Shaped Charges vs Ballistic Heads! - Ballistic High-Speed

Bryce and Adam discover what happens when you get on the wrong side of a shaped charge!
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[@BallisticHighSpeed]

Thanks for watching! Pick up some merch if you'd like to support the channel: www.bunkerbranding.com/pages/ballistic-high-speed What would you all like to see done with explosives next?

[@robertkerr4199]

Stop a bullet. Door breaching from the inside. How many wraps of det-cord does it take to cleave a V8? Stump removal. Remember that time they blew up a beached whale? Can you inflate a tire with RDX? Shaped charge v sand bags Shaped charge v water jugs det-cord to fall a tree det-cord to split logs different penetrator metals; lead, zinc, tin, silver, or alloys?? fireworks, only with high explosives fire two shaped charges into each other, face to face

[@timothylopez8572]

For some reason all I see is Ike Barinholtz, the guy from Suicide Squad. When I see the host. 😊In a good way

[@AnotherOtherMan-alive]

Would be really interesting to see just a block of clear ballistics gel with the TMX 7510

[@menotyou8958]

YES!!! SHAPED CHARGES!!!

[@menotyou8958]

Thanks for the amazing footage and videos!

[@SteveFye]

Man, that's a lot of expensive equipment just a few feet away from the explosion. You guys are brave!

[@Will-W]

If they are using industry standard tricks, those aren't exposed, they're actually pointed at a mirror and the cameras are behind protection so if they are hit with shrapnel/spall/frag the mirror shatters but the cameras are safe.

[@SteveFye]

@@Will-W Watch at 1:42. Please explain.

[@shaggy_e210]

Well one of the hosts was in an explosion, no biggie

[@Will-W]

@@SteveFye ah, you were referring to the black lights. The lights are "relatively" inexpensive compared to the 6 figure cameras and lenses. I'm not sure how they protect those unless it's just some clear polycarbonate and LED (solid state so no shattering) illumination.

[@SteveFye]

@@Will-W those were lights? That makes more sense then. Still, they didn't look cheap. Thanks man!

[@DutchTraveler]

“Or three heads?” “Not those three heads.” I cackled a bit too hard at that.

[@kcSebby]

It's good to see he's in good spirits after all the accident. ❤

[@jaycreations2k12]

​@@kcSebbyaccident?

[@kcSebby]

@@jaycreations2k12 A while back, Adam had fired an RPG from the shoulder and the RPG catastrophically failed. There is a breakdown of the accident, the high speed footage and more on their channel.

[@jaycreations2k12]

@@kcSebby oh. i didn't know that

[@cmpaintball131]

The mike Tyson reference was pretty gold too

[@generallyawesome9677]

That comparison to a shaped charge exploding like a nuke got me thinking: What if a Shaped Charge exploded in a Lego City?

[@vvvxt]

"A man has suffered serious damage from a shaped charge in Lego City!"

[@user-db5qd3wd6z]

The shaped charge stands no chance against that single Lego block that is just there to be trodden on.

[@itsajoeybeat]

And the name of the city is called SandiLego California

[@youtubeSuckssNow]

Hydraulic Press Channel has done something like that with their high speed cameras before. It should be on their Beyond the Press Channel

[@admiral_franz_von_hipper5436]

Tbh, nukes don’t actually explode in a mushroom cloud shape. The shape of the cloud is a post-explosion effect caused by both the hot air around the point of explosion rising and the displaced air returning to the point of explosion and rising. The central column of air keeps rising as the air and particles lifted up earlier start losing their energy and falling out of the air. It is the same phenomenon with how people create smoke rings.

[@mokopa]

I worked with a company that make anti-tank warheads, and I was part of a team whose job it was to figure out how these things work and look in slow-mo, using software simulations. I cannot express the torrent of emotions a video like this conjures up in me! We had spend so many frustrating weeks and months testing, tweaking, testing, tweaking the software...just to get a 10th of the kind of information one could get by just watching the actual video footage in slow motion. What this video captures in a day's work would have our team many months to reproduce.

