From: jl@glen--canyon.com   
      
   On Sun, 21 Dec 2025 15:40:21 +0000, Jeff Layman    
   wrote:   
      
   >On 21/12/2025 05:08, Bill Sloman wrote:   
   >   
   >> This is roughly equivalent to insisting that petrol-engined car won't   
   >> catch fire if you shoot a bullet into the petrol tank.   
   >   
   >It won't catch fire. You can search for this yourself:   
   >   
   >bullet gasoline tank fire   
   >   
   >It's a myth, mainly as a result of many Hollywood movies showing cars   
   >exploding from a single bullet to the tank. Even multiple bullets fired   
   >into a tank won't cause the fuel to ignite. You need an incendiary   
   >bullet, and even then you might require more than one.   
      
   We (the good guys) got a great advantage in WWII, with planes that had   
   self-sealing gas tanks. And armor to protect pilots.   
      
      
   John Larkin   
   Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center   
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