mythbusters did they use full metal jacket bullets in snipper riffels in ww2 i bet they will go thru scope .?

Answer 1

G'day Wende H,

Thank you for your question.

Full metal jacket bullets were acceptable under the Hague Convention of 1899. They were generally used during World War 2.

I have attached sources for your reference.

Regards

Answer 2

WW II millitary bullets are all full metal jackets. The question is not whether Carlos Hathcock actually shot a bullet through the scope of the Veitnamese sniper. This is a documented fact. The question was whether a bullet would do this every time it was shot at a scope. The Mythbusters show proved that it would not do it every time. In fact, they seemed to prove that the shot that Carlos Hathcock made was a one in a million shot. By the way, Carlos holds the record for the longest distance sniper kill, too. He was a One In A Million sniper.

Answer 3

FMJ was the standard ammo for sniper( not snipper) rifles in ww2. Carlos Hathcock in the Vietnam war killed the enemys most prolific sniper( cobra) with a shot thru the scope, if Carlos had been a split second slower on the trigger, cobra would have shot him, most likely thru the scope. Mythbusters isn't the most accurate resource for dispelling myths or legends. The story of carlos Hathcock killing the enemy sniper with a shot thru the enemys scope is hard fact.

Answer 4

Yes it would be FMJ rounds in WWII as well as in Vietnam where Carlos Hathcock was using a Winchester model 70 in 30-06.

In Marine Sniper by Charles W Henderson, about his life, it says that the rifle with the shot out sight was placed in the Marines museum.

The combat concept that wounding is a better stategy than killing only works in a large engagement which doesn't go on long enough for the opposition to start returning their recovered wounded to combat. If you have a rifle that wounds and they have one that kills you will suffer total losses in short engagements because you can't stop a determined enemy who is only wounded and you will eventually run out of combat trained people whereas they will just keep returning their fixed up wounded to the battle. Rifles designed to wound also typically have poor penetration against the sort of buildings they have in other countries than the US, bricks stop 223s and drywall doesn't. This is why the guys in Iraq are currently trying to get hold of 6.8SPC and 6.5 Grendel versions of the AR-15.

Answer 5

Yes,full metal jacket bullets were used in WW2 in sniper's rifles.It's illegal to use non full metal jacket ammunition in the military,except security dets acting as body guards.If you're a good enough shot than you can ease that bullet clean through a scope.

LOL-5.56 out of an M4 carbine....I've put it clean thru 10mm plate while doing some testing for things I was building.And that was at 100 yards.

Answer 6

Yeah, I saw that MB last night and they said nothing about the ammo used. I would wager that a 165gr. FMJ .308 round travelling 2800 FPS would blow through that scope just fine.

Answer 7

i just saw that episode it went thru the scope but not all the way threw it got stuck somewhere insde the scope

Answer 8

Sniper or not... WWII or not... The plan is the same..... "wound" as many as you can. The wounded take resources.. AKA money/men/time/food/