Penetration Test Gallery

Penetration tests were conducted by shooting from a short distance into "ballistic gel". We did do some measurements, but these were discarded from the official results for different reasons. The gel was not stable enough to be used as a reference material. The gel showed quite different properties depending on which lot it was from and which temperature it had. These images are added here purely to illustrate that the guns can do serious damage. And shooting in gel is really cool!

A Mauly 19 a few cm inside the ballistic gel
The penetration force of the tiny but powerful Double Maul.
A shot fired from the Heavy Double Maul hits the gel and makes a nice wave.
The Heavy Double Maul shakes up its target!
The projectile from the Rubber TEC as it just has stopped in the middle of the gel. The shockwave reflections are still visible.
The high velocity Rubber TEC shows its real power.
A view of a TEC cap inside the ballistic gel. Because of the refraction, the view is distorted and there are multiple views of the cap.
Studying the ballistic gel refraction after a Rubber TEC shot.
Picture just as the pencil fired from the Super Maul hits the gel, causing a large distortion.
That pencil fired from the Super Maul sure knows how to shake up things!.
Another picture when the pencil hits the gel. The corner of the gel is lifted a few cm off the table and there is a bit of gel flying in the air
Liftoff!
A view from above showing the Faber-Castell HB Pencil inside the gel.
The pencil projectile encapsulated in the gel after a perfect penetration-test.
A picture of the pencil being surgically removed from the gel using a knife to cut the gel.
Performing emergency battlefield surgery after a direct hit from the Super Maul.
The larcona as it hits the gel. The far side of the gel seems to have been lifted a bit from the table.
The Larcona hits a bit low on the target, thus lifting the gel.
The gel is being hit by the Larcona staple remover fired from the Super Maul. The Larcona is travelling backwards. A wave is starting to take form.
The Larcona can be fired both ways. This is for inflicting maximum damage.
The pen has travelled straight through the gel and is visible just as blue streak on the other side.
An experimental shot, using a stripped down TEC Pen fired from the Super Maul. As you can see, the projectile went straight through the ballistic gel.
A laser is pointed into the gel, lighting it up.
Analyzing the shockwave aftermath with high tech equipment.
The laser is pointed into the gel from an angle, making it bounce off the side and back into the gel.
Studying the projectile path with laser.

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