Watch the short video below to see the Cybertruck stop dozens of bullets and then drive away as if nothing ever happened, except for a massive amount of dents on the stainless steel exterior.
Feat of Strength 1: Shots fired pic.twitter.com/aPfpQuMXvc
— Tesla (@Tesla) November 30, 2023
The bullets that hit the Cybertruck were fired from a .45 caliber Tommy Gun submachine gun, a 9mm Glock handgun, and a 9mm MP5-SD submachine gun. It's amazing to see how much the stainless steel body panels bend when the bullets impact. Perhaps even more shocking is that none of the bullets penetrated the exterior of the truck. Sure, there are some significant dents left behind, but not a single bullet penetrated the interior of the vehicle.
It seems that bullets more powerful than 9mm, especially those fired from AR or AK class rifles, can penetrate the steel of the Cybertruck. This conclusion is based on videos that show higher-powered rifle rounds penetrating stainless steel of the same thickness as the Cybertruck.
Tesla Cybertruck
The exterior of the electric truck features "ultra-hard 30x cold-rolled stainless steel." According to the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), typical steel door panels are 0.7-1 millimeters thick, while the Cybertruck's stainless steel is 3 mm thick. Stainless steel is also more resistant to tearing than typical steel doors, as seen in the video when the bullet stretches the steel inward instead of tearing or shredding it.
Source: Insideevs
