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Jalad | 4 months ago

And in tank warfare this is called spalling

A projectile hits the armor and doesn't penetrate it, but the armor inside still fragments and injured the operators

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Aloisius|4 months ago

There a picture of glass spall in the cockpit and it's not unusual for ballistics glass to spall when hit by a projectile.

hinkley|4 months ago

> Spalling

This was also adopted by The Expanse, where the interiors of ships (particularly war ships) are coated in antispalling coatings.

lotrjohn|4 months ago

Hey bossman thanks for pointing this out. Will have to look for it next time I watch. Yam seng.

flashman|4 months ago

didn't help Shed Garvey lol