Tungsten is the stronger of the two metals and also more scratch resistant. On the Mohs scale, tungsten carbide ranks as the hardest metal at 8.5 to 9. Titanium sits further down the ranks at 6.

Tungsten is extracted from ore through a series of chemical reactions. Tungsten oxide can be roasted in a hydrogen atmosphere to create pure tungsten powder with water as a by-product. Tungsten powder is the starting point for tungsten mill products, including wire.

Tungsten has been the subject of numerous in vivo experimental and in vitro studies in view of determining its metabolic and toxicity profile. However, tungsten and its compounds are not considered very toxic for humans. Most existing human toxicology information comes from chronic occupational exposure.

Common bulletproof materials include:

• Steel. Steel bulletproof materials are heavy duty, yet at just a few millimeters thick, extremely effective in stopping modern firearm rounds.
• Ceramic.
• Fiberglass.
• Wood.
• Kevlar.
• Polyethylene.
• Polycarbonate.

Instead of high-cost Kevlar vests, researchers have discovered that armour made from traditional Thai silk offers similar levels of protection. Tests show that a speeding 9mm bullet can be stopped dead by just 16 thin layers of silk. Use of silk to protect against injury is not a new development.

Spider silk is highly flexible, extremely stretchable, surpasses steel in strength, and most importantly, can be formed into a mesh that would stop a bullet.

No, of course not. A report from February 2012 says an iPhone sufficiently slowed a bullet to stop it reaching the owner’s heart. Although it does seem the bullet had already smashed through a car’s windshield first, which likely helped stop it.

The ricochet direction being random, but in the same general direction that bullet was originally flying in. If (material other than bullets is fired at each other) It either explodes, fuses, ricochets, pierces, or explodes the target. Since this is a movie-the bullets hitting each other and dropping is plausible.

Rifling spins the bullet to stabilize it in flight. And yes, it did hit the other bullet. But they did not meet in mid-air as was once thought. The fact that the hit bullet has no rifling marks on it means it was not shot from a gun.

This tiny sonic boom cannot be suppressed. It trails behind the speeding bullet until the bullet falls below the speed of sound. For perspective, the speed of sound is roughly 1,135 feet per second (fps) with some variation for temperature, humidity, and altitude. Many handgun loads propel a bullet faster than sound.

During the Civil War, two soldiers’ bullets collided in midair and fused together. The fired bullet hit dead center, and the MythBusters found that both bullets had fused together into a single mass. Though incredibly unlikely, it is possible for two bullets to collide and fuse together in midair.

There have been reported cases in wars where such a thing has happened; and it is not very surprising, considering the scale and count of these projectiles in those respective scenarios. However, when a schematic experiment is devised so as to make two bullets meet, the probability nears 100%.

Since either damage to gun or a potentially dangerous condition can result, a shooter should stop firing if the gunshot sounds radically different from the one before it. If a bullet happened to hit another bullet while in flight, the two bullets would deform, change direction, and drop to the ground.

yes, during the Vietnam War, Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Hatchcock killed an NVA sniper with a shot completely through the enemy soldier’s scope, hitting him in the eye.

Quick answer: no. There are several technologies used to prevent the “glint” seen in video games. In the real world there are many other ways a sniper might draw attention to himself. Inadequate camouflage, movement, making noise, etc.

Simo Häyhä

Winchester Model 70

TAC-338

It was successfully used during military operations in Vietnam, the Gulf War and Afghanistan. The BLU-82 was retired in 2008 and replaced with the more powerful GBU-43/B MOAB….BLU-82.