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== [[Real Life]] ==
* Aversion: Interestingly, most dangerously pressurized material is kept in cylinders which tend to not only be easier to store, but also tend to burst with a vertically aligned rupture which produces little shrapnel. Spherical containers are more likely to explode. This is due to a principle known as [https://web.archive.org/web/20090928041737/http://www.ae.msstate.edu/~masoud/Teaching/SA2/chA16.2_text.html hoop stress].
* The preferred way for many fire departments to deal with acetylene tanks (and some other compressed gas cylinders) in a fire is in fact to shoot them to ''keep them'' from exploding. Shooting them lets the gas out in a semi-controlled manner, and the released gas can be burned off instead of collecting and possibly causing an explosion. Furthermore, if the tank isn't already surrounded by fire, FD manuals state that you need to ''keep'' shooting at the gas cloud - with tracer rounds - after you've already put a hole in the tank to ignite the gas.
* Most definitely [[Truth in Television]], if not for your average gun, nor your average fuel tank. Various military forces often utilize incendiary rounds for the purpose of setting fuel reserves alight, while various vehicles can be surprisingly easy to set aflame, either due to [[Every Car Is a Pinto|bad design]], or a design necessity, such as the highly flammable fuel used by jet aircraft. A hit to a fuel tank with an incendiary, or occasionally even a high explosive round tends to lead to quite the fireworks display—the heat of the blaze is often enough to send ammunition off as well, completely wrecking aforementioned vehicle and usually killing everyone inside.
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