SortStack #3648 — 2036-06-04
By speed · Order from slowest to fastest.
- A racing greyhound 76 km/h
Greyhounds reach their top speed in just a few strides and spend much of a sprint completely airborne.
- A swordfish 102 km/h
A swordfish has special organs that heat its eyes and brain, sharpening its vision in cold, deep water.
- A cheetah at full sprint 120 km/h
A cheetah can go from a standstill to highway speed faster than most sports cars, but only for a few seconds.
- A car cruising the German autobahn 200 km/h
Parts of Germany's autobahn have no speed limit, where ordinary sedans legally travel faster than racetracks allow elsewhere.
- A bullet from an AK-47 2.7K km/h
The AK-47 is the most widely produced firearm in history, prized for working even when caked in mud and sand.
- A tank's sabot round 5.8K km/h
A sabot round sheds a casing in flight, leaving a slim dart of dense metal that punches through armour.