jkh@ucbjade.BERKELEY.EDU (Jordan K. Hubbard) (01/08/86)
Article: 1:13 Ok, because our friends in Canada can't get hold of the DW tape... No, a .357 magnum will NOT go through an engine block. The best that any "normal" gun can do is make a smudge on the surface or possibly hit something in the engine compartment a little more delicate (like the distributor cap or fuel/electrical). And NO, shooting a gas tank will not make it explode. They even tried using tracer bullets and that didn't even do it. If I remember correctly, they may have gotten it to explode by hitting it with an incendiary bullet -- but incendiary bullets make a pretty big boom when they hit. At the end of the film, they drag out a 50mm anti-tank gun with incendiary, tracer, and armor-piercing bullets and completely demolish a car. THOSE rounds will go through an engine block like butter. Yow! I guess there are enough people out there that can't get the tape -- I guess I can do a detailed review at a later date. Gary
jkh@ucbjade.BERKELEY.EDU (Jordan K. Hubbard) (01/19/86)
Article: 1:17
The tape is available from The Anite Company, P.O. Box 375, Pinole, Ca 94564.
The tape is $69.95,including S&H, available in VHS or Beta and is 105 minutes
long. Soldier of Fortune had a review of it, including pictures, in the Feb.
1986 issue.
Eric Kozowski
{inhp4,hplabs,allegra,ucbvax}!tektronix!reed!kozowski
[It seems the only place to *rent* this tape in the Bay Area is
H&H Enterprises in Redwood City. -jh]