| CZ-52 (CZ vz.52) pistol and Hi-Point 9mm | | | | concrete and concentrate your fire on that |
| pistol VS concrete rebarred wall | | | | central location, the concrete will start |
| | | | blowing out the other side of the wall in |
| This was a test to see how a rebarred | | | | pretty large jagged pieces. Not something you |
| concrete wall would stand up to small arms | | | | want to be on the other side of for sure. |
| fire from the CZ-52 (CZ vz.52) and Hi-Point | | | | |
| 9mm. No armor piercing rounds were used. Only | | | | It may not be realistic to fire 500 rounds |
| copper jacketed rounds were used. | | | | from a handgun to get through a wall. But |
| | | | this demonstration shows that with enough |
| It took 500 rounds to pound this hole into | | | | rounds even from smallarms fire a survival |
| the wall. 300 from the CZ-52 and 200 from the | | | | retreat could be in big trouble if enough |
| Hi-Point 9mm. We started out with the 9mm | | | | people with smallsarms really wanted |
| with limited effect but when we started in | | | | something you have or if the location of your |
| with the CZ-52, pieces of concrete were | | | | retreat was known at time of crisis. |
| flying everywhere. Once wear was showing we | | | | |
| started in with both handguns on a central | | | | There were only two of us with handguns and |
| point in the wall. Once enough rounds hit an | | | | we were able to do this, what could 20 people |
| area that had a rebar below the concrete in | | | | do with handguns and rifles? This could have |
| that location, the concrete wall started | | | | been done with a lot less rounds using larger |
| cracking. Once you notice the cracks in the | | | | caliber smallarms very fast too. |