Comments on: Depth charge 40mm ammunition http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/10/20/depth-charge-40mm-ammunition/ Firearms not Politics Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:24:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: j http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/10/20/depth-charge-40mm-ammunition/comment-page-1/#comment-61097 j Fri, 22 Apr 2011 22:25:23 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=8681#comment-61097 sucks to be a combat diver! sucks to be a combat diver!

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]]> By: Entropy http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/10/20/depth-charge-40mm-ammunition/comment-page-1/#comment-59319 Entropy Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:52:21 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=8681#comment-59319 IIRC from Mythbusters and other investigations, most supersonic bullets are smashed to pieces when they hit water. Pistol rounds work fine, and a 9mm will still be dangerous at 10m, whereas (as abc123 said) rifles are pretty useless unless you're using them as boomsticks. The grenades seem like a good idea, but I'll be frank: how often are frogmen encountered? Last I heard there were a few incidents of them operating in the Cold War snooping on warships, but they're a very rare problem. This grenade seems like a very niche solution to a very rare issue. Now, grenade fishing on the other hand... :P IIRC from Mythbusters and other investigations, most supersonic bullets are smashed to pieces when they hit water. Pistol rounds work fine, and a 9mm will still be dangerous at 10m, whereas (as abc123 said) rifles are pretty useless unless you’re using them as boomsticks.

The grenades seem like a good idea, but I’ll be frank: how often are frogmen encountered? Last I heard there were a few incidents of them operating in the Cold War snooping on warships, but they’re a very rare problem. This grenade seems like a very niche solution to a very rare issue.

Now, grenade fishing on the other hand… :P

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]]> By: HotelCoralEssex http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/10/20/depth-charge-40mm-ammunition/comment-page-1/#comment-57579 HotelCoralEssex Thu, 10 Mar 2011 20:45:22 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=8681#comment-57579 @abc123 Woodleigh is now selling hydrostatically stabilized (cavitating) bullets in several diameters... 0.308" among them. @abc123

Woodleigh is now selling hydrostatically stabilized (cavitating) bullets in several diameters… 0.308″ among them.

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]]> By: abc123 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/10/20/depth-charge-40mm-ammunition/comment-page-1/#comment-39022 abc123 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:00:28 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=8681#comment-39022 You can't even use modern bullets to pepper the water, they tried this at mythbusters and I think 5.56, 7.62x51 and .50 BMG failed to get more than 1 meter down. You can’t even use modern bullets to pepper the water, they tried this at mythbusters and I think 5.56, 7.62×51 and .50 BMG failed to get more than 1 meter down.

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]]> By: Oswald Bastable http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/10/20/depth-charge-40mm-ammunition/comment-page-1/#comment-16758 Oswald Bastable Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:28:24 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=8681#comment-16758 Great potential for a bit of fishing, too! Great potential for a bit of fishing, too!

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]]> By: Matt Groom http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/10/20/depth-charge-40mm-ammunition/comment-page-1/#comment-16726 Matt Groom Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:55:16 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=8681#comment-16726 This is actually a brilliant idea! It's a lot better than peppering the water with MG fire. This is actually a brilliant idea! It’s a lot better than peppering the water with MG fire.

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