 😄🤣🙃😛 Great video, thank you!

[@Bente52]

Last shot was awesome! Looked like it came to a complete stop

[@glennllewellyn7369]

Awesome! Try those sintered copper/tin compressed powder rounds. Australia

[@GIN0MAN5432]

Im so glad this channel exists. You guys rock!

[@TheFORUNNERGaming]

Id recommend using waterfowl steel shot, makes for a nice show... just stand behind cover.

[@grigorione7824]

That hole punch shot makes me think of how a glass can somewhat liquify and then shatter because of sound vibrations .

[@kcv5716]

After the tungsten ball hit, cool to see the plate ripple.

[@keithlincoln1309]

Again, WOW! Still waaaaay under appreciated!

[@patdry]

This exceeded all anticipation, great video guys!

[@arcanenecrosis8517]

with first slug at 33k fps you can start to see the speed on the fragments of the impact, very useful science there lol

[@arcanenecrosis8517]

you see the rotation of it

[@awurtz5808]

Man you guys should try to do a slow mo of the rear to see the armor slug pop out would’ve made for some very interesting footage.

[@Eric-gi9kg]

Though arrows aren't normally considered to penitrate modern armor... But there are platforms that do deliver arrows and some insane speeds

[@robertfrapples2472]

My buddy's 50 cal air rifle will flat send them.

[@NattyBumppo]

Awesome channel! I’d love to see a sabot slug in slow mo. I hunt with them every year out of my savage 220. Would be awesome!!

[@ripplesnake]

That piece that got punched out was done by the spalling effect. The ball hit the plate so hard it didn't penetrate it but blew a chunk of the armor out at the impact sight.

[@wadedeeds1738]

So interesting! Thanks guys!!

[@petrusanonymous1321]

Grat film! Thank you! 👍

[@annaleebliss4618]

14.5 & 20mm will obviously go through it but it will still be cool to see on high speed. Cool video.😯😲

[@troynewberry9771]

Hey guys... only recently found your channel and I am loving it... telling all my mates and as a scientist loving the science. I was wondering if the sparking is coming from the carbon content of the hardened steel... Anyhoo I was wondering if you could do a video on different bullets ricocheting off said steel plate... different guns/calibers/casings. I think the high speed as it skips off the plate would be epic !!!! Love your work !!!

[@glennallen496]

Great slow mo video! It's cool to see things like this. I don't like the foley effects, though. If the actual sound was slowed by the same amount as the actual video, the sounds would be pitched too low for us to even hear, much less recognize. I blame Hollywood for conditioning us to expect normal-sounding noises from events viewed at abnormal rates of time passage.

[@fell9654]

That last hit: CANNONBALL!