my grandfather used to tell me stories about how a Japanese samurai sword were so sharp that they could cut through a machine gun barrel. then i saw myth buster do a thing on it but they did it all wrong they heated the barrel up for 30mins then used a replica sword to try could a real samurai sword cut through one?
2006-12-15 13:37:53 · 5 answers · asked by ryan s 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
well the fact that the gun barrels were constantly heated up and cooled over and over again would had made them very brittle so just heating the barrel up for 30min wasn't acurate
2006-12-15 13:50:10 · update #1
forjj the samurai sword was slandered issue in the Japanese army all the officers had one
2006-12-15 13:53:34 · update #2
It could be. The problem with replica samurai swords is that they aren't made exactly as they were then. They aren't as strong. To date no one has unlocked the "secret" to making one the right way.
2006-12-15 13:48:28 · answer #1 · answered by sarcasm_gurl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My father became a prisoner of war for a mutually as in a jap internment camp on the commencing up of the war in China and he mentioned that commonly they could set up a run approximately 60 feet long with wood factors and tell chinese language prisoners that in the event that they'd run previous the tip of the run they could be loose. Then 2 jap officers could use their swords to decapitate them whilst they got here working via the tip of the run. He mentioned there have been bets on how some distance the bodies could run until now collapsing. yet i did no longer be attentive to the specifics of the swords reducing via a gun barrel as i do no longer watch television. additionally, i don't be attentive to how lots of my fathers' thoughts are actual. he's 86 now and his memory isn't what i could call completely smart.
2016-12-11 10:01:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
what did they do wrong? you never really asked a question. the test on mythbusters seemed pretty good to me. i think your grandfather may have exaggerated a little. i doubt there were very many samurai sword on the battlefields of WWII
2006-12-15 13:47:55 · answer #3 · answered by forjj 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i doubt the a office ever got close enough to cut through a machine gun and sharp would have nothing to do with it the force of the blow
2006-12-15 14:03:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it could not.
2006-12-15 14:11:52 · answer #5 · answered by PK 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