[@ithilpalladium]

Kinda wild the company couldn't arrange for something similar with slow mo cams and go through the proper channels to get real explosives (especially if these youtubers can). I'd imagine a defense contractor would have, and probably should have, the connections and resources to test in a more controlled, scientific way. Was there a reason why they chose to go the simulator route instead?

[@ThePursuitofHappiness1988]

If you’re expecting the government to be practical in their spending of taxpayer dollars- I’m going to chuckle.

[@blahblahblah23424]

@@ThePursuitofHappiness1988 A lot of high-speed camera techniques were originally developed with taxpayer funding specifically for this kind of thing (not just shaped charges, but explosive lenses and compression systems for nuclear weapons especially). But as you might imagine, as expensive as these modern high-speed digital cameras are, the "old-fashioned" techniques were many times more expensive still, and it would be difficult or impossible to get nice frame-by-frame sequences of the whole process like this

[@christopherleubner6633]

​@ithilpalladium a simulation can help exclude design parameters before doing a real world test. It's good to use a simulator for the initial R&D stages to save time and money before creating a test prototype ❤

[@mokopa]

@@ithilpalladium Once a simulation becomes reliable enough, it becomes the safest and most cost-effective way to test these kinds of things, by far. A simulation could run a 1000 simulations each with a slight variance in the time it takes to set up the expensive and fragile high-speed camera. Not so wild after all.

[@mattwillis4562]

We've seen in GWOT - Iraq, copper plated shaped charges using HME (home made explosives) punch completely through Bradley reactive armor into the hull and take out infantry wearing L3 SAPI plates. My patrol once found a 10" shaped charge in Baghdad hidden in a pot hole in one of the freeway overpasses. Thank god we found it before they fired it into the underside of a HEMMET or MRAP. Amazing footage of the physics behind just how destructive these kinds of specialized explosives can be and your data can be shared to help develop better countermeasures in the future.

[@kolinskiparadox]

man i hope your douing well after what you saw, that i am currently going into EMS and most likely flight medicine, i am scared of what i will see there. But thats just a matter of time

[@elburropeligroso4689]

EFP's are no joke. Used to up armor Humvees and 1117's, and every day we were fabricating armor plates to replace the ones hit by EFP's.

[@TheGraffiti600rr]

EFPs go through strykers pretty good too. Found out in 07 during the surge.

[@HighlyAcoustic]

Yeah, couple dudes I worked with overseas found out what shaped charges can do in kandahar. Not pretty

[@mattwillis4562]

@@kolinskiparadox I appreciate the support. All things considered, I'm pretty adjusted to civilian life now. Yeah, I try not to be hard headed and I go to therapy if things start getting tense. Helps a lot, 10/10 highly recommend :)

[@tinaann3323]

As a combat engineer in the Marines, I set off a 15 pound shape charge of RDX/C4) on a D10 dozer in the steel pit. Straight through. It was amazing!

[@ThePursuitofHappiness1988]

Thats some serious penetration. And no I’m not quoting a porno.

[@hans-joachimtenhoope1744]

4:35 Yes! Finally! You used the right standoff distance and did not place the shaped charge directly on the target. 🥳

[@leocurious9919]

Just saw they used no liner at all first, then really low quality (glass) and then unknown quality copper. But all of them with very non-uniform in density explosive, so about as far from ideal as it gets. 0 standoff or not would not make a difference here.

[@crandalllogan584]

I love how Adam has had his life forever sleeping mulligan, and knows he can joke about it and not be in any danger (with explosions anyway). Same with how Scott makes his jokes

[@IIIAnchani]

Fun fact: If you calculate relativistic mass increase for the shaped charge jet if it's 50 grams of copper at 6500 m/s to begin with, you get around 11.75 nanograms of mass increase due to its velocity. And if you think that's nothing as it contains the phrase "nano" be reminded that each of their frames is exposed for a time in the nanoseconds. Just a fun fact for y'all.

