Tag: body armor
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Is Chinese Body Armor Just As Good?
Dudes always asking if less expensive options are “JuSt aS GoOd?”. Dustin takes a look: 3:33 – Holy by the look of that bulge the energy transfer of that M1 Garand hit would be devastating. 4:46 – Not a surprise the tungsten tip sailed right through. 7:48 – LOL he called his dog to bring…
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Testing Body Armor From Hong Kong
This had a cool twist: Interesting how some of those panels were simply from a printed circuit board factory for $5 per plate. Definitely not a replacement for kevlar, but yea interesting nonetheless. Thoughts?
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Carbon Fiber Stab Resistant Body Armor
PPSS Group had to defend against knife bros: I’m not a student of the blade, nor have I studied knife attacks… but conventional wisdom would suggest if someone stabbed one area or hit one area with a bat that was rock hard, they would probably go for another area in hopes it was softer. The…
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Carbon Nanotube Body Armor Test
Royal Nonesuch gets a hold of some new body armor and tests it out: This test isn’t scientific by any means, but I like the results. Interesting that the broadhead arrow was the only thing which made it through. Is that surprising? *shrug* well kevlar vests normally by default aren’t slash and stab resistant, so I’m…
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Saving A Few Dollars On Your Body Armor
Gluing on ceramic tiles from the hardware store: LOL that Weeknd – Can’t Feel My Face intro was amazing. I didn’t know Matt was a Weeknd fan… his stock just went up. Seriously guys.. just spend the extra money for the ceramic if you think you’ll be in an operation that requires it rather than…
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TMHonfire102 Lights Up Level IIIA Body Armor In His Kitchen
With white socks on, just outside the kitchen like a true OG operator: 1:22 for the shot – haha ok then. I like the idea of the FN Five-seven, but at $1000+ with expensive proprietary ammo it’s not even on my want list. The close to 3000 ft/sec speeds you can get out of some…