Explosives vs Hand in Slow Motion! - Ballistic High-Speed

What happens if you don't throw your grenade? Or are still holding dynamite or det cord when it detonates? Bryce and Adam explore what could happen if you aren't careful around explosives!
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[@Pikawarps]

We’ve all enjoyed a good Roman candle in the hand, but have you tried a Mortar in the hand? Today we find out why not

[@zer0deaths862]

My best friend used to do just that every Independence Day, he would get drunk and have firework wars with the neighborhood kids hurling fireworks at him. He used to aim for streetlights 😂

[@dr.hugog.hackenbush9443]

**laughing in 11C**

[@Puttagirlon]

Unfortunately, yes. Oh... That was rhetorical... They're *_SPICY_*

[@american7169]

Yes I let a mortar go off in my hand. Held it at the bottom and nothing happened. Just to prove a point. Did catch a star in the armpit though lol

[@whyareusobad3528]

@@american7169 problem with that is the quality control on the brands is questionable I’ve had a lot of friend’s do it but then I had one I lit in the tube detonate and everyone of them that saw that happen doesn’t do it anymore

[@johnconarty3762]

That detcord was awesome in the higher framerate! The pressure waves fighting was cool as heck!

[@ViktoriousDead]

It’s amazing how stable explosives are. Worked with detcord, ECT C-1 sheets, C4, etc…. Data prime boosters, all incredibly stable

[@SensitivityGames]

most* untill a person randomly mixes 2 chemicals from his kitchen lmao

[@PrivateMemo]

@@SensitivityGames He's probably mostly referring to modern high explosives. Low explosives are anything but stable or safe.

[@etuanno]

@@PrivateMemo Oh yes. Radical based explosives or peroxide based stuff is spicy. A friend of mine mixed two radical starters for a polymer reaction together. He was lucky that he had closed the blast shield because the reaction vessel went into sponaneous, uncontrolled disassembly.

[@gnarthdarkanen7464]

With the exception (arguable) of the dynamite... Modern dynamite isn't the same as "Nobelian Dynamite" in the vid'... That's a nitro-cellulose mixture... aka "Nitroglycerine in a cellulose matrix" which DOES stabilize it some... BUT over time, and humidity variations, it will "sweat" the nitroglycerine back into dangerous quantities... making it both unstable and unreliable... This stuff performed well because they probably manufacture small amounts on-site, so it stays fresh... AND (probably justified as "training purposes") it gets disposed of regularly... There's a historical account, in WWI (if I recall correctly, though may have been WWII)... Where the Allies were smuggling explosives past enemy lines, and they'd come up with a "Binary Explosive" which they devised to ship as "Compound A" labelled "Biscuit Mix" and "Compound B" in some other container, similarly mislabelled... SO the story goes, that the smugglers were stopped by border patrols and searched, and after some argument, the patrol protested the Biscuit Mix, and the smugglers just shrugged and made biscuits out of it, sharing some of said biscuits with the patrolling soldiers (depending on the version you get to hear)... Accounts of the quality of the biscuits also vary somewhat, but the fact that they COULD conceivably make actual biscuits with the stuff and NOT blow anything up or die from eating it is pretty solid evidence of the shear ingenuity that has gone into some modern explosive compounds... haha ;o)

[@hn396]

@@PrivateMemo You should look up TATP. Primary explosives can be extremely dangerous.

[@1ilrx]

This channel had 20k subscribers when I found it and knew it was so underrated. Expected it to blow up and it did. It's just perfect, explosions and bullets + slowmo!

[@willo7734]

Same here. I happened to find the channel somewhere around that time. It’s great to see them getting the success they deserve.

[@eriknulty6392]

EXPERIMENT: ballistic torso laying on ww2 helmet with hand grenade under helmet. how bad would taking one for the team actually be??? 1

[@1ilrx]

@@eriknulty6392 Thats a good idea and would be cool to see

[@andrewut7ya511]

I found it when there was only 3 subscribers.

