Ceramic Bullets

[Tungookska]

Instead of an ice bullet, what about a spice bullet?

That way you can kill someone and season him at the same time.

Works great on babies.

do want

[Caninope]

Instead of an ice bullet, what about a spice bullet?

That way you can kill someone and season him at the same time.

Works great on babies.

do want

You missed the joke didn't you?

[Wamitoria]

Would ceramic bullets be capable of penetrating body armor?

Depends on the ceramic, I suppose. With the right mixture and the right kiln, I would assume so. Maybe ceramics are not malleable enough to make armor piercing bullets, though. Also not that body armor made from ceramics can easily repel bullets.

Well, if ceramic bullets are capable of penetrating body armor, then they are a great idea. No more toxic lead.

I think the use other metals sometimes...correct me if I'm wrong.

They do sometimes, but most bullets still use that grand old carcinogen.

[Lhazastan]

why can't we just use normal guns on planes?

and before you say "explosive decompression," no.

Because a bullet could punch through a person and end up hitting somebody behind them.

this is an argument against conventional bullets altogether

In an airplane, you've got lots of people lined up, making collateral damage likely.

and wouldn't a bullet go right through the airplanes' metal?

this is not a problem, if it even could. collateral damage is the only legit argument I see in favor of this. personally, I wouldn't want bullets that shatter inside of people, though, and I doubt it'd be very effective against people with even a small amount of protection

[Mikedor]

why can't we just use normal guns on planes?

and before you say "explosive decompression," no.

Because a bullet could punch through a person and end up hitting somebody behind them.

this is an argument against conventional bullets altogether

In an airplane, you've got lots of people lined up, making collateral damage likely.

and wouldn't a bullet go right through the airplanes' metal?

this is not a problem, if it even could. collateral damage is the only legit argument I see in favor of this. personally, I wouldn't want bullets that shatter inside of people, though, and I doubt it'd be very effective against people with even a small amount of protection

Not that different to dum dum's.

[Dododecapod]

why can't we just use normal guns on planes?

and before you say "explosive decompression," no.

Because a bullet could punch through a person and end up hitting somebody behind them.

this is an argument against conventional bullets altogether

In an airplane, you've got lots of people lined up, making collateral damage likely.

and wouldn't a bullet go right through the airplanes' metal?

this is not a problem, if it even could. collateral damage is the only legit argument I see in favor of this. personally, I wouldn't want bullets that shatter inside of people, though, and I doubt it'd be very effective against people with even a small amount of protection

We've already got those - frangible bullets, expanders, prefrags...

On the Op, the military wouldn't be interested. They aren't allowed to use anything except Fully Jacketed rounds by the Geneva Conventions - it's one of the few aspects of the GC most miltaries actually follow (the other being treatment of POW's).

[Risottia]

You mean ice bullet.

Mythbusters tried that too.

Their tests discovered that a bullet made of ice is perfectly useless.

I've tried ice cubes as slingstones though. They work fine.

[Mikedor]

You mean ice bullet.

Mythbusters tried that too.

Their tests discovered that a bullet made of ice is perfectly useless.

I've tried ice cubes as slingstones though. They work fine.

Slingstones don't have to deal with the heat caused by an exploding charge or hot gases.

[Lhazastan]

We've already got those - frangible bullets, expanders, prefrags...

On the Op, the military wouldn't be interested. They aren't allowed to use anything except Fully Jacketed rounds by the Geneva Conventions - it's one of the few aspects of the GC most miltaries actually follow (the other being treatment of POW's).

I didn't say we didn't already have. I said I wouldn't want them. as, I wouldn't want people being shot with them

and as for the ice bullets, the ice didn't have much in the way of penetrative characteristics, if I remember correctly. it wasn't just heat. sling shot doesn't have to penetrate, it just has to hit you. and they can be bigger