Biggest Shotgun Shell Evar
Dude. A big muthahumpin’ shotgun shell fired from a tank. Read this:
What’s fascinating to me is that you can see clearly that the shot charge of the canister round behaves exactly like a load of shotgun pellets. As the round leaves the muzzle, the pellets at the front of the pattern encounter air resistance and begin to peel off and fall behind the main charge, opening the pattern and forming a shot string. The pellets to the rear of the shot column draft behind the leaders, retaining velocity and moving to the front. The canister flies with the pattern for quite a ways (our light plastic shotcups have petals that open open and slow the cup quickly). Eventually, though, the poor aerodymic shape of the canister causes it to slow down, and you can see the trailing pellets catching up and passing it in flight.
First of all, that’s an awesome description. Second of all watch this video:
Come on. The second (long) part where the camera follows the pellets? How is that not a special effect? That’s real?? It’s so cool - like art. The kind of art that you don’t want to be around and kind of upsets you, but is still really, really neat. (via)