[@Versuffe]

​@@andrewut7ya511 I found it when it didn't exist

[@dingus153]

The "I could take that" about holding detcord was a bit of foreshadowing 😂

[@cheahyeah7134]

came looking for this comment lol

[@creedcero2429]

Came to say the same thing lmao

[@MrTee-hw7mp]

“I’m built different!” I guess he’s is!

[@alexanderbordeau7417]

Awesome & very Gruesome. MK II is "Mark 2". If you'd used only the electric detonator/initiator and not the det cord in the clinched fist, you'd have gotten closer to what you hoped for. I was an MOS qualified Staff/Sgt. demolition specialist-combat engineer in the Ca. Nat'l Guard in 1978 and still have all 21 appendages.

[@setituptoblowitup]

Well SIR you are good at your job and for that we thank you 👏👏👏

[@taylorbrown7426]

most thankful for the 21st i bet

[@alexanderbordeau7417]

@@taylorbrown7426 So are The lady's

[@michellechilders-garrison7996]

I had to count them out lmao. I bet

[@SharpForceTrauma]

​@@taylorbrown7426 I have to wonder what kind of freak explosives accident would end up with you losing that one lmfao

[@adamj8385]

We used to improvise all kinds of explosive combinations in the Marines. Shape charges were my favorite! That would be cool to see in slo-mo

[@gregroot198519]

Was a combat engineer in the army and we did the same. Det cord can be used for a whole lot more destruction than most would guess. It’s even a way to chop down a tree

[@ghostsmoke11]

@@gregroot198519 My cousin was in Afghanistan and some locals found a bunch of discarded det cord. they decided it looked pretty and the decorated their camel with it...with predeictable results.

[@fishyboy2140]

The camel never saw it coming.

[@adamj8385]

@@ghostsmoke11 idle Lance Corporals are the Devil's Workshop

[@JohnLee-jk5ew]

Another amazing video, thanks guys!! My bf only has 7.5 fingers from det cord back feeding. I often joke he won the dna Olympics (he survived 3 ied’s, 30+ yrs in the army including group) and this video really proves my point!! He’s so fortunate or lucky to have a few stubs and still have the ability to pull a trigger

[@MrJeffcoley1]

Different explosives are useful for particular purposes. A slower explosive such as TNT is good for "pushing" dirt or cutting timber. A fast explosive such as C4 is better for producing a quick "shock" for shattering concrete and cutting steel. At least, that's what I remember from the demo classes I took about 25 years ago in the Marines.

[@bodyno3158]

TNT is not "that slow", AN based ones are the slow bois.

[@briand9903]

Great video. Awesome post production and editing at work here. Your team's experience really shows.

[@officialmotomoto]

imagine the insane collab with the slow mo guys, would love to see where and how the explosion starts and ends. amazing video!

[@Mbartel500]

I have watched and subscribed from the very beginning, and I have seen the incredible way you guys have grown and managed this channel. You are true professionals who have mastered the art of high speed video. I always look forward to your next presentation.

[@Tropic1Thunder]

“You could still bayonet somebody” has to be my favorite part of this video. Amazing video as always, keep up the great work!

[@Tropic1Thunder]

Also not to mention the other best part of this video is seeing how the shockwaves interact with each other and with the concrete. This has to be one of my favorite KZbin videos out there!

[@estherclawson6876]

I cringed and gagged so hard. I don't wanna be in that situation.

[@bullet10002]

This is absolutely amazing! Can't wait to see the other stuff!

[@fredrik.claesson]

This was mesmerizing and super disturbing at the same time! Loved it! :D

[@glensubtorq]

Yeah I actually put off watching this until I was "ready" mentally to deal with this.

[@yourlocaldoomer]

The entire video I was thinking about my fucking hand getting blown off

[@bsavage5128]

I wont lie.... The BHS intro logo is what got me...

