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Originally Posted by Grayson02sept1980
It has to do at least "some" damage somewhere...
and now just let a bullet hit a fuel tank....  |
Remember though that there's a big difference between a petrol (or
gas for our US cousins) tank and a tank of marine diesel. You can fire a flare gun into an open tank of diesel and it won't burn.
You don't start getting diesel explosions until it's heated, vapourised and/or compressed (as inside an engine). Compared to petrol it's relatively stable because it's not at all volatile.
Aircraft burn because of their fuel. Ships burn because of their cargo... However, if there's a petrol (gasoline) cargo onboard... gametime!
