Shaped charges can be effective weapons, but that does not establish the quality of every demonstration film. Dr. Clarke questions whether some German tests were arranged for spectacular results under institutional and political pressure. The warning is explicitly dependent on which test or film is under consideration. It supports examining test conditions and incentives, without proving that all German trials were unreliable or identifying a particular falsified result.
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Shaped-charge demonstrations and the incentives behind tests
The effectiveness of shaped charges and the reliability of a particular filmed test are separate questions requiring attention to conditions and incentives.