On 7 Jun 2006 at 15:21, Anthony Jackson wrote: > The protective value of your arm is significantly lower than the > protective value of a vest; shooting through the arm and into the torso > is perfectly practical with reasonably powerful pistol ammunition.
With the arm on a slant, as you'd expect, you're looking at 4-8 inches of flesh and bone, and several layers of skin. That's enough to mess up the penetration of a 9mm or .45 bullet. A vest is better, sure, but the arm's better than nothing. > Aside from that, not sure really what the point would be. If you're > wearing adequate body armor for the round being fired at you, reducing > your profile is not all that important, since your main worry is being > hit where the armor doesn't protect, not whether or not your (protected) > torso is hit. There is that. -- Rupert Boleyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
