On Thu, 2006-06-08 at 22:24 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > That's bizarre, because this show made it seem that they were talking > about the everyday bulletproof vest. I'm certain I remember it > correctly, because I remember being very surprised that it wasn't the > way you are now describing it. So since then, I've always assumed > that it was the way this documentary described it. How totally odd. > > They made a huge deal about how the bulletproof vest relied on the > entire facing to absorb the kinetic energy, stop the bullet, and > prevent damage to the wearer, and that once it absorbed the first > bullet, it could no longer effectively do this, and that developing > the bulletproof vest that could reliably stop two or even three > bullets was a goal...
Well, as I remember it ... With a vest like Kevlar, and no metal or ceramic plate backing it, the fibers will stretch with each bullet impact. The wearer will take more and more damage with each strike because the fibers will stretch further. So there's a much higher chance of broken ribs and serious bruising. That may be what the show meant by preventing damage. -- Zan Lynx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