[@nathandalton8243]

Absolutely love y’all’s videos. Jeez how awesome.

[@RedHeadKevin]

I love seeing the shock waves visibly bouncing around in the blast box.

[@davejob630]

The shock wave propagation is fascinating to watch. Mesmerising.

[@jimmiller3204]

Love your video's. Lost some of my right arm 40 years ago in the Navy from an explosive I picked up. Very good example.

[@anstykarkada]

really loving this series. Never seen detonation like this before. So spectacular but yet so scary!!.. cannot wait for the next video!!

[@HHSTT]

5:33 That's why rapatronic photography is so cool. 😍

[@MikeInVBVA]

20,000 fps, yeah, that's insanely fast. The slo-mo on that was intense and the hand really did vaporize

[@Bl4ckD0g]

I liked near the end when they were doing the frame by frame and you just see the hand go 'pop' like an overfilled balloon.

[@Rando_Shyte]

@@Bl4ckD0g Worst/best part of that was seeing each individual hand bone fly off in different direction....

[@Chironseth1970]

The thing I like and that stands out most about the pair of you is that you don’t whoop and go mad like most of the gun channels on KZbin. 👍

[@alouiciousjackson5812]

In basic training, the dumbest guy in the class threw his concussion grenade about 5 feet. The drill sgt tackled him below the concrete embankment, and the thing shook the one foot thick Plexiglas walls like you wouldn't believe!

[@SmolKTN]

So in the firearms/sport-shooting trade, we have something called a "Hang-Fire", this is where a primer is struck but fails to go off immediately and can take up to a few seconds to go off (seldom happens). Misfires happen all the time, and most often professional shooters will extract the faulty round quickly, rechamber another and continue the COF. We would then retrieve the round after the COF has been completed. I've only ever seen one misfire, that was extracted which then turned into a hang-fire and activated once on the ground, nobody was injured. My test is to see what type of damage that could do to someone's hand or unprotected part of your body should you pick it up and/or have it go off near you. Your cooperation in this matter would be greatly appreciated. :D

[@MarkHahn]

Very cool series! 👍 My fav was the det cord. Will you guys be doing shape charges at all? THAT would be cool to see hot molting copper slam through armor plate.

[@Zoroff74]

Ditto on seeing HEAT jets And EFP:s, both being formed, and going through armor. Also some technical charges could be interesting, like cutting off a steel beam with plastic explosives.

[@dennisstoner5079]

The det cord, was very cool. You could see the bones from the hand, it looked like the hand opened and bones just kept getting further apart from each other.

[@TuckerDale89]

I’ve always wondered what det-cord would do to the human body and know I kind of know. Now y’all should try a ballistic gel torso vs. det-cord

[@jordanhicks5131]

Wrap it around the neck and see if they can pop the head off Or do the Israeli exploding cell phone trick, pack a cell phone with semtex and put it next to a gel head

[@Quarterpounderspatch]

They did

[@TesticleStealer]

I heard someone recently talking about rifle rated soft body armor and my first thought was, "The bullet stops but the impact doesnt." So i was thinking it would be cool to see the impact energy travel through a dummy, and see how the internal organs act under that much pressure.

[@chrisswindell7704]

I don’t think it would be as exciting as you think. Bullets (even .50cal) actually have very little mass. If they don’t penetrate, their energy is dispersed across the plate and they simply don’t have the energy to do much to a circa 90kg body armoured human.

[@TesticleStealer]

@@chrisswindell7704 I don’t think I worded this in the way that actually says what I meant, what I meant from that was to watch the bullet get caught in a soft armor vest but get a side view of the armor getting pushed into the rib cage and see if it’s survivable and if it is then what calibers are safe and which ones still carry enough energy to cause fatal levels of internal bleeding.

