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HD Guy puts artillery costs on the table, life-sized

The week's only upload pairs replica ammunition with firing footage, from a .50-caliber round to a 155 mm shell.

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HD Guy Story of November 11, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

Real Life Cost and Size Comparison

A black-gloved hand sets the ammunition on the table while the firing footage supplies the other half of the comparison: what each shot costs. HD Guy's "Real Life Cost and Size Comparison" makes military spending tangible without reaching for gold bars or grocery prices this time.

The display grows from a .50-caliber round to a large artillery shell, with rapid-fire naval defenses in between. The video prices the smallest round at a few dollars and the 155 mm shell at roughly $2,600. Beside the replicas, running totals show how quickly repeated firing adds up. The description cites Navy and Army procurement documents; the replica shells were supplied by a business that makes shell-shaped whiskey storage pieces, making this a product-supported demonstration.

That sole new upload has drawn about 315,000 views. But August's "Cost in Units of RTX 5090" remains the channel's busiest individual upload, attracting far more daily viewing than the new tabletop comparison. "Cost in Units of RAM," another hardware-priced take on military equipment, is also drawing viewers.

Across the channel, subscribers stayed unchanged over the week, while today's viewing pace is well below its usual level. The weekly total nevertheless places HD Guy among the more-watched channels in its nearby curiosities group: Zver had a much larger viewing week, while Satisfying-Lawn drew a similar-sized audience. For HD Guy, the fresh detail is physical scale, a line of replicas making the jump from rifle ammunition to artillery visible at a glance.

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