Cob: bullet resistance

[roger karl]

   Hi, Roger here. WELL I can answer on both counts. I was in England in the 
early 70's with the U.S. Air Force. On several occasions we when out and did 
drills. At a place called Green-on-Common, we did fire- fights. We had 
AR-15s, M-14s and 30 cal. BMGs.
   There where several tudor house and some dirt buildings( more like sod 
that cob ) that we shot at. The tudor had 12" to 16" walls and the soddys 
about 20".  The BMG when though all( like a bug eating wood ), the M-14 
would sometime ( the wet sod stopped most and the tudor did half/half. The 
AR-15 had its work cut out for it( they buried in about half way ).
   As for" Mother Nature ", my brother lived in George for years and there 
was a farm near him. On the farm was a ice house and some old ram-earth type 
of buildings. They had several" Bad " storms there and these buildings stood 
very well( once he and his ex were caught out in one and a hut of dirt was 
their shelter, he though he could have blown it down by the looks of it, BUT 
it held ).
  If anyone else has any infor, I would be interested too.

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