Tag: Armor

  • Boron Treated T-Shirts For Stopping Bullets

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    Researchers at the University of South Carolina, collaborating with others from China and Switzerland, drastically increased the toughness of a T-shirt by combining the carbon in the shirt’s cotton with boron – the third hardest material on earth. The result is a lightweight shirt reinforced with boron carbide, the same material used to protect tanks.…

  • Nike “Prepare For Combat” Ad

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    That is the slogan that appears on the latest ad from Nike where the catch phrase is “Prepare for combat”. There are two different ads.  One that features LeBron James, and the one above which features Kobe Bryant.  The Kobe Bryant one features the controversial slogan. Nike says that the whole leaving something in the…

  • Face Armor – A blank canvas

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    When I saw the face armor from MTEK Weapon Systems my initial thought was “That’s a blank canvas, if I’ve ever seen one!” Then I came across this the other day: I bet once more soldiers get ahold of this type of armor, there will be some more creative and artistic designs.

  • Cadillac One – The Obamobile

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    Wow.. this is a SERIOUS vehicle.  Not that I’m really surprised: Defense Accessories: Equipped with night vision cameras and pump action shotguns.  Also armed with tear gas cannons. That’s what I’m talking about!  I wonder if Obama is surgical with that shotgun or what?  Those definitely would have been some top secret training visits to…

  • Stopping power of body armor diagram

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      Body Armor Performance Standards:   Level IIA New armor protects against 8 g (124 gr) 9x19mm Parabellum Full Metal Jacketed Round Nose (FMJ RN) bullets at a velocity of 373 m/s ± 9.1 m/s (1225 ft/s ± 30 ft/s) and 11.7 g (180 gr) .40 S&W Full Metal Jacketed (FMJ) bullets at a velocity…

  • Cop Killer Guns and Fort Hood

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    The Five-SeveN pistol was released to the U.S. civilian market in 2004. Shortly thereafter, the Brady Campaign and a trio of anti-gun law enforcement organizations made the claim that the gun was a “cop killer.” This claim was based upon a misrepresentation of marketing materials discussing the pistol’s capabilities using SS190 armor-piercing ammunition and non-certified “tests”…