ericbomb@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 hours agoDrop your most "wtf that's not how the world works" from movies/tv shows.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square450fedilinkarrow-up1722arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1714arrow-down1imageDrop your most "wtf that's not how the world works" from movies/tv shows.lemmy.worldericbomb@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 hours agomessage-square450fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down4·edit-213 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-up1·7 hours agoWell, body armor has certainly improved from what i can tell 😅
minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 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.