ericbomb@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoDrop your most "wtf that's not how the world works" from movies/tv shows.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square505fedilinkarrow-up1794arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1785arrow-down1imageDrop your most "wtf that's not how the world works" from movies/tv shows.lemmy.worldericbomb@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square505fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down4·edit-219 hours agoMaybe on a plate from 1965 that is just a sheet of steel inside cloth. Modern ceramic plates spread the energy of the impact. Here’s a video of a Level IV plate taking a 30.06 AP round followed by like 6 5.56 AP rounds and a 7.62x54R AP round so powerful it jammed the rifle. There’s no significant plate bulge even after all of that. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D1qLZwBeMuM
minus-squaretrslim@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 hours agoWell, body armor has certainly improved from what i can tell 😅
minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 hours agoMind you, this is what people wear going into combat. It’s for military, SWAT, etc. An everyday police vest wouldn’t take that kind of beating.
Maybe on a plate from 1965 that is just a sheet of steel inside cloth. Modern ceramic plates spread the energy of the impact.
Here’s a video of a Level IV plate taking a 30.06 AP round followed by like 6 5.56 AP rounds and a 7.62x54R AP round so powerful it jammed the rifle.
There’s no significant plate bulge even after all of that.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D1qLZwBeMuM
Well, body armor has certainly improved from what i can tell 😅
Mind you, this is what people wear going into combat. It’s for military, SWAT, etc.
An everyday police vest wouldn’t take that kind of beating.