Videos tagged with Deflection Angle

This video demonstrates bullet fragmentation when impacting steel targets, explaining that fragmentation follows the plane of impact. The instructor highlights that most fragmentation travels downwards, with a maximum deflection angle of 10-12 degrees on a smooth, quality steel plate. This understanding is crucial for shooter safety, differentiating between minor upward fragments and dangerous ricochets.

Instruction from Rob at T1G demonstrates the dangers of using a vehicle hood as a stable shooting platform. Through live-fire experiments with 9mm and 5.56mm rounds, the video illustrates how bullets can skip off vehicle surfaces. The expert emphasizes maintaining a safe distance from the vehicle to avoid deflected rounds and fragmentation, highlighting that a few feet back significantly increases shooter safety.

This video, featuring T1G Instructor Rob French, details essential techniques for surviving a gunfight involving a vehicle. It covers engaging threats from within the car, using the vehicle for cover (engine block vs. trunk), understanding sight over bore offsets, and employing alternate firing positions like the 'urban prone' under the vehicle. The instruction emphasizes quick exits and strategic use of angles and standoff distance.