an engineering chum of mine has had a brainwave
he's somehow figured a way to harness the hardening properties of newtonian liquids such as custard powder and water mix, and the slipperiness of butter, to create a new type of anti-tank round for the military. it's kinda hush-hush at the moment, all i can say is that it's looking very promising.. seems they contain more kinetic energy than a regular shell, are easier to transport as it's essentially a liquid most fo the time, and once inside the powder plays havoc with the inhabitants of the tanks and the systems within, rendering them useless and untenable.
they reckon it's ushering in a new age in anti-tank warfare.

the food sabot age

*gets coat in preparation*
(UppityDamnPrimate LET'S OPEN THIS F*CKING PIT UP, Mon 22 Sep 2008, 12:44, 3 replies)

I hate myself for being compelled to write this
but not only are non-newtonian fluids being used in experimental flexible bodyarmour (and very possibly vehicular as well), but Sabot, in the sense of a Sabot round in ballistics, share the same etymological root as Sabotage, i.e flemish farmers would throw their wooden clogs/overshoes (sabots) into whirling farm machinery that they feared would cost them their livelihoods, rendering them useless, in an act that came to be known as sabotage.

(ER... or perhaps not, according to a quick check of teh etymological dictionary, which has put more of a dent in my day than it should have done...)
(pounana Slept well, and dreamed of large women, on, Mon 22 Sep 2008, 13:00, closed)

you sir
are a pedant. this being a type of ant with a small 50cc engine capable of speeds up to 30mph and with a limited power to weight ratio, suitable for riders with a compulsory basic training certificate.
or something like that.

ok i give up.
(UppityDamnPrimate LET'S OPEN THIS F*CKING PIT UP, Mon 22 Sep 2008, 13:02, closed)

*click*
but only because I know what a sabot round is.

You better start running tho' because I'm about to throw some rotten fruit in your direction for the terrible pun.

That is if I can be bothered.
(GMRage stood a little straighter, Tue 23 Sep 2008, 7:08, closed)