The body is, of course, metal, but its thickness is important.
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In action movies, the situation has almost become a classic when heroes escape from bullets behind the body of an ordinary car, sometimes even one door is enough. But will this happen in reality? This was told by the expert “Behind the wheel” Alexei Revin.
In fact, body parts are stamped from steel less than one millimeter thick, and the penetrating power of bullets from firearms is usually much higher. For example, from a distance of 50 meters, an AKM bullet pierces 12 mm of rail neck metal.
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Accordingly, only parts of large thickness are capable of stopping bullets. And only the power unit (engine and gearbox) can provide it.
We analyze other popular movie myths here. “Behind the wheel” can be read in Viber
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