ericbomb@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours agoDrop your most "wtf that's not how the world works" from movies/tv shows.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square315fedilinkarrow-up1573arrow-down16file-text
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minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down4·edit-25 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
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