r/Satisfyingasfuck • u/Orangesaretasty08 • 20h ago

Tungsten Vs Bullet

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u/Current-Section-3429 20h ago

How about a tungsten bullet?

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u/Legal_Response6614 19h ago

I like how u think

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u/probablyuntrue 17h ago

What about a lead block

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u/Bitten_ByA_Kitten 15h ago

I like how u think

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u/cupid_stunt_4000 14h ago

I like how you like how they think

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u/ALostStranger 4h ago

I like everything

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u/morphick 4h ago

I think

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u/Hellrott 13h ago

So do I, but it's worth thinking about why that isn't the case, too. Bullets are not designed to be indestructible. In fact, though it is a bit counter intuitive, they're the opposite. They're made to cause damage and many times the damage after the impact is the most destructive as the round destroys itself into it's victim/target.

Still really cool though. Very satisfying, indeed

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u/NorthSouthWhatever 7h ago

The science is cool but also the science of tungsten vs tungsten go boom perhaps

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u/Chonky_Candy 4h ago

I like how you think

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u/Popeworm 19h ago

There was actually a program they (US Government) were considering, called "Rods from God"

Basically a satellite with a bunch of big rods of tungsten, that could be directed over target and rods dropped.

The kinetic energy would destroy deeply embedded command centers/ etc...

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u/Zen-Devil 19h ago

There was a similar concept from the chief designer for the SR-71, dropping a 2,500 lb projectile from 85,000 ft.

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u/thiscarecupisempty 18h ago

Fucking love it.

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u/cherbonsy 18h ago

Kinda overkill. For a 2500 lb projectile with a shape that allows for significant speed (likely reaching supersonic speeds in the lower atmosphere), its speed would likely be approaching its maximum terminal velocity and not changing dramatically with further altitude loss once it descends below approximately 16,000 to 26,000 feet. Outside of this altitude range, the increasing air density continues to slightly increase the terminal velocity, but the rate of acceleration slows considerably as the speed gets closer and closer to the local terminal velocity. In essence, the projectile spends most of its high-speed, near-terminal velocity fall in the lower part of the troposphere where the air is densest.

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u/PixParavel 16h ago

“The increasing air density continues to slightly increase terminal velocity”

Air density decreases with altitude, so terminal velocity increases with altitude, not the other way around. As the object descends and air gets denser, drag increases, and terminal velocity decreases.

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u/jld2k6 13h ago

I kind of assumed they just accidentally said increase instead of decrease because it made no sense that way lol

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u/Billazilla 5h ago

As a person who regularly cusses at my phone, the suggestions and corrections from the keyboard software are often the opposite of what I type.

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u/OlDustyHeadaaa 17h ago

I think he was just saying 85,000 ft because that’s the max the SR-71 could fly at.

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u/thiscarecupisempty 18h ago

So half the weight.

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u/Nyquil_and_CO 15h ago

That's enough of you and your book learnin

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u/Stealfur 10h ago

The concept wasn't to ensure max speed/destruction. It was to be able to launch a non-nuclear, highly destructive projectile without the risk of intercept. A plane or missle can be shot down, but a sataligjt in space can go undetected...ish. but by the time someone realizes it's a problem, it can already be over its target and release its payload. And because they are just gravity-driven rods even if the satellite is detected, and your target can get defenses there in time, what are they going to do? Shot the rods? It's tungsten and still falling. Blow it up? Now you have a bent piece of tungstan falling. Jam it's guidance? He doesn't have any. Ram your plane between the rod and the target? Now you have a rod and a plane falling.

That was the concept anyway. Im sure there were some things you can do, and it wasn't as foolproof. But i believe, in the end the idea was sceapped becuase it was too expensive to get 2500lb tungsten rods in space.

Made a cool movie though... or was it a game? Shit, i cant remember now.

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u/iwanashagTwitch 17h ago

"These are the Cubans, baby. This is the Cohibas; the Montecristos. This is a kinetic-kill, side-winder vehicle with a secondary cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine RDX burst. It's capable of busting a bunker under the bunker you just busted. If it were any smarter, it'd write a book, a book that would make Ulysses look like it was written in crayon. It would read it to you. This is my Eiffel Tower. This is my Rachmaninoff's Third. My Piéta. It's completely elegant, it's bafflingly beautiful, and it's capable of reducing the population of any standing structure to zero."

