At that range, firing it backwards is actually going to be more lethal.
Most missiles are designed to only arm after they’ve flown a certain minimum distance away. It would really suck to get hit by one, but it’d be like getting hit with a super powered fastball, and you would probably survive with some broken bones and massive bruising, and likely would only die if it hit your head directly.
The backblast, however, will have a very good chance of killing you dead out to about 15 meters, due to the pressure wave of the explosion.
Yeah, especially with old-time launcher like Gustav and RPG, the pyrotechnic effect just clinched it.
On demonstrating how you really, really want to clear backblast area: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCN0y4BHiGs&t
Note that this soldier is still not directly behind the launcher and still got knocked down.
Looks like training day with the M72 LAW, which is on the smaller side for an RPG. I don’t remember if the training rounds have less backblast – I would assume so, particularly because mistakes like these happen. Weaker or no, a few more feet and that guy would have had big problems.
Now, the thing Shelby is holding? I can’t imagine that doesn’t put out a massive plume of fiery death. Pretty good way to ensure a psychic can’t read your mind is to vaporize theirs.
Yeah, but she destroyed (will have destroyed?) that universe in a possible future. But the way the events unfolded in the present pretty much made that future impossible. So it remains to be seen whether she will actually destroy a universe.
Of course, if she doesn’t, then the fact that that videotape exists now becomes a temporal paradox that could destroy the universe anyway. So either way…
Dave & Helen’s daughter also “destroyed” at least 3 or 4 (maybe more — I’d have to go back and count) universes by traveling from the future to sit at the bar and observe her parents. And her future still seemed pretty much assured, so those events probably will happen.
Of course, the problem with a psychic opponent is that you can’t be sure if you’re actually holding a bazooka…
Missile launcher?
For *some* people, missile launchers just happen.
I still like how Mell could summon a BFG for any occasion, and was really happy in Madblood’s arsenal.
Let us note that by the standards of both the superhero and supervillain communities this really *is* quite subtle! ^_^
‘Subtle’ is a pretentious word for ‘half-assed’. Remember Maxim 37!
I’d say Maxim 52 is the unofficial motto of Skin Horse: “The army you have is never the army you want.”
Narbonic’s, naturally, is Maxim 14: “Mad Science” means never stopping to ask “what’s the worst thing that could happen?”
Lay low…climb in the ducts on high…
judging from the back handle shape, good chance Shelby is holding… uh… Bazooka? Missile Launcher? Microwave gun? Backward.
If it’s a rocket launcher/bazooka, the back blast would be lethal anyway.
At that range, firing it backwards is actually going to be more lethal.
Most missiles are designed to only arm after they’ve flown a certain minimum distance away. It would really suck to get hit by one, but it’d be like getting hit with a super powered fastball, and you would probably survive with some broken bones and massive bruising, and likely would only die if it hit your head directly.
The backblast, however, will have a very good chance of killing you dead out to about 15 meters, due to the pressure wave of the explosion.
Yeah, especially with old-time launcher like Gustav and RPG, the pyrotechnic effect just clinched it.
On demonstrating how you really, really want to clear backblast area:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCN0y4BHiGs&t
Note that this soldier is still not directly behind the launcher and still got knocked down.
Looks like training day with the M72 LAW, which is on the smaller side for an RPG. I don’t remember if the training rounds have less backblast – I would assume so, particularly because mistakes like these happen. Weaker or no, a few more feet and that guy would have had big problems.
Now, the thing Shelby is holding? I can’t imagine that doesn’t put out a massive plume of fiery death. Pretty good way to ensure a psychic can’t read your mind is to vaporize theirs.
He’s in maintenance. It’s a roto-rooter.
If only Mel could be in panel 4… I *miss* her… Whenever Sgt. Schlock is gone for too long, I like to think he and Mel are off servicing targets…
SERVICE IS MY ONLY JOY!
In the immortal words of Mell W. Kelly,
“Nah, it’s cool. I’ll just spin the settings around and zap you with whatever comes up.”
Alternately, “I don’t know what either of these does. Which should I use first?”
“I’m the happiest girl in the world!” upon entering Madblood’s arsenal.
And Mell did destroy at least *one* universe.
Yeah, but she destroyed (will have destroyed?) that universe in a possible future. But the way the events unfolded in the present pretty much made that future impossible. So it remains to be seen whether she will actually destroy a universe.
Of course, if she doesn’t, then the fact that that videotape exists now becomes a temporal paradox that could destroy the universe anyway. So either way…
Dave & Helen’s daughter also “destroyed” at least 3 or 4 (maybe more — I’d have to go back and count) universes by traveling from the future to sit at the bar and observe her parents. And her future still seemed pretty much assured, so those events probably will happen.
Given that this is Shelby’s idea of subtle, it is definite proof that he belongs with Skin Horse.
Hoorah for SUBTLETY!
I feel that his distraction tactic was in having Pan try to parse his last statement.
It took me a while.
Now this is just a surface scan, so you’ll want to avoid thinking of anything you want to remain secret, such as anything incriminating…