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Kentucky Ballistics returns to the tornado shelter for cleanup

The shelter test has reached four million views, with an aftermath video and a ballista Short completing the week's uploads.

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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.

Can A EF5 Tornado Shelter Stop A 20mm Solothurn Anti-Tank Rifle ???

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0:51Scott describes the shelter's reinforced concrete walls and places the cloth mannequin Richard inside.
4:18Smaller handgun rounds initially cause surface chipping.
11:15An interior inspection reveals concrete breaking off the inner wall, and Scott installs a camera inside.
16:47Rifle testing begins; the subsequent inspection finds that the .277 Fury has breached the wall.

Breaking the shelter was only part of the job. Kentucky Ballistics followed its concrete-punishing experiment with "The Aftermath (EF5 Tornado Shelter)", giving the cleanup its own place in a three-upload week.

The main test, "Can A EF5 Tornado Shelter Stop A 20mm Solothurn Anti-Tank Rifle ???", has reached four million views. Scott starts with smaller firearms and works upward, checking damage outside and inside the reinforced concrete structure. Richard, the cloth mannequin stationed inside, makes those inspections rather less abstract. The video includes a sponsored segment and was filmed on a private range under professional supervision.

But viewers are talking beyond the bullet impacts. Several focus on a car crashing through the shelter, with requests to put that footage into the channel's outro. Others pick up on a conspicuous absence from the destruction: the usual tables. The cleanup follow-up is a particularly fitting companion to an episode whose wreckage has become part of the conversation.

"Dragon Slayer Ballista" supplies the week's shorter siege-weapon diversion. Those two new tests are the channel's busiest uploads right now, while the older giant-marshmallow experiment continues drawing views from a considerably softer target.

Kentucky Ballistics added 30,000 subscribers over the week, and its daily views are running well above their usual level. Among nearby channels, hickok45's daily viewing is close to normal, while Garand Thumb is having a slower day than usual. For Scott, the shelter has provided both the week's main spectacle and the less glamorous business of clearing up afterward.

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What viewers say

The car going through the shelter NEEEEDS to be added to the outro now!
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No tables harmed in this video??!!!!!
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That laugh as the mazda cracked through the shelter was 10/10 peak laughter
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