hello Schroederized,
what would you think about the impact of the first bullet in the JCB hydraulic lift?
in the following post, I elaborate a little on this idea:
bottom line: it is clear that the 1st bullet damaged the hydraulics of that JCB lift.
as a hydraulics system is extremely sturdy and has to deal with enormous pressures by default, and this system has been damaged by the first bullet, that can only mean that
- the shrapnel of the bullet that disintegrated (after it vaporized part of the galvanized rectangular steel of the railing) had still enough punch to penetrate the very sturdy hydraulics system, or that
- the bullet was not damaged a lot, was deviated only slightly and had still enough punch to penetrate the hydraulics system of the JCB lift.
in the second case, I believe it would make much more sense to use the JCB beam as the reference point of impact and the height of the tractor as height reference…
thanks for your feedback!