[@ingihrannar8781]

@@chrisswindell7704 I dont know where you got that info but i hope i can assure you that the kinetic energy of a .50 cal bullet absorbed by any material the bullet couldnt penetrate is massive. It was used in WW2 to disable tanks for cripes sakes

[@Pipizzakitchen]

That sounds like a great video. I've wondered as well. The shockwave traveling through the abdominal cavity would be incredible with a large gun.

[@Pipizzakitchen]

​@@chrisswindell7704 637 grains is not very little mass, especially at 3,400 fps. 15,000 ft/ lbs of energy across the area of a plate even if perfectly distributed would ( IMO) , not be survivable when dumped in the space of a few inches.

[@infidel24]

You guy's are literally, 30 miles from my home. I wish you had time to enjoy the area.

[@leifwulffstephan3725]

This is beyond cool... now try thermite and Napalm :)

[@greghodgen6902]

Years ago, I met a man that lost his hand as a result of throwing out a hand grenade that got lobbed into the Tank he was part of the crew of. His elbow still functioned and he had a hook. He saved his buddies lives.

[@indrajeetroy6464]

5.56 green tip into clear ballistic gel please. Wanna see the extreme engineering of the bullet

[@starter0951]

Thanks showing just the b.s we want to see. No filler, no part 2 and no 20 min monologue of setting up. Gg boys

[@flux1647]

B.L.E.V.E. Boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion

[@nathansmith3608]

Those always look incredible, but they're so much slower you can pretty much see everything in 240 fps Kreosan english channel once blew up an oxygen tank in a tub of burning tires & kerosene - I'd love to see that in super slow mo

[@1shagg420]

It's so cool watching the explosion echo back and forth multiple times reigning hellfire over and over again

[@BLVCK6]

Imagine how badly your hand would be wounded if a 155 mm HE shell goes off.

[@stuartgmk]

👀

[@kleinerfarmer1]

The m795 for stuff like the m777 howitzer has close to 11kg/24lb of explosive filler. or to say it otherwise: what hand?

[@MeshFrequency]

You guys rock. I'm glad there is now a channel like yours to enjoy!

[@Mewperi]

This happens to one of my brother in Indian army.😭 He died. amen

[@Ste_Brit]

This is one of the very few channels (out of more than a hundred I’m subscribed to) that I actually have the bell set to all notifications 😂👍

[@chip5617]

Anything under 1 million subs should be a crime this channels is one of the greatest out there

[@doubleagaming7431]

Holy smokes that BHS intro is sick. Love it!

[@Pyroteknikid]

In case you were wondering- Det cord would take about 1.5 hours to circle the Earth at the equator.

[@MrGawn]

Subbed! What makes this channel dif than the other high speed people is there is a lot less banter. (meant as a good thing) They just blow shit up and then show you the high speed without some bs over analysis. Neither guy is charming or charismatic and i think they know that, so they dont dwell on banter.. (smart choice) Their videos are brutal and to the point, love it!! Good job guys! New sub here and I think you guys could teach a lot to the other channels!!!

[@light-master]

Love the title card "Recreating Grenade", "Explosive Det Cord", "Accidents! Dynamite". Sounds like a thrilling video

[@texasranger24]

I really appreciate how much money you invested into cameras and explosives just to show me how things blow up. Very cool.

[@vettle1]

Love this channel.

[@duaneperkins8329]

Wow, just wow! 😨😱 Detcord was my favorite as you could watch it streak through the hand...and for just a split second, it looked like the hand might survive. Then reality told hold and vaporized it. 👍😄

[@BU1Lander]

Fantastically satisfying carnage and 'splodies. Never thought I would have the chance to get any kind of idea what a grenade, or dynamite would do to a hand, but now I have. Also, watching the det cord just detonate through the hand in slow motion like that was absolutely fabulous.

[@LonC1966]

Awesome. The shockwaves were amazing to see slowed down like that.

