Re: [MV] New military weapons program

From: John Stewart-Smith (micdunn@ev1.net)
Date: Fri Apr 02 2004 - 14:49:48 PST


My personal favorite was the USAF "Chicken Gun"
Just imagine getting hit with a supersonic frozen chicken!
No, it was not used to kill chickens.
-Sarge

----- Original Message -----
From: "noel shelley" <noel@shelley1722.freeserve.co.uk>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 3:39 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] New military weapons program

> Hi Guys ,
> WELL it was April the first , BUT ---about 30 years or more
> ago I remember a program on science and how the Russians had developed a
> cannon that fired 1/2 pint of water at 7 times the speed of sound and
> punched a hole through a 3" block of copper , just like a drill , never
> heard any more about it .
>
> Does any body remember this or know of it ? Noel
>
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