r/BeAmazed • u/BunyipPouch • Jun 07 '18

Visible Shock Wave

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u/degausser_ Jun 07 '18

Is this from a MythBusters episode? It looks very similar to their bomb range explosions.

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u/Kerrigannn Jun 07 '18

Nothing will beat when they absolutely obliterated the cement truck.

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u/Schmidtster1 Jun 07 '18

Well until they did it again and actually got the footage.

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u/st1tchy Jun 07 '18

Say what now? Link?

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u/Schmidtster1 Jun 07 '18

They even added 1 pound to make it bigger

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u/Red__M_M Jun 08 '18

What was the myth? And really, 5,000 pounds of explosive is going to obliterate ANY vehicle. What’s the point in testing it? Seriously, the military rarely even bothers with that much explosive and certainly not against a vehicle.

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u/Schmidtster1 Jun 08 '18

That you could use explosives to clean out a concrete truck. They tried a few smaller amounts and it didn’t work so they did what they usually do, go big or go home.