[@mattking7253]

8:40 this is actually the end of the stick forming a small 'shape charge'. The motive force of the explosion traveling along the body creates a forcing effect. You can see the same with the det cord later in the video. Made this Sapper's day!

[@grapeape_76]

Outstanding! Hands down, you have one of the best channels on the Tube!

[@bad74maverick1]

Last week a father and his teenage son and daughter were going through their grandparents things when one of them found a MK23 Grenade and pulled the pin. The father died and the kids are in extremely serious condition in an ICU. I couldn't imagine what that scene looked like until I happened by here lol.

[@jamesquinn8958]

It's pretty cool to see you guys making a video in my home state. Thanks for another great video!

[@billhoppe2991]

Very exciting and interesting content. I love what the hi speed cameras reveal. Thanks to both of you. Great channel.

[@TheRealAb216]

Grenade range MCT 2002 kid dropped the grenade and that was about what both his legs looked like. Flack jacket and Kevlar along with the instructor jumping on him saved his life. Both his legs broken one in two places the other in 4. Instructor had shrapnel hit him in his shoulder and travel down his arm and out his wrist leaving him with nerve damage.

[@FullcircleZA]

I swear I saw your channel on 50k just months ago! Well deserved

[@oscarlund8820]

You're using the invention that to this day funds the highest of scientific prices, the Nobel price, to do new research. Love the content, keep on going

[@TAR3N]

You guys are setting the bar so high that theres no channel that could possibly compete! Phenomenal job !!!

[@DarkChaos87]

Slow MO guys: *laughs in 5million fps*

[@MrRedeyedJedi]

Slowmo guys do, I enjoy both channels

[@NitewaveGames]

Litterally the best show on youtube, excelent content guys. first actual episode was the RPG explosion, and I'm just happy to see ole boy living good still. cause that was craaaazzyyy

[@Roccondil]

5:40 The absolute coolest bit to see the shockwave reflecting off the surrounding concrete walls... I don't think the Slo-Mo guys or any of the other high-speed shows have contained an explosion like this to get that effect!

[@jcoop3660]

The fire bouncing back n forth, fluid physics in your face 😳

[@jenkem4464]

Oh wow...those reflecting shockwaves at 5:11. Super cool.

[@CJ-hw4zc]

I absolutely love this type of filming, high explosives recorded in super slow motion is just fascinating 👏👌👍😀

[@davidboese6276]

Really enjoyed this video. Well done guys. Can't wait for the next one.

[@jakedavis7394]

5:15. The wave is cooler than you think. You can actually see the wave reflecting from side to side. Every time it reflects off the wall the force of the wave doubles. Very cool to see

[@harald2101]

So stoked! Whoop whoop! Cheers to the algorithm. You guys are the best!

[@garkmr6200]

Love to see these in slow motion. The pressure waves are incredible to see.

[@yoo571]

I'm not surprised that dynamite did a cleaner "cut" in the arm and a hole in the ground because it was invented for controlled destinations in mines if I'm not mistaken and for that the explosion can't go everywhere

[@thesaltysergeant4103]

I hated throwing the hand grenade in the Infantry, I always felt a little hesitant with them. Cheers for the videos.

[@kyles5513]

That slow mo is some of the best I've ever seen. So cool.

[@cornpowa]

I was pretty confident nothing was going to be left of the hands, I work with a guy that is a walking example of why you don't go mixing fireworks together and light your creation in your hand (he's still got a wrist, but not much past that), but this was still really cool to see in slow motion.

[@noseyparker6622]

That was just insanely brilliant.....wow

[@yurionabike99]

Love the shock wave bouncing around

[@glennbrymer4065]

This was really cool to see. After years of shooting off explosives, I can now see what actually took place. Fascinating to see the resulting damages at slow speeds. Terrifing to realize.

[@ahvenraita199]

So cool! Well done! Greatings from finland 🇫🇮

[@HHSTT]

2:14 (truck passing by in the background) At least the highway is close. 😁

[@hardheadjarhead]

The Comp B found in a grenade is actually a mixture of RDX and the slower explosive, TNT. That grenade might have been a bit to hot.

