Five ways movies get everything wrong about gun battles in war
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Link here.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
Who woulda thunk?
“So in a way, you could argue that all of Hollywood’s gunfight bullshittery is a significant asset to our national defense. And, therefore, when Jerry and Matt transitioned from battlefields to movies and TV, they still played a role in fighting America’s enemies, through sheer misinformation. Keep that bullshit flowing, Hollywood. America needs you.”
What? Nothing about how lead sparks and sets off explosions? ;-)
Yes, I’ve wondered how a non-ferrous metal could create sparks. Of course, you can get that effect with steel-jacketed bullets, but I don’t believe that they are standard issue for military and police forces.
I’ve seen “pure” lead air rifle pellets make sparks against steel plates.
Military small arms bullets often have steel cores or have copper washed mild steel jackets. Sometimes both.
It’s all about turning kinetic energy into heat, not what it’s made of.
People do not fly backwards when shot. They just fall down.
Gas tanks don’t explode.
And shotguns do not spray out a cone of instant death and thus never need much aiming or practice.
Ask and Bird hunter or trap shooter.
For my first few years hunting the birds stood a hell of a good chance of getting away clean.