Real or fake ??

[Zoot Allures]

These two bullets were found after the Battle of Gallipoli during WWI.

http://1ifsww39ksbm13izno3q3b45.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/bullet.jpg

 

[Caspertheghost]

Given the millions of rounds that were probably fired in that long battle, I would lean towards real.

 

[italianguy74]

Don't see how they were shooting at 90° of each other unless one of them was used for a target.

 

[kono]

Don't see how they were shooting at 90° of each other unless one of them was used for a target.

Exactly, they could have lined up a whole bunch of rounds and used it as target practice. It would be pretty insane if this occurred in battle.

 

[Boss Nass]

Don't see how they were shooting at 90° of each other unless one of them was used for a target.

Or if one was from a unit involved in a flanking manoeuvre, a common and long-used military tactic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flanking_maneuver

 

[Gntlmn1]

Just basic physics, what you see here is definitely not the outcome of one bullet striking another in mid flight.

 

[IM469]

Just basic physics, what you see here is definitely not the outcome of one bullet striking another in mid flight.

I would agree that a mid-flight collision would result in a deflection because of the energy to push the bullet through is far greater than the air resistance to push it sideways. However if one bullet was firmly in bedded in an object such as a tree when the other bullet struck at the right trajectory - maybe. I have no idea if a bullet of that calibre has enough energy to pierce 1/4" of steel.

 

[Gntlmn1]

I would agree that a mid-flight collision would result in a deflection because of the energy to push the bullet through is far greater than the air resistance to push it sideways. However if one bullet was firmly in bedded in an object such as a tree when the other bullet struck at the right trajectory - maybe. I have no idea if a bullet of that calibre has enough energy to pierce 1/4" of steel.

Good point but the nose of the bullet that was pierced is pristine, it did not hit anything at any significant velocity. it also has no markings to indicate it was fired out of a shell or forced through a rifled barrel.

 

[anonemouse]

I would agree that a mid-flight collision would result in a deflection because of the energy to push the bullet through is far greater than the air resistance to push it sideways. However if one bullet was firmly in bedded in an object such as a tree when the other bullet struck at the right trajectory - maybe. I have no idea if a bullet of that calibre has enough energy to pierce 1/4" of steel.

Agreed, my first thought was that it struck a bullet that was still in somebody's magazine or something.

 

[Promo]

Interesting!

According to this site no: http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2015/05/04/bullets-collided-mid-air/

Regardless, it's a cool find.

 

[Zoot Allures]

 

[IM469]

With a head on collision I could understand the combined inertia fusing the bullets together but the 90 degree of a bullet in flight colliding seems to defy physics although there are additional samples shown of a similar occurrence. Hitting a bullet held in a magazine clip seems a logical occurrence that could occur more frequently during heavy fighting.