AR500 Armor Plate Torture Test

Demolition Ranch trolls then tests:

When he was about to do the first test I was like Uhhhhhhhhhh.   I thought it was going to be camera tricks because he seems like an intelligent guy, so I’m glad he was just trolling.

I never thought about how hard armor could deflect bits and pieces into your body.  That really sucks.  Hopefully the plate carriers they go inside would be sufficient to slow down those pieces in order to prevent injury.

8:10 – “I’m not sure what this is… the guy I bought the shotgun gun from gave me a bunch of weird rounds” – hahha I don’t know about you guys, but I don’t touch mystery ammo.

Demolition-Ranch-ENDO-Builders-Club9:54 – Holy those 7.62 armor piercing ones sliced through that like nothing.  Impressive.

10:25 – I was wondering if he was going to move his truck or not haha that could have been interesting.

Demolition Matt is wearing the ENDO Apparel AR-15 Builders Club t-shirt.

Thoughts?


Comments

17 responses to “AR500 Armor Plate Torture Test”

  1. EBRShooter Avatar
    EBRShooter

    With AR500 body armor you need a spall liner, no buts! Unless you buy a ballistic plate carrier like an IBA or IOTV. There are a number of ways and materials commercially available to DIY spall liner of course.
    Watch MAC’s videos on armor testing:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt5hJORcbkQ
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1FgutJeyr8
    Also, 30-06 M2 AP cuts through 1/2″ AR500 like butter:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkVMSj6scxE

  2. drone Avatar

    “I never thought about how hard armor could deflect bits and pieces into your body.”

    This effect has been used in anti-armor shells for decades: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-explosive_squash_head

    Not so useful these days due to the widespread use of spaced armour that effectively absorbs the blast wave.

  3. Do I hear a dog panting throughout this vid?

  4. AndyHasky Avatar
    AndyHasky

    Dat Aggie ring

  5. SomeGuy Avatar
    SomeGuy

    If you need mutli hit armor, go home operator, your drunk.

  6. Spectre Avatar
    Spectre

    It’s rated for 7.62 NATO not .308 Win.

    Just saying.

  7. SittingDown Avatar
    SittingDown

    Line-X on armor?

  8. The real question is which leaves the bigger bruise — this or Kevlar?

  9. Matt in FL Avatar
    Matt in FL

    About the spalling… Last time my buddy hosted a range day at his farm, one of the guys brought some homemade spinner targets. There were four of decreasing size hung from chains on a 4′ long piece of pipe, so they could spin around the pipe. By the end of the day, with eight or ten shooters putting several thousand total rounds downrange, there was a 4″ deep, 4″ wide, 4′ long trench in the dirt directly below the pipe where those targets were hanging.

    1. Matt in FL Avatar
      Matt in FL

      Forgot to say, those four targets were all made out of this AR500 armor plate material.

  10. Looks like a fun ass day on the ranch! I wish they would have used NATO 7.62×51 ammo instead of .308 but still entertaining as hell. The airsoft did catch me in the beginning too.

  11. dgdimick Avatar
    dgdimick

    I was wondering if this stuff was any good. I’ve seen the videos, however, we all know that videos from the manufacture are edited to make the stuff look good.

    Each plate is about 8lbs, so by the time you get a full set, you’re looking at about 25lbs.

  12. Looks like their line-x coating takes care of most of the spalling. http://www.ar500armor.com/line-x-protective-base-coating.html

  13. Did you know that AR500ARMOR.COM claim their plates are 100% made in the USA, but their metal comes from a mill in Mexico? They buy their metal from a company called Kloeknermetals / Temtco Steel in Apache Junction, AZ. I know because I called Kloeknermetals and they told me they sold AR500 (branded as OMEGA Armor) to AR500ARMOR.Com in Phoenix. They will tell you straight up that they buy the slabs from a mill in Mexico. How can you claim your product is 100% made in the USA if you don’t use metal metaled and formed in the USA. (they only roll it here)

    If they are fraudulent enough to tell you they have a 100% Made in the USA product and don’t, I won’t do business with them.

    1. THE VigilantSpectre Avatar
      THE VigilantSpectre

      Codex Armory, by contrast, makes a superior plate that is 1.) more cost effective & 2.) 100% made in the USA.
      http://youtu.be/81QnmxDArjo

      1. Noderpallowed Avatar
        Noderpallowed

        Yeah? And how do you know that it’s superior? Did you do a side by side comparison test?

  14. Just so everyone is clear 7.62×51 and .308 are ballisticlly identical and fire out of the same rifle.