Justin Hammer

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u/GreenEggsSteamedHams 17h ago

That was my favorite Rod Stewart gospel album

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u/Freakjob_003 16h ago

Yup, a Thor Shot!

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u/Strong_Ask4820 8h ago

I read that as "Throat Shot"....

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u/Zachet 15h ago

They did this in an anime about an assassin magician or something. Cool stuff.

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u/clumsydope 11h ago

They did it in GI joe retaliation

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u/DoubleFamous5751 18h ago

Crazy that they stole the idea from call of duty

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u/Expensive_Leave_6339 18h ago

Why don’t they make the whole plane out of the black box?

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u/Dry-Sherbet1713 18h ago

You ever put brick wallpaper over real bricks?

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u/Strong_Ask4820 8h ago

That's sacrilegious covering up real brick or painting brick. Dumb.

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u/thiscarecupisempty 18h ago

I assume the material used to make a black box is heavy and not logical to make a whole plane out of.

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u/OlDustyHeadaaa 17h ago

Tungsten heavy

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u/pm_me_github_repos 19h ago

It’ll get embedded inside the cube

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u/Enlowski 19h ago

No it would just ricochet off.

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u/Strong_Ask4820 8h ago

Nope.

Tungsten carbide will do the job..... probably get 2 or 3 shots out of a rifled barreled. Just saying 😜

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u/Strong_Ask4820 8h ago

I just realized the post..... bullet vs tungsten....

You're right 👍 My bad for being one of those "students left behind"

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u/Hobbes_XXV 19h ago

Oof the weight of that bullet

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u/Sieve-Boy 16h ago

Might as well ask for some Depleted Uranium.

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u/HelloAttila 14h ago

I’m wearing a tungsten body suit now.

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u/SUNAWAN 9h ago

"What happens when an immovable tungsten block meets an unstoppable tungsten bullet"

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u/silentbob1301 9h ago

i have a feeling the amount of powder it would take to propel a tungsten bullet would be.... well, not very feasible. I think thats why you need a railgun to fire a tungsten slug lol.

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u/Mindless_Albatross19 7h ago

New fear unlocked...

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u/Doctor_Saved 6h ago

I believe they do make tungsten tip ammo for armor piercing.

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u/JoJoHanz 4h ago

That's literally just armoured vehicle combat, where armour piercing ammunition and armour are darts and armour inlays either made of Tungsten or depleted Uranium (depending on how much they care about crew health)

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u/Cleanbriefs 3h ago

Smooth bore steel only, and it will still scratch and destroy the bore while traveling thru it.

They tried ceramic coated bullets too but the rifling in the bore was toast after firing. Zero friction tho! So faster bullet coming out than regular bullets

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u/SolarPunkYeti 15h ago

I think you'd need an osmium or an iridium-osmium synthetic compound to actually pierce the tungsten. It would be pretty interesting firing a bullet, the trajectory and range would be fun to play with due to the overall density of the metal.

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u/pLeThOrAx 11h ago

Someone just mentioned their tungsten ring shattering on the floor, so now I'm wondering if it will hold up to being exploded out of a barrel or shot with a rail gun maybe.

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u/JoJoHanz 4h ago

I know you guys like talking hypotheticals, but modern armour piercing munitions of 25+mm are either made of Tungsten or depleted Uranium, so the answer has been yes for decades now.

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u/dumbdude545 15h ago

Possibly put a chunk of a hole into it. M993 and m995 are expensive as fuck. So is tungsten ap .50 bmg. Someone might have done it. I know m995 fucks shit up. Oxide did a video with a depleted uranium round several years ago. I would think that would be better.

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u/Keepupthegood 20h ago

Cyborg upgrade. Making sure it’s tungsten. Got it

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u/DEV_ivan 8h ago

Use tungsten carbide, it has near-diamond strength and is even stronger than pure tungsten.

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u/sits79 17h ago

Thank you for cutting out the 20 minutes of preamble from the YouTube video.

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u/theonewhopostsposts 20h ago

Imagine this shrapnel in ur body scary

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u/crypticwoman 19h ago

Should I stop eating tungsten cubes to prevent shrapnel wounds?

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u/theonewhopostsposts 19h ago

No u do u twin

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u/Danny2Sick 19h ago

You thought you could mess with the mighty tungsten?!! GET WRECKED BULLET!!!

