HYDRAULIC PRESS VS ARMOR, USA AND RUSSIA

Using a hydraulic press, we will test the strength of US and Russian armor

[chrisaskin]

What do you mean, "don't try this at home?" I bought my very own 100T hydraulic press and high speed camera off ebay for just such an occasion. Now I've wasted my money!

[maxbaum]

its not russian vs america its ww2 armor vs New armor !

[terrybroadway]

I hope I never get shot with a hydraulic press

[rayrooney]

Armor is to resist sudden kinetic events, not sustained pressure. This doesn't prove it to be ineffective.

[mebobtheone]

I'm amazed looking at the comments on everyone's take on this video. People read way to much into it and what it means. All the Title says is The press vs armor. Which is a hydraulic press putting load bearing pressure on types of armor grade steel. It's not a test. Smashing !

[Kevjoseful]

1940 steel compared to 2010 steel os a joke. The science is totally different

[raidArten]

There is a difference between the two pieces, a piece made in 1940 and a piece made in 2010. The difference is in time and technology. The hydraulic head was replaced.

[wokeislatinfordumdum]

So if your enemy aims his hydraulic press at you, just know the odds of survival for you are greatly diminished.

[drydogg]

I don't seem to recall the Germans having anti-tank guns that flung 500-ton press heads. In Dune, "... The slow blade penetrates the shield."

[C-M-E]

Interesting side note: AR500 isn't even the top grade. The AR stands for Abrasion Resistant, and was designed for hard use industrial equipment. There's even higher grades in the 700 class.

[YupItsMeNick]

Armor is not for tensile strength i guess it's more for impulsive strength

[fartzr.schmelli]

The slow energy push doesn't do justice to actual projectiles moving Much Faster!

Still Cool AF!!!

[grooovyyy]

would have been much better without the irritating music in the start

[AberrantAberrant]

It would be harder to slowly push a BB through two sheets of paper than an inch of oobleck but the paper would never stop the BB if it were fired instead.

Resistance to compressive force and resistance to impact and penetration are entirely separate material properties.

[trsu]

Does this mean tanks are in trouble when we have giant fighting machines with crab-like pincers?

[MrDan]

Armor isnt made to stop slow crushing objects, they will just crush you anyway! Armor is designed to stop a saft moving projectile thats moving at a high rate of speed and weighs a couple hundred grams.

[iancanty]

Husband watching this video reads: “Warning: Do not repeat at home anything you saw in this video”. He shouts to his wife in the kitchen “Darling, for pity’s sake, switch of that 500 ton hydraulic press”🤣😂

[taylor]

This isn't Russian versus us armor. This is just Titanium vs Steel armor. Both countries have many armor types. Titanium is widely known to be less strong than steel. The real reason for Titanium use is it's strength to weight ratio. Armor can be HEAVY, especially steel; but is at the discretion of the wearer to decide strenght or agility

[Tenright]

Should be noted; Hydraulic Testing is not the same as Ballistic Testing...
In a Ballistic event, the penetration force is reduced as kinetic energy dissipates through contact. Thx CHP.

[smokeydops]

you aren't even comparing the same class of armor; AR500 is so brittle that it is not suitable as tank armor, then again the T34 armor is probably so soft it isn't suitable as modern tank armor either. you might have armor with a brinell hardness of 300, this is acceptable as it is hard enough to resist impact deformation from small calibers but tough enough not to just utterly crack when shot with a kinetic penetrator