[@TheOtherGuys2]

It's hard to think of it as nothing when it involves something going so fast that it gets heavier instead of faster, in a way that's that close to a scale we can comprehend. Sure, CERN can hyper-accelerate a Proton and fractionally increase its mass, but the sheer force of acceleration at work here is orders of magnitude beyond that.

[@IIIAnchani]

@@TheOtherGuys2 You are correct, yet it's hard for people to grasp the speeds at which CERN collides particles at. Even 10% the speed of light is incomprehensible to the human mind. In the case of shaped charges, we can comprehend the speeds, especially thanks to scientific analysis of high speed videography like the one in this video. And given that the numbers for exposure time and relativistic mass increase were so beautifully aligned, I couldn't resist to sprinkle a little bit of scientific fun into the comments.

[@lady_draguliana784]

Fun Fact: _anything_ if struck hard enough, will emit light. Here are 4 ways it can happen! 1) Triboluminescence, generated when bonds in a material are broken when that material is scratched, crushed, or rubbed. 2) Fractoluminescence, generated when bonds in certain crystals are broken by fractures. 3) Sonoluminescence is the emission of light from imploding bubbles in a liquid (see Pistol Shrimp, it's also similar in principal to #4) 4) Incandescence due to adiabatic compression* (this can run a Fire Piston to start a camp fire, or, with more power, a diesel engine, or, with WAY more power, it can start Nuclear Fusion!) the 4th option is my favorite, and most pertinent here. when something is compressed, it takes it's heat with it. if you take a substance with any amount of heat, and condense it into a small enough area, it will increase the temperature, and if you do this enough, it'll glow hot!

[@coalminer6278]

Thank you, that’s a great explanation!! Really interesting to learn about this process!!

[@rocksteady9826]

It is amazing how all this was discovered, documented, and understood in full. Got to love our race. A shame they want to get rid of us.

[@lady_draguliana784]

@@rocksteady9826 It'll be rough, sure, but we'll make it through... EAT THE RICH...

[@rocksteady9826]

It is not the "rich" who seem to be the problem. It seems that Democrats warp the minds of people living off the street, to make them violent.

[@vishwarao6064]

@@rocksteady9826 what

[@Crusade1982]

Breaking that table like that sure would make Scott from Kentucky Ballistics happy. :) Great episode!

[@anonymoususer8967]

“I need to buy more of those”. Favorite line also huge understatement you need to buy all of those.

[@MythicFool]

Between you guys here, and the SloMoGuys at the Colorado School of Mines, we have some of the best high speed footage of shaped charges in existence, but you're the only psychopaths who paired them with BDL busts. Outstanding work.

[@CF_Sapper]

It's actually kind of sad, KZbin has better slowmo shaped charge shots than the Military does, I use it for teaching shape charge lessons because of that. and I have a new video now too!

[@FarmerDrew]

​@@CF_Sapper for when you want to gain entry but also neutralize the room all with one handy product

[@CF_Sapper]

​@@FarmerDrew eh, there are other types of charges better suited for "fuck you and everyone in that room" than a conical shaped charge. They have their place in breaching but those tend to be much smaller than even what's demonstrated here and have a specific use.

[@FarmerDrew]

@@CF_Sapper I got a 93 on the ASVAB and my Army recruiter wanted me to be a sapper but I had a kid right after applying. Then another kid. Still wanting to serve and sapper would be so cool, to me.

[@FarmerDrew]

@@CF_Sapper EFP?

[@jerickstudios596]

This channel is so underrated.

[@routeddown66]

What you mean underrated!? This is 10 out of 10 content

[@jerickstudios596]

@@routeddown66 I mean not enough people watch this channel. They don’t get the views they deserve.

[@Charon-5582]

​@routeddown66 not enough people know this channel exists.

[@BTMadness]

So, I'm just guessing, but my thought is that those sparks you are seeing are similar to what you see in the bubble cavitation of a pistol shrimp. Essentially the pressure is so immense that it generates enough heat to vaporize the material itself.