[@xaviersavedra711]

Those shockwaves bouncing back and forth were cool

[@BIG-DIPPER-56]

Absolutely Fascinating ! ! ! Thanks 🙂😎👍

[@WhuDhat]

wow this was so much more professional than those two other dic...creators, I have seen demonstrating the effects of explosives

[@wizboy45]

Slo Mo Guys?

[@CarolinaAnglingCo]

What a great episode guys. I can't wait for part 2 from what you guys mentioned. If I could make a suggestion, I'd love to see the effects of C4 on a torso. I've wondered just how destructive the stuff is. 😂.

[@michaelmorrison4201]

I "thumbs up" this video because on the flaming "thumbs up" fireball explosion that grew out starting at 12:55. If you pause the video at 12:57 you can really see it's form!

[@BloodyMobile]

5:10 is an amazing shot. You can literally see a shockwave bouncing back and forth between the walls.

[@blackbeardgamer5909]

I thought I was cool for having an 07/02 SOT, that dude has everything! I'm jelly lol. Great video guys!

[@collinsmith9941]

That was pretty great. What an awesome place to go too.

[@300spartan2222]

You guys make the videos I have allways wanted to see :) Good job guys! Going even slower to see the explosion happen on that dynamite stick is what got me smiling :D

[@offroadinfidel1916]

That was AWESOME. Explosives are very dangerous. I love the slo-mo of DET cord.

[@coaldigger1998]

I have worked with explosives for 45 years now and I love this type of content

[@snapdragon5481]

super cool! pls continue!!! best channel ever.

[@DeeZNutS400]

Can you guys please put the velocities/energy for all your videos? Love seeing the difference between the explosives! Thank you for the great content!

[@robertkerr4199]

12:17 I love how you can see the blast wave reflect off the ground. This is the reason nuclear bombs form mushroom clouds; the shockwave reflects off the ground and pushes back against the original wave front, causing a mach stem to form. You guys should try to recreate miniature mushroom clouds.... just raise your explosives a foot or 2 off the ground..

[@DrDeuteron]

they form mushroom clouds b/c the fireball is buoyant. Mach stem is unrelated.

[@Michael-rg7mx]

Rdx or c4 burns at 26,000 Det cord at 21,000 Tnt at 12,000 The comp b was about 20,000 Tnt pushes better. So if you want to tip over one end and use c4 to cut it loose. Like blowing a bridge support. We just used caps and det cord to set it off, but now there are caps on non electric cord. It's like a very weak det cord. There are delays available also, so you can cut both ends and then push it over a quarter second later so the bridge falls.

[@sowhats.6100]

The detcord super slow motion was fantastic. Thanks

[@jeffreyyoung4104]

In each case, the result was a big thumbs up by the ballistic arms and hand!

[@MarkytheSparky]

This Chanel just upped its game!!

[@AKUSUXs]

Growing up I was fortunate enough to see what dynamite can do. My grandpa and dad had a small plumbing, excavation, blasting business. All the fun times blowing up rock! I also remember farmers coming to my grandparents house and buying sticks of dynamite. No special paperwork or permits needed, it was definitely different back then. One job they had in Oregon was to blast a big ol foundation hole for a microwave tower near Lagrande, OR. We forgot blasting caps to set of the charge, Oops! Thank fully I had my 20 gauge shotgun 😊and set of the entire charge shooting at a stick of dynamite with det cord running to the main charge. What a great childhood! Maybe a show about shooting dynamite with a shotgun? It has to be lead shot, none of the other crap that is around today. Because I was exposed to all of this as a young boy, I became a 12Bravo COMBAT ENGINEER!

[@hugoamarilo]

The best video,i love shrapnel experiments and explosions

[@mattzebroski]

Bro this is such an underrated channel