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Or if its Ak-47 you can just fire it underwater, kill some fish, then use it as a grill and pick your teeth with it afterwards

one thing I would like to see is bullets penertrating water

water protects swimmers and semi submerged vehicles like LAV25s

make water less protective, creates an incentive to avoid water crossings.

[R-CON]Rudd wrote:one thing I would like to see is bullets penertrating water

water protects swimmers and semi submerged vehicles like LAV25s

make water less protective, creates an incentive to avoid water crossings.

Water does protect in real life...

Hotrod525 wrote:Water does protect in real life...

not really, it will change the angle of the bullets entering it (provided they aren't fired perpendicular to the surface, which in PR they will never be) and slow them down a bit, but thats it.

SuperTimo wrote:not really, it will change the angle of the bullets entering it (provided they aren't fired perpendicular to the surface, which in PR they will never be) and slow them down a bit, but thats it.

what ive seen from some youtube videos the bullets get ripped apart right after going through the surface, im sorry but i dont have a link to prove this.

That was tested in Mythbusters- .50 Cal bullet got ripped immediately.

SuperTimo wrote:not really, it will change the angle of the bullets entering it (provided they aren't fired perpendicular to the surface, which in PR they will never be) and slow them down a bit, but thats it.

Thats not true. Pretty much anything fired from a larger weapon than a pistol will evaporate the bullet on impact. The larger and faster the bullet, the shorter it will penetrate the water. It sounds a bit crasy, but you would be safe from something like a m16 if you were 50cm below water.

here is the last part of the video
Mythbusters Bullet Proof Water Test
(sorry not good with the HTML)

here is the mythbuster test results
MythBusters Episode 34: Bulletproof Water
Annotated Mythbusters: Episode 34: Bulletproof Water, 360 Swing

thats all i could find...

EDIT:
wrong thread

sakils2 wrote:That was tested in Mythbusters- .50 Cal bullet got ripped immediately.

And the smaller bullets weren't affected much at all, so a standard rifle shouldn't have much problem with shallow water.

i'd like to see the scientific basis for that, it would have thought that a bullet would have simply pushed the water molecules away, but it is possible the speed it hits it could tear it apart due to the pressure and forces involved.

But still would you want to stand in water whilst someone fires at you?