Hmm, I'm now envisioning a cuff on the proximal arm with a ball-joint omnidirectional lever attached to a mobile plate with a hinge attached to the side of the body armor. When the arm comes up to shooting position, the plate comes up to protect the armpit.
Also, I saw a special on bulletproof jackets about a year or two ago, which looked at the difficulties in developing a bulletproof vest that could effectively stop more than one shot-- that is any shot on any part of the vest, not necessarily even the same place. Has that changed at all? -vk -- "We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny, but what we put into it is ours." --Dag Hammersjold "When the rate of change outside an organization exceeds the rate of change inside it, then it is not a matter of if, but when that organization will fail." --Jack Welch "Just keep swimming/just keep swimming/just keep swimming swimming swimming..." --Dorie from Finding Nemo -------------- Original message -------------- From: Anthony Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > And they can't just modify the configuration of the body armor-- why? > > Until they invent stretchy armor, avoiding a weak spot at the underarms > is unlikely. Armoring around joints is generally difficult. > > Level III or IV armor is also normally rigid plates, which are quite > hard to put under the arms, though there are some brigandine-style > variants that are more flexible. > _______________________________________________ > GurpsNet-L mailing list > http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
