From: Norman Bassett, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I was recalling something Churchill said about General
Haigh in the Great War having a lanolin-based
treatment done to his uniform, under which he wore a
bullet-resistant jacket consisting of metal plates in
a cloth matrix. The point of the treatment was to
lubricate the strike of bullets in order that more of
them would riccochet and the armour would be less
likely to be penetrated. Bear in mind too that BRVs
consisting of overlapping metal plates are susceptible
to being penetrated by bullets arriving at oblique
angles sliding under a plate into the body, so keeping
them outside the uniform and cloth matrix of the vest
if possible would be an advantage.
I'd be interested in anything known or researchable
about the lubrication of BRVs generally. I notice the
greasy feel of nylon and presume that
"ballistic-nylon" vests react to some extent to
deflect bullets without separate lubrication.
I was also recalling that the Russians used to put old
motor oil on their T34s (in lieu of paint, like
everyone still does for railway rails) and wondering
about lubricative coatings on tanks having the same
beneficial effects on AP rounds. Should also stop
sticky-bombs adhering and wouldn't help magnetic bombs
to adhere, either. Anything known about that?
The paste the Germans used to put on their tanks in
Russia might have had an effect on riccochets, too,
but I believe it was anti-magnetic bombs in intention.
Regards
Norman Bassett
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