If I'm not mistaken, aside from the "Unconventional Shaped Charges" thread, there isn't one to post the results of shots under particular, and if
possible, original circumstances.
And so, I'm kicking things off with the "Love Killer" shot.
A few years ago, my wife gave me a metal heart she had found at a flea market. It was a beautiful piece of metal, weighing about 300-400 grams, quite
thick at its center. Instinctively, I immediately thought I could test it with explosives, as I had done countless times before with hard materials
like iron, steel, nickel, etc., or rock.
Recently, the opportunity arose to bring this project to life. While visiting friends in the countryside, I set up the device in the hollow of a cut
tree trunk to dampen the noise and contain the shrapnel. I also placed an old laptop half a meter away to gauge the size and distribution of the
droplets from the copper tube, loaded with 16 grams of EGDN.
The heart was blown to pieces (I only recovered about a third of it), and the laptop was generously splattered with copper droplets.
Now, a crucial question: I told my wife there was no subliminal message in this destruction and that I could easily replace the heart online... BUT I
can’t find an equivalent anywhere! So, if anyone knows where to find one, I’d greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance!
Metacelsus - 1-1-2025 at 10:13
Lol, if I were the wife I might be . . . *heartbroken*
This is definitely an amusing experiment! But it might be good to know, what exactly was the heart made of?Sir_Gawain - 1-1-2025 at 11:43
Looks like pewter. Try melting a piece, if it is pewter you could just re-cast the heart.
Destruction of a Stainless Steel Cylinder
pdb - 15-1-2025 at 05:24
A few years ago, I had a stainless steel cylinder made (60 mm diameter x 80 mm height) with a central hole (7 mm diameter x 60 mm height) to study the
initiation capability of primaries.
Recently, I decided to destroy it... I planned 7 successive detonations: 2 with TNP and then 5 with EDGN. The cavity gradually expanded from 2.3 cm³
to 13 cm³, and the cylinder began to swell after the 4th shot. The final detonation split it into 3 pieces, of which I recovered only one, accounting
for 42% of the initial mass. The interior appears layered due to the successive detonations, which progressively cracked the cavity. Carbon deposits,
caused by the TNP detonations, are also visible.
Side story: The last detonation cost me a few hundred dollars: a tiny fragment, the size of a grain of sand, pierced the casing of the smartphone,
then an electromagnetic shield, and ultimately shattered an integrated circuit.
greenlight - 15-1-2025 at 09:16
Wow, is the back of the phone plastic or metal?
How thick is that metal shielding in the middle circled area of the phone with the deep dent in it? How deep is the dent or was there penetration
too? Laboratory of Liptakov - 15-1-2025 at 09:35
Lesson learned:
If any of you have anything valuable or irreplaceable, send it to PBD's workshop.
This man is guaranteed to destroy it....
Euler's Disk
pdb - 16-1-2025 at 08:06
Yes, look what happened to my little nephew's toy! Of course, it works much less well now...
