(ArtKramr) wrote in message ...
Subject: P-47/51 deflection shots into the belly of the German
tanks,reality
From: Bill Shatzer
Date: 8/6/03 11:13 PM Pacific

I never tried to skip an elongated rock with a rotation at right
angles to, rather than parallel to, the water surface but I can't believe
that would work at all well.

Try it and get back to us. There is no substitute for experience.

I recall being told, in my target-shooting days, of a range which had
a lake between the firing point and the targets. On a calm day with no
ripples, they found that if they aimed at the reflection of the target
the bullets would ricochet off the water and hit the target. Of
course, the angle was very shallow.

Tony Williams
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