“How High’s the Water Mama?”

14 Replies to ““How High’s the Water Mama?””

1. Not as funny as the first time.

2. There’ll be a golden ladder reachin’ down
   When the man comes around

   Prophetic.

3. Someone is a wicked shot. But it is the south.

   1. What caliber would it take to punch a hole in what has to be a 1/4″ thick steel water tank? I suggest that was a .50 cal. shot

      1. An old .303 British will go through 1/4″ steel. So I’m betting a tank like that is much thicker.

      2. This would do it:

         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar1SnpffqaA

         Winchester 458 Magnum. Friggin’ Awesome!

         1. THAT was very cool!

         2. Wow! Clean thru!
            BTW … that’s a hell of a cartridge. I guess all that gunpowder has a purpose

      3. Well technically you could calculate the hole size based on the mass flow of the water and the head of a full tank.
         Probably.
         When I say ‘you’ I absolutely means ‘someone who is NOT ME’.

         Also don’t underestimate the power of bullets or overestimate the abilities of steel.

         This is highly likely to be mild steel of about 250 – 300Mpa. As steels go this is soft as but perfectly capable of being the walls of a water tank. Armour (which is a broad term) is a lot harder than that but unlikely to be the material we are talking about.

         So, if it WAS armour then what keeps out what?

         Well in a broad sense and using the theories of the 1930s, 8mm was considered the min thickness to keep out AP rounds from ‘rifle’ calibre machine guns at point blank range. So 30-06, .303, 7.92mm.
         The next weapon up during that era was the Hotchkiss 13.2mm. The M2 existed, but was not that common outside the US at this time. M2 was/is nominally more powerful but the 13.2mm was considered a common enough weapon for light tanks and armoured cars that it made a good bench mark for things a tank might get shot with.
         To keep out 13.2mm at point blank? 30mm of armour.

         So what shot Johnny Cash? Well… clearly Global Warming!!! And Trump!!! And Anti-Vaxers!! Clearly!

4. https://youtu.be/uXnJVkEX8O4

5. Looks like the shooter was of on his/her wind age somewhat but close enough to make a splash.

   bverwey

6. It was a very good shot!

   I don’t care much what the caliber was, but the results were awesome!

7. Next time ,the county will paint the mural higher on the tank.
   I guess the shooter was a man of few words.
   “Piss on it”,perhaps?

8. Johnny on the spot.