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[–] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 16 points 15 hours ago

AND THAT SON IS HOW YOU MAKE A REGULATION-SIZED GLORY HOLE!

[–] limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 14 hours ago

Destroyed 800 tanks

[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

Raketenpanzerbüchse Panzerschreck

[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 3 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

Would it be the same size on the other side or expand and rigoceté

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 8 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

expand and rigoceté

ricochet?

[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 6 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 5 points 13 hours ago

potato patata patate kartoffel

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago (2 children)
[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago

I really didn't know it was that nasty, the principle

[–] sfxrlz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

What’s the name of that gif supposed to mean ?

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

Something like "Shaped charge animation" I think

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 5 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

I don't think there's a ricochet, as (if my memory is right), bazookas use a shaped charge and that hole is caused by a jet of plasma.

Pretty high tech for the time.

[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

That’s very cool! The plasma is caused by the heat?

[–] theroastedtoaster@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 hours ago

Plasma isn't quite correct. It's more like a jet of metal (usually copper) travelling so fast it behaves closer to a liquid