why doesnt a car blow up when the gas tank is shot up with live ammunition?

Question

why doesnt a car blow up when the gas tank is shot up with live ammunition?

Answer 1

To make gasoline ignite you need heat. After the hammer hits the bullet, igniting the gun powder, which pushes the bullet out of the shell then you just have a tiny hunk of metal moving very very fast through the air. When it hits the gas tank it just pokes a whole through it.

No spark, no heat, not boom boom.

Answer 2

probobly because the only explosion in firing a gun is when the hammer hits the primer of the cartridge.and that only lasts in the barrel.so if you want to blow a car up like that hold the barrel about an inch above the gas pointing at it then fire.not recommended to do.

Answer 3

because they can do anything in movies!