[@dennis2376]

Wild, thank you.

[@alexburnes3551]

That would be awesome if it reached those insane pressures. Also I think it could be something like Triboluminescence. It is the mechanical creation of light by shearing a crysaline structure. So cool.

[@BTMadness]

@@alexburnes3551 I hadn't even considered triboluminesence as a thing, that's also very possible.

[@jarhead9307]

Good idea! I am thinking it's either that or the pressure wave propagating through the head and compressing pockets of air until they diesel.

[@jesserobinson20]

"Imagine a one pound charge behind a copper plate. That would be insane." GWOT veterans: Yeah, it sure is buddy.

[@CrimsonEsso]

The cone shaped charges are almost pure magic. They focus on a pinpoint at molecular levels as they explode. Good old RPG-7 AP warhead is a flying nose impact triggered shape charge. Those things are meant to punch through tanks.

[@PopeRocket]

The jet splash and rebounding off the plate then bouncing against the pressure wave is fascinating.

[@jerrypolk5909]

I really enjoyed this video. During my time in the military part of my training was in the use and fabrication of shape charges. I knew the theory and the results of the detonations, but thanks to you I now know what the formation and travel of the gas jet looks like. We had little tin cups with wire legs that we made our own shape charges in. They were not pretty but they worked. We also had large premade charges that were used in conjunction with an ammonian nitrate charge for putting large voids under runways..

[@jaredklein8863]

We use shape charges at work to perforate casing in oil and gas wells. Depending on the size, they’ll penetrate the steel casing and a foot or two of rock, 10,000’ underground. I don’t have to wonder what they’d do to a person. Our biggest fear is a surface detonation.

[@valkyrie40k]

Our Vehicle gunner lost both his legs in Iraq to an EFP. Copper plated Explosive Shaped charges was exactly what Iranian backed insurgents in Iraq used to defeat the armor on our vehicles. WE used Brass and water filled jugged in RPG cages to defend against them, sometimes it helped.

[@floorpizza8074]

Jesus, man, I'm so sorry. No one should have to witness or experience that.

[@Ark.083.2..1onnne]

How many Iraqi did u get?

[@zombiecheney4583]

​@@floorpizza8074 dude wouldn't hace had to if he hadn't invaded someone's country, poor life choices imo

[@EXTREMOZAU]

​@@zombiecheney4583you shoud shut.the hell.up

[@RavenAdventwings]

@@zombiecheney4583 And you're here, shitposting about someone's sacrifice against their will. Life choices can't be any poorer than that.

[@uninhabitedspace]

Some IEDs in Iraq and Afghanistan are made with copper cone shaped charges to penetrate armor on vehicles. The level of damage done to those on the inside, even those not hit by the copper jet, is truly terrifying.

[@Codylun92]

8:55 would make a sick album cover

[@KyleJones734]

Looks like he is wearing a badass hat.

[@willypete125]

EFP’s are no joke man. They were terrifying during the war no armor would stop them on the trucks.

[@parallax9257]

hell yeah! Mindblowing as always xD

[@DutchTraveler]

Quite literally.

[@k1voodoo]

i see what you did there, and i love it xD

[@kmodo93]

I think what Adam and the expert may have forgotten for a moment with that AR 500 plate is that copper shaped charges are what goes through the armor for HEAT rounds... That torso didn't have a prayer once it got put into that pit. Also you'd probably need around 5 or 6 inches worth of steel if memory serves to stop that sort of shaped charge, so 10 of those plates probably wouldn't work.

[@phdjgee]

Is that actually how much an oil and gas shaped charge penetrates? If so, Thank you for that interesting piece of information. Also, in the oil and gas industry, copper powder shaped charges are used as to not plug up the hole with copper, so they probably couldn't penetrate as much armor. But than again, I am no expert.

[@bluntichibanopinion7319]

That was amazing. I would love to examine that torso and see where the damage occurred. It looked very intriguing. Thank you for sharing with those of us who cannot afford to join patron.

