Your First Look At Far Cry 3 Gameplay Footage

Really? Did you see that episode of Mythbusters?

First off, the examples they gave were from a far greater distance than they themselves fired from thus negating the experiment straight away as environmental factors were non-existent and distance, the angle fired from and bullet velocities were all wrong.

Secondly, the ammo they used (including the alleged “armour-piercing” rounds) were lead core rounds. True armour piercing rounds use tungsten cores and for a more accurate experiment the other ammo should have been steel core as their key example was WW2, particularly Normandy. At that time the lead cores and copper jackets were of a different composition and far denser than modern lead and copper compositions used in ammunition.

The distance is the real issue though, a 50 cal round from a sniper rifle would easily penetrate water and kill or maim a person when shot from a normal distance. The only reason the ammo disintegrated in the water in their test was because of how close they were to the water. The velocity of the bullet was so high that the water became all but totally inpenetrable. From a realistic distance the velocity would be much less and the water would give off far less resistence and the bullet would safely enter the water and cause serious damage. The same goes for the other guns used. The angle and distance they used was designed to give as little chance as possible of effectively penetrating the water rather than a realistic reenactment of what they set out to prove/disprove.