Episode
MythBusters: Paper Armor
Overview
Adam and Jamie explore the physics of shock waves in water, while Kari, Grant and Tory find out if paper battle armor can compare to steel.
Details
- Series
- MythBusters
- Season
- Season 9
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 2011-06-29
Episode context
Paper Armor is Episode 12 in Season 9 of MythBusters. It aired on 2011-06-29.
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Jamie and Adam take on The Mummy, while Kari, Grant and Tory try to stop an out-of-control car without another car.
Episode 13: Bikes and Bazookas
Adam and Jamie test the myth that a motorcycle is a greener and cleaner machine than a car, while Kari, Tory, and Grant unleash the first RPG in MythBusters history to see if a bullet could take out a bazooka.
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Episode 15: Walk a Straight Line
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Episode 16: Duct Tape Plane
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Episode 7: Spy Car (2)
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Episode 17: Flying Guillotine
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Episode 6: Blow Your Own Sail
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Episode 18: Drain Disaster
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