[@DrewHollenback]

This is becoming one of my favorite channels rather quickly

[@adambakjensen9491]

When is minigun vs torso

[@billynomates920]

next visit to colombia arms!

[@TJ-W]

I like the way you think.

[@ZRosserMcIntosh]

YES

[@ibboomer]

Another GREAT episode!!! There's a lot of information out there about copper shape charges in I e Ds during the war in the middle part.

[@RedboRF]

this channel deserves more views and subscribers

[@remixcnk]

I met a Veteran who was caught up in a shape charge scenario that took his legs and severly disfigured him. Hearing his story and him describing what he actually remembered of the event gave me the worst uncomfortable feeling I have ever felt. The men and women who have served are absolutely brave to go into situations knowing they may never come out or barely come out in one piece. Thank you Veterans for your service!

[@ukpkmkk_2]

Now the big question is, was it worth it to fight a nonsensical war and get turned into a duck just to satisfy the lunatic in the white house and his millionaire friends?

[@Taterdatott]

Ive been pleading with demo ranch for years to get highspeed. These guys are that

[@TJ-W]

Demo ranch sucks now. Has for a long time.

[@noodlelynoodle.]

He's not gonna invest 100k+ for a camera on a channel that's not his main focus anymore that he's planning to retire from in under a decade

[@user-sp4gy7ko5l]

@@TJ-W Always has.

[@michaelhamilton3778]

Note. That small shape charge you used to go through the armor and torso. I could’ve told you that would’ve gone through without any problems at all….. I used to work in the Oilfield before I retired. I know what those charges can do. They use something very similar in charge size for fracking. ☠️👍🏻

[@FirstDagger]

Look up the CBU-105 Sensor Fused Weapon, the skeets in it are awfully similar to the size of this.

[@Soli_Deo_Gloria_.]

It's nice to see the brother so well adjusted being around such endeavors after going through what he went through... Much love and God bless

[@ohbeardedone9253]

Great job guys! Keep in mind that these charges are meant to penetrate up to 1m of rock under pressure. They compromise by using copper powder (with a blend of tungsten) not to plug to hole with the slug. With a mathematically designed zirconium slug your looking at 1m of rock penetration from 1oz of HMX pressed. That would probably penetrate 6 inches of AR500 These things are designed to penetrate steel first (well pipe) then rock. The amount of design that goes into these shape charges (angle, thickness, shape, alloy composition (powder)) is immense. Great job! Watch out for that steel casing shrapnel, it’s meant to be fired in a drill hole! That shrapnel could come back at you at .7-1kms

[@johnnyjoestar9504]

Woah, that’s cool as fuck, I’ve always wondered how Shaped charges actually work

[@rhysmodica2892]

The Slowmo guys also have some good vids of shaped charges. They're really good too. Including firing two at each other.

[@Buggsy1061]

I've seen Sherman's hit by Panzer Faust, it's like a slightly crispy drill hole thought the armor, then the other side (on the inside) is splatter with holes and marks from the copper. That vest never stood a chance!

[@assaultlick2169]

Everything kicks ass in your videos, but I'm always stoked about the Foley work during your slow mo shots. I don't know what you're doing or how you're doing it, but I always think. "Yep, that's exactly how that should sound in slow mo"

[@angusmatheson8906]

Is it even foley

[@assaultlick2169]

@angusmatheson8906 dunno, just assuming since the amount of frames/sec they do is insane. I'd imagine it would sound horribly choppy or staccato without some wild mics and processing software. If they ever do a Q and A i'll definitely ask

[@MMBRM]

@@angusmatheson8906 It is 100% Foley. They don't even record the audio the coincides with the high speed shots.

[@angusmatheson8906]

@@MMBRM huh. I just learned something. Thanks!

[@possibly_a_retard]

You can also test at what DISTANCE does an AR500 plate finally 'stop' the copper jet. Additionally, more shots of the jet on it's own moving sideways without obstruction would be awesome. I want to see a pure copper jet just zoom on it's own.

