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- Exalted Legendary Member
Have you seen my mind anywhere? I seem to have lost it...
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I have seen you future
1) Since the ship was smaller, the round must have had the kinetic energy required to simply pass through the ship. If the ship was larger like, say, a destroyer, the round would not have had the energy required to pass through and all of the round's energy would have been transferred to the ship, with much more devastating results.
The same thing happens when a modern day soldier fires a high velocity rifle, like an M-16. Against a target wearing body armor (what the rifle was designed to kill) the round will punch through the body armor and slow down, leaving a larger hole and more damage. If the soldier shoots an unarmored target the bullet will simply pass through the target causing significantly less damage.
2) A round entering the atmosphere will be slowed down by air resistance, and at velocities as high as would be required for a 600 ton round to have that much energy, the drag would be massive. This, as well as passing through the ship, would slow the round significantly and lead to a less exciting impact with the ground.