BHI Gear Zinc Air Battery Gunshot Test Video

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I just stumbled across Blackheart International's video showing the effects of a 7.62 round on radio batteries. We covered the batteries at Shot '09, but we haven't seen the video.

They shoot two popular military radio batteries, the lithium 5590 and rechargeable 2590 for reference. Then they blast their zinc-air batteries one cell at a time while powering some strobe lights to show how much damage they can take before quitting.

I carried a few of the 2590s around as part of homemade solar powered camera and laptop recharging system back in OIF I. Had I watched this video back then, I would have thought a lot harder before carrying those little green blowtorches in my pack.

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