[@michalsrandoms8749]

When I was in Iraq, I saw a shape charge rip through an up-armored HMMWV (humvee) and an APC (armored personnel carrier), like a hot knife through butter. I have also seen test footage of an EFP (explosively formed penetrator) a.k.a. your shape charge rip through an M1 Abram.

[@johnfacts2355]

Can't show removal of a suppressor on yourube but Hoi can show proper shaped charge design...neat!

[@DJTheMetalheadMercenary]

Gnarly. Definitely shows why/ how EFP's were so nasty for us over in the sandbox too. Good stuff guys!

[@alexburnes3551]

I think all those sparks in the skull were something called Triboluminescence. Destin from smarter every day made a video of it with lifesavers a few years back. Long story short it is the mechanical creation of light usually through shearing of crystaline structures. My guess would be that the shockwave passing through the bone shattered it and produced the effect. Fantastic footage as always guys, simply stunning.

[@davidhansen6788]

HEY YOUSE GUYSSSSSSS!!! BHS IS BACK!!!

[@UncleBildo]

That's the best thing I've seen all week! Granted, it's Sunday morning, but ruck me funnin' that was awesome. Hypervelocity molten metal is spooky shit, Maynard. It DNGAF. Seeing it in high speed is even more impressive than in the field.

[@bluegizmo1983]

0:07 it reshapes your head 😂

[@ExpatriotSilencers]

Fracking is done with high pressure water. The shaped charge is for perforating an oil well. Those little charges will have 10-14 grams of explosive in them and they are designed to blow a hole roughly the size of your index finger, 40 inches into solid rock. I was lucky and got to spend a day out testing perforating charges for an oilfield company. They are super cool and extremely efficient explosives. My guess is that if you placed one on the hood of a car, that the jet would come out the bottom of the oil pan.

[@ExpatriotSilencers]

My bet is the perforating charge would probably penetrate at least a dozen AR500 plates (depending on how much standoff space is left between the plates). I've seen perforating charge punch a 1/4" hole all the way through an 8" steel block.

[@KillaAkuma]

This is why shaped penetrator rounds are so deadly. They used to take a 5gal bucket and place a copper disk inside with a few pounds of explosives. IEDs are very nasty. Awesome video. I wish you guys would make them a little longer I’m a huge nerd for this stuff and watching it in slow mo just tickles that itch.

[@tobyowen8653]

The flashes around 9:00 look a lot like small vacuum cavitations forming where the gel meets the bone, which collapse incredibly fast and sometime cause a bright flash

[@anthonyjaparks]

Those cameras are absolutely amazing and so are you guys!

[@Btown2294]

I’ve been on KZbin for a long time, and I’ve watched countless channels and TV shows do high speed video. You guys came out of nowhere and became one of my top 5 channels I love to watch. I’m excited for every new video because I know it’s going to be awesome. Your skill with cameras, firearms, explosives, and production are unparalleled. Nothing you do is half assed. Keep up your incredible work!

[@lordfeish1927]

in the slow mo guys video on shaped charges they mentioned that the jets initial acceleration is enough to go from standstill to the speed of light in 1.5 seconds

[@miniyota3ur]

Shape charge didn't shear the AR500 plate, it when through like a plasma jet from a plasma cutter. Having seen what shape charges can do to MRAPs in theatre, and the people therein contained, they are not something that's fun to think about every time you roll out of the wire. You learn to live with the mentality of "either I'm gonna getback safe, or it's not gonna be my problem anymore". Iraq 2010-11, when Russian RKG-3 grenades were being used quite a bit. A literal hand thrown, impact detonated, shape charge grenade.

[@ivertranes2516]

Glad you got home safe. I really hope you're doing well. 🤟🤟

[@miniyota3ur]

@@ivertranes2516 I'm still here to post comments on KZbin, I'll take what I can get.

[@thePrussian]

Dude! That was wicked! Reminds me of my EOD time. Good memories

[@minuteman2547]

Like when you picked up an M19 grenade and it gyroed in your hand?

