re: #204 FemNaziBitch

What kind of ammo would have taken down the big Persian King?

I have to laugh because at a Firearm Safety Course years ago the instructors showed us this big ass cartridge. I asked “What do you kill with that?” (thinking elephant or hippo).

The instructor answered, with a total straight face, “a truck.”

I started laughing and they didn’t. Then I said “Really?” Totally not believing them.

Then a whole group of male gun nuts began explaining military check points to me.

Yep. .50 BMG probably.

en.wikipedia.org

Though my one cousin has an umbrella stand made from the brass casing used for 90mm tank gun rounds. Her husband was an M-48 crewman - including a stint in ‘Nam.