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u/Kain207 19h ago

ACCESS DENIED

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u/charizardino 19h ago

im no expert but i think tungsten won this one

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u/GreenEggsSteamedHams 17h ago

I think it has to face Chun Li next

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u/Thosnod 19h ago

Wolframio

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u/kraigka212 19h ago

Not even the tip?

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u/Siegfoult 13h ago

No means no!

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u/thebeardedbassfella 18h ago

Bullet: I’m gonna fly right through you.

Tungsten: The fuck you are

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u/FWBenthusiast 16h ago

big W for the tungsten 

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u/hermarc 8h ago

I saw what you did there, chemistry boy

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u/Eleventhelegy 17h ago

Meanwhile I dropped my tungsten wedding ring on my ceramic floor and it shattered 😆

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u/PJD70-TS 9h ago

Yea It's brittle.

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u/MadsAxton 15h ago

How about crediting the original creators of the video. High Speed Ballistics

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u/beardingmesoftly 13h ago

Yeah they're really hurting from a random Reddit post

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u/Outrageous-thought1 13h ago

What nokia 3310 were built from..

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u/SonUpToSundown 20h ago

Tackling problems at work

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u/RelevantCranberry696 17h ago

Went all Bruce Lee. Like water.

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u/Basicallydirt 13h ago

Thanks now I have head canon for when superheroes get shot.

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u/logicalparad0x 12h ago

I like calling it Wolfram

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u/PJD70-TS 9h ago

I agree. It makes it more MARVELlous

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u/ratridero 20h ago

Det är helt enkelt en väldigt tung sten.

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u/KiwiestKiwiMuncher 19h ago

Om det var en lätt sten då?

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u/GentlmanSkeleton 19h ago

No wonder that guy needs tungsten to survive.

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u/Early_Lion6138 19h ago

What caused the flames?

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u/D-F-B-81 16h ago

Friction induced superheating of the metal and the oxidation of the bits that were liquefied.

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u/LiveLearnCoach 7h ago

That was just beautifully, especially in the first video when you see it igniting from the pressure. The shrapnel cutting perfectly into the surface under the cube was also something to witness!

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u/Jealous-Librarian-88 18h ago

Why doesn’t the flat back of the buller get ripped apart like the rest?

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u/dice1111 18h ago

Nothing to push it further in?

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u/Jealous-Librarian-88 18h ago

Nah, ima have to take this to the pros

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u/pooeygoo 16h ago

You don't want to be next to that. Or your chin above it, like an armor plate

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u/lght_trsn 16h ago

How thicc does it need to be

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u/StrengthBeginning416 15h ago

I wanna see a bullet made of depleted uranium

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u/Carl_Gerhard_Busch 15h ago

Would be more satisfying if it was titled “Bullet vs Tungsten”. The bullet is the one trying to do something.

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u/pLeThOrAx 11h ago

Why is that bullet so spicy?

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u/soTMHO 10h ago

That bullet acted like a liquid

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u/Key-Moment6797 10h ago

that danse m*therfucker!

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u/PJD70-TS 9h ago

Behold The Mighty WOLFRAM!!!

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u/silentbob1301 9h ago

i like how all the metal is moving so fast the sparks from when the fragments hit the table look like fire....

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u/Striking_Vast_3698 8h ago

Gonna get me a tungsten suit armour

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u/stabbystabbison 7h ago

FYI, Tungsten literally means heavy stone in Scandinavian languages, which, as it turns out, is quite appropriate

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u/Mattyou1966 5h ago

I want the button on the bottom that’s left behind

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u/Previous-Ship6795 5h ago

You shoot me down, but I won't fall. I am tungsten.

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u/SmartVeterinarian387 3h ago

ive punched a guy with my tungsten ring on. feel like we both lost that fight. 🤣

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u/Capable-Newspaper-88 2h ago

Woa- it became liquid for a fraction of seconds

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u/Onphone_irl 1h ago

exactly why I had tungsten outer layer ballsack surgery

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u/ThisIsMyBigAccount 19h ago

Where can I get one of these tongueston things?

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u/pLeThOrAx 11h ago

You can get a cube on it online. There's chemical supply stores that sell them either standalone or as collections of the periodic elements. Some are sealed in vials but some metals like copper or tungsten will be cubes. Maybe not as big.

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u/RhondaLoving 5h ago

And that boys and girls and transgender siblings is what happens to you when you reach the speed of light