[@ThePixelPear]

Those small little flashes kinda remind me of the phenomena how ridiculous flimed with the two glass balls, but in this case the "bones" are tearing apart so quick with so much energy it is creating heat and light as a way to disperse some of that energy. Alternatively light from the explosion is just leaking through the micro fractures in the skull before it's obliterated

[@KhornePop2.0]

I LOVE the black and white... the clarity is amazing. When I was in photography waaaaay back in 1999, I always preferred the detail of black and white film. Fellas, this paired with the two colliding bullets, is some of the coolest shit I've seen.

[@stanpotter7764]

To put that velocity of 30,000 fps in perspective, a tiny steel .177 BB from a childs BB gun only weighs 5.5 grains but would have 11,000 fts /lbs of energy at that velocity. The .50 BMG with 750 grains bullets makes about 13,000 ft/lbs. So yeah...🤯

[@stanpotter7764]

@solandri69 Your math is way off, my dude. :) It would be more like 8mph...a bit over 8mph.

[@solandri69]

@@stanpotter7764 Cr*p, you're right. I misplaced a decimal point. I'll delete the erroneous post.

[@stanpotter7764]

@solandri69 LOL, we've all been there! 🤜🤛

[@alexandratownsend4595]

I was thinking the same thought; what do you relate that ludicrous velocity to? How about the speed of sound? 26.659 Mach. Accelerated to that in an instant almost. For reference, the ISS in orbit is moving at 22.3 Mach. *Jesus Christ.*

[@stanpotter7764]

@@alexandratownsend4595 That's humming along!

[@Qwertysqu]

14:23 the small flash when the charge hit the third skull is known as the Kentucky effect named by Kentucky ballistics

[@MrCmalley413]

Love the black and white footage, so much more dramatic. Well done ballistic high speed and Tredd.

[@Biketunerfy]

This is my favourite episode you’ve ever done on BHS. Fantastic.

[@Recklessneo]

Insane that the charge went right through the armor like nothing 😳. The amount of energy from that was mind boggling

[@matthewbrown8400]

It is so amazing to watch you grow and adding more and more to the channel.

[@joshuaclark3414]

So cool man. Just makes me realize how little we actually understand this world we’re living in. 👏

[@technikschaf1574]

you guys created some damn beautiful art. Those black and white shots are awesome.

[@judyfps5059]

this kind of content is what i have been ACTUALLY BEGGING the slow-mo guys to do ever since their first videos on shaped charges. PLEASE keep this up. shaped charges are so interesting!

[@12gauge1oz]

Excellent. Interesting watching the shock waves reflecting off of the walls.

[@44ryang90]

Great video. This shows a lot of what's going on and what these charges are capable of. In the oilfield we can design these to do tons of different things. From going as deep as possible to making it stop at a specified number of plates while getting a consistent and specified hole size.

[@bloxo7322]

Spectacular footage from TMX 7510 😮

[@kegstar_]

It was wild how with the copper disk charge, the entrance wound on the torso looked like a traditional exit wound from a large caliber rifle round, and the exit wound looked more similar to a traditional entrance wound. The flip on those is very intriguing.

[@bananafam7305]

Imagine accidentally walking past there at night with only a torch pointed at the ground for your light.

[@hex1c]

Thank you for including all the measurments!

[@aliengoboom]

Absolutely fascinating shots

[@emd1999]

EFPs like those used in fracking have specific qualities to them to be used at a certain standoff etc. What is very interesting are EFPs used in tank hunting sub-munitions that have a very very long standoff and characteristics baked into the EFP prior to detonation such as crimping for the copper etc. that give aerodynamic properties to the resulting penetrator. See the BLU-108 submunition as an example. Also if you can get your hands on some linear shaped charges that would be super neat to view on the high speed.

