I've never had a cartridge fire outside of a firearm, but I've seen LOTS
of ammo 'cook off' in enemy vehicles during Desert Storm. Plain kinetic
type ammo (only charge is propellant not HE) is not nearly as dangerous
going off outside of a gun as it is inside one. In a gun, the chamber
walls keep the brass together. Outside of a gun, the brass just bursts
and the charge does not impart much velocity to the round or the case.
HEAT (High Explosive AntiTank) and artillery rounds are deadly in a fire.
On fire, they will eventually explode as designed and make a big mess of
whatever they are near. Same for Mines, Antitank rockets, antiair
rockets, and anything with an explosive charge.
In <5.0.0.25.2.20010405094900.01f42b80_at_208.226.86.10>, on 04/05/01
at 06:59 PM, Chuck McManis <cmcmanis_at_mcmanis.com> said:
>> > Reminds me of my
>> > mom's friend's mother, who quit vacuuming forever after she mistakenly
>> > vacuumed up a bullet.. scratch one vacuum cleaner!
>>
>>Ow! I'm surprised the round went off, though.
>I didn't write this but have had the experience, .22 cal rim fire
>cartridge. Pretty much any good whack to the rim can make it go. However,
> rounds fired outside of a gun shoot the casing off as the mass has much
>more inertia and doesn't go very far. In my case the shop vac sorta
>'chuffed' and I had to replace the filter which had ballooned to about
>twice its normal size.
>--Chuck
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