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2024-09-27 Science & Technology

Obereg body armor withstood a burst of machine gun fire during testing

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Posted by badanov 2024-09-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11126 views ] Top

#1 Sorry, I wasn't there to see it, therefore I must remain a non-believer.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-09-27 08:00|| 2024-09-27 08:00|| Front Page Top

#2 Real QA would have the owner/manager wear it as the test subject.

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-09-27 08:19|| 2024-09-27 08:19|| Front Page Top

#3 a burst of 7.62 x 54 rounds

Squib loads?

Posted by Skidmark 2024-09-27 09:38|| 2024-09-27 09:38|| Front Page Top

#4 "extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof"

Posted by Mercutio 2024-09-27 10:26|| 2024-09-27 10:26|| Front Page Top

#5 The problem remains, if you get pounded to hamburger inside the vest, but the vest remains intact, all it did was stop puncture wounds.
I knew a dude that took a burst from a AK while wearing a vest with a ballistic plate. 8 broken ribs, a collapsed lung, and heart failure. Not to mention cuts from bullet fragments on arms and face. Succumbed to secondary pneumonia.
They got him, just not right away.

Posted by ed in texas 2024-09-27 12:54|| 2024-09-27 12:54|| Front Page Top

#6 if you get pounded to hamburger inside the vest...

All that kinetic energy has to go somewhere. Hey, what if vests had a feature like reactive armor? Little counter-explosions to defeat the incoming rounds.

Posted by SteveS 2024-09-27 13:24|| 2024-09-27 13:24|| Front Page Top

#7 It's called flack vest because it's supposed to stop shrapnel, not bullets.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-09-27 13:32|| 2024-09-27 13:32|| Front Page Top

#8 Grom__a bit of pedantry here. It's "Flak" vest. A "flack" is a publicity agent... tho apparel to repel publicity agents would have significant appeal.

Posted by Mercutio 2024-09-27 