[@GerinoMorn]

7:10 perfect top hat for the modern billionaire

[@earth_ling]

In the first war with Iraq…with the M1 Abrams first war footing deployment. One of the M1’s was hit by a shaped charge of some sort. The driver witnessed a loud bang behind him followed by a very thin ribbon of molten metal. It penetrated the Chobham laminated plate armor clean through. I believe that part of the lamination is depleted Uranium and some sort of polymer. But it beat it. Oddly enough the entire crew was un-injured. 😮

[@TheTaffy2499]

I swear this is the first time the public are seeing this stuff... INCREDIBLY interesting. Well done gents!

[@AmusedWalrus]

Man I am so happy your guy's channel is growing. You guys make a lot of good shit.

[@What-bq6zl]

My uncle was a combat engineer in Saudi Arabia and Somalia and Kuwait. They can blow a single block out of a wall if necessary. Precision and directional forces are everything.

[@jeffingram8279]

I love the sound effects that you all add to the videos

[@dougbetancourt]

You guys are without a doubt my favorite channel. Thank you for doing what you do.

[@shanemeyer9224]

Its so amazing seeing the fire bouncing off the walls and collimating back to the center!!!

[@whynotdean8966]

You guys are on a roll! Gyrojet and shaped charges are two of the things I've always been most curious to see in proper slow motion. Fantastic work!

[@YouTube.Is.Run.By.Terrorists]

This was awesome! Next ya'll should set up some obstacles for the shaped charge to punch through before hitting the dummy. Maybe set up some hardened steel in the shape of a box to simuate a tank being hit with a shaped charge? It would be cool to see how effective they are in a more realistic application. 👍

[@slimzilla9203]

Well some of the most epic 3-2-1--ka freakingBOOM you have delivered. Absolutely love the content, your reactions cannot be faked and the quality is second to none!

[@chaselivingston5026]

I can’t believe y’all don’t have atleast a million subs bc this channel is cool asf and is definitely in my top five

[@TJ-W]

That blast wave is still traveling slower than the ISS. Bonkers.

[@miserychannel666]

and .. you believe that?

[@MrZeek1519]

What really blows your mind is that while the shaped charged velocity is insanely fast.... It still pales in comparison to the speed of light. Wild. Great job as always fellas. And, entertaining as hell. Next time, if you do three heads again, do a down-range view (to the left of the final head), so when the glass shoots through the last head, you get a nearly-direct view of the blast puncturing outward from the last head. That'd be a unique view. Just watch your camera placement. Lol

[@cameron5802]

The AR500 plate shot really surprised me, albeit that I know very little about this manufactured charge. But being able to compress and propel copper like that is remarkable, it's no wonder that military complexes particularly love these types of detonation platforms for all sorts of mines and such even in such a small package. It genuinely reminds me of the size or circumference of those smart artillery shells that actually air burst and project targeting submunitions to shoot shaped charges on the roofs of vehicles.

[@lamegame420]

Glad I suggested this. Didn't know it was going to be with a cool new camera, though. Thanks guys!

[@jeremymatthies726]

Those explosions at the beginning looked like a fuel air explosive went off. Very interesting to see this is the higher res from the TMX. Great job guys. I am curious though, the last one almost looked like it went ALL the way through the block.

[@44ryang90]

Hey guys. I'm a ballistics Engineer for those types of oil field shaped charges. Just a little fun fact. We have charges at least half the size that can make it through 1 and sometimes even two plates of 3/8 inch thick steel. Hardness if steel plays a big role. But the power of shaped charges is insane.

[@glockparaastra]

RPG’s are shaped charges but not the ones you guys shot a while back. These are awesome! Great footage!

[@kerrymiller4074]

Shaped charges and EFP's are so sick. Awesome video guys!

[@michro1982]

Been with you lads since around 1700 subs so it's awesome to see your success. Congratulations

[@JunkSick]

Ya'll need to do more of this!

[@mottomanic]

Great as always. Very educational

[@Taterdatott]

These guys are underrated

[@christyfogarty7012]

One of your finest vids so far gents. Shape charge detail is mind blowing. Fuckin top class.