Sabot Firing (A one in a million shot!) by KiDAcE

Photography • Military • posted on Jan 30, 2005

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My dad the designer of the M1-A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank and the M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle came across this shot of a sabot round being fired. What makes this a one in a million shot is that the sabot is seen splitting about 36 feet away from the barrel of this M1. Sabot rounds travel at about 7,500 feet per second. The actual projectile is a tungsten carbide rod-like bullet that does not explode on impact but uses sheer kinetic energy to pierce any known armor known so far. Picture taken by my dad's friend. (:- Copyrights belong to us. -:)

Comments (22)

neverfinder

4:44PM | Sun, 30 January 2005

real impressiv shot !

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Dianthus

4:59PM | Sun, 30 January 2005

Awesome capture. Well done:)

cynlee

5:26PM | Sun, 30 January 2005

indeed, impressive! :]

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photofinish

5:56PM | Sun, 30 January 2005

Excellent!

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nongo

5:57PM | Sun, 30 January 2005

Unbelievable!!!!!!!! excellent capture for your dads friend!!!!!

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Beemer

7:31PM | Sun, 30 January 2005

Shock Waves around the projectile? Cool!...

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Wankerboy

8:20PM | Sun, 30 January 2005

The M1-A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank and the M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle are both awesome. Thank God your dad is on "our" side!

Misha883

8:48PM | Sun, 30 January 2005

Thankyou for this image and the copyright explanation. Usually we only allow photos here by the original artist, except for historical images. I believe this qualifies as an historic image, and demonstrates the technology of the times; both photographic and weaponry.

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TobinLam

9:43PM | Sun, 30 January 2005

That has to be the coolest picture I have ever seen! I saw the thumbnail and started wondering what program you used! I noticed the round before I read the caption and thought it was just something in the background because I didn't know it was possible to take a picture of something going that fast without special equipment!

b2amphot

9:47PM | Sun, 30 January 2005

Awesome catch indeed. Would love to know the camera specs for that shot.

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Apophis906

11:52PM | Sun, 30 January 2005

Wow,now that is just timing here,what a catch. Just an excellent capture and job for sure,what a shot.

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DJB

1:43AM | Mon, 31 January 2005

Speechless!

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Chaos911

1:59AM | Mon, 31 January 2005

super shot, excellently done!!!

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Saurav

3:19AM | Mon, 31 January 2005

Amazing shot.

gwfa

6:58AM | Mon, 31 January 2005

really an exceptional shot!

amorales

8:37AM | Mon, 31 January 2005

Catching a bullet in mid-air is impressive. I love the flames in front and how it illuminates the dirt below.

kennyliu

1:50PM | Mon, 31 January 2005

Cool shot!

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weesel

7:17PM | Mon, 31 January 2005

Reminds me of the WW2 shot of the battlewagon firing a salvo. Just coming out of the smoke of the guns are nine 'little dots' -- the shells. (Official USN Photo I am sure. ;-) ) Yes, this is an amazing photo.

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Spooky-Wan

2:04AM | Tue, 01 February 2005

Great capture, like you say, one in a million.

pixeldump

11:55AM | Tue, 01 February 2005

Awesome shot! BUT, if your dad really took part in designing of this MBT, you should never ever admit that to large audiences. That is a security violation.

tony_br22

2:27PM | Sat, 05 February 2005

Wooooooow..... amazing shot your fathers frind got there. YES capturing that sabot splitting is unbelieveble! E+

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