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Silvanus · October 22, 2010, 08:05 AM

I'm sorry for this really stupid question, but people keep saying that the .50 BMG can actually rip off limbs and "explode" people... So what I'd like to know is if the effect it really as devastating as depicted in the latest Rambo movie or if that is only Hollywood fiction? I know it's stupid to ask if anything from a Rambo movie is realistic, but some of you guys' descriptions of the .50 make that particular movie scene seem more likely than I thought before...

October 22, 2010, 08:05 AM	#11
Silvanus Senior Member Join Date: July 23, 2005 Location: Luxembourg Posts: 1,324	I'm sorry for this really stupid question, but people keep saying that the .50 BMG can actually rip off limbs and "explode" people... So what I'd like to know is if the effect it really as devastating as depicted in the latest Rambo movie or if that is only Hollywood fiction? I know it's stupid to ask if anything from a Rambo movie is realistic, but some of you guys' descriptions of the .50 make that particular movie scene seem more likely than I thought before...