cheygriz
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Just a level lllA vest always made me feel safe. Kinda gave me the warm fuzzies.
For normal patrol duties, a level llA was my first choice.
For normal patrol duties, a level llA was my first choice.
There's a huge difference between armor steel and mild steel. A .50 BMG AP can penetrate 1" thick mild steel easily.
https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/short-range-media-penetration-by-50-bmg-ap-rounds.49556/
I tested a 45acp FMJ aginst 10g mild once. It didn't go through. I know of another guy who tested his riveted chain mail (the actual way it was made) with a 45, it didn't go through.
At the same time, my 30 carbine went right through the steel. The answer becomes, what gun and what steel.
If you were going to go the solid armor route, I'd bet on plastics, like the Star-Wars Storm-trooper
wears. But in a practical sense, who wants to wear full cover armor for any extended period of time?
Aluminium oxynitride or ALON is a ceramic composed of aluminium, oxygen and nitrogen. It is marketed under the name ALON by Surmet Corporation. ALON is optically transparent (≥80%) in the near-ultraviolet, visible and midwave-infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. It is four times harder than fused silica glass, 85% as hard as sapphire, and nearly 15% harder than magnesium aluminate spinel.
This came from a post I made on another forum, but the mention of plastics made me think of ceramics.
What about transparent aluminium?
Shamelessly copied from Wikipedia:
A thing I like about this video is that it captures a 50 BMG in flight.
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How thick does modern high quality armor plate have to be to stop a pistol bullet? Just stop, dents and gouges acceptable as long as it is not penetrated, I am not thinking of a target to be shot at all day.
How thick is 14th century plate armor?
See what I am thinking? Would it be feasible to dress an entry man cap-a- pie?
I am talking about an entry man who only has to get from the SWAT truck to the suspect's door.