[Ogre] Re: Ogre-list Digest, Vol 15, Issue 18

[Chris French]

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> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 04:53:51 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Kaari Koehn <kkoehn3 at yahoo.ca>
> Subject: [Ogre] Re: Ogre Armor
> Legendary toughness of katana: repeated folding of high-carbon and
low-carbon
> steel. (http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Katana)

This is a myth -- folding wouldn't do anything except create an
indiscriminate mush of metal.

The way it works is: A "V" shape of hard steel has a triangle (OK,
more like a metal Toblerone) of soft steel laid into the crotch of the
"V", while both  are semi-molten; the two are then tapped repeatedly
with a hammer, and the impacts fuse the steels. The outer "hard"
steel takes the edge and the impacts, while the inner "soft" steel
provides the flexibility.

Composites: The *VERY* Early Years. :) (I can get more details from
my source, if y'all are interested.)

> You have to assume the whole "reactive armor" arms race is overshadowed by
the
> brute force battlefield nuke approach.

With access to bullet-sized nukes, why not (snort) nuclear Reactive
Armor? :)

> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 09:24:00 -0700
> From: "Aahz." <erickkilmer at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [Ogre] Re: Ogre-list Digest, Vol 15, Issue 17
>     I certainly didn't work at three seperate Naval bases as a Dept of
> Defense contractor after High School.

I was being sarcastic. (But not by much....)

CF