Like I said: bizarre. Nope, I remember vividly them taking out bulletproof vests, sticking them on crashcar dummies, firing two shots, and showing how it went into the dummy. Then a pretty interesting computer animation on kevlar and the structure of the vest and why it couldn't reliably stop more than the first bullet (details I forgot). Oh, well.
-vk -------------- Original message -------------- From: Zan Lynx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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
