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Artillery Shell question
Okay yesterday at school me and a couple friends were arguing over how many pounds of thrust a commercial sized artillery shell creates. We asked one of our teachers and he said that he saw a guy get his face blow off by an artillery shell, so I want to be safe rather than sorry. So if I took a squirt gun, taped an artillery shell tube on to the top and shot it over my shoulder like an RPG, than would my shoulder blow off? Also what if I was wearing kevlar?
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Artillery shells are not generally shoulder fired but fired from a stationary ground position. As for power, I can't say for certain as there power varies but for a shouder fired rocket like the LAW (light anti-tank weapon) the power output of the thrust is approx 600 lbs. The thrust power generally needs to be able tobe strong enough to propell the weight of the overall rocket/shell in quetion.
I am curious though, are you firing a shell you have made at home? Although wearing kevlar would provide some protection it would not protect you from burns to your face and neck. You have to remember that if this is a home made device the shell could very well misfire in the tube and explode before being ejected (especially if the thrust is not enough to propell it) and if this happens you will cause some very serious injury to yourself as well as anyone in the area because of the shrapnel from the tube you are using. IF the shell does leave the tube there is also the risk of the trail hitting you in the face (especially since you are firing it from your shoulder). This is generally the fire frail from the engine of the shell and it could cause some very serious burns. A kevlar vest will only provide partial protection. Although kevlar prevents ballistics from entering the body it does NOT prevent the force of the blow so you may still end up with some serious injuries if the shell was to drop close to you and explode. All of this I say to you with experience from when I had experimented with phrotechnics. There had been many times I had come close to blowing myself up or going blind and such.
As I said though I am still very uncertain at exactly what it is you are doing or why but do think very carefully about what you are doing especially about the safety of others as well as yourself. With things like homemade RPG's/rockets and such there is an even greater risk of injury because of the close proximity you are to the device as well as not knowing the trajectory it will travel once you fire it (last thing you need is for it to land in someones back yard where they might have kids playing). It could be very disasterous so I do urge you to think very carefuly about what you are doing. If you have any doubts then DON'T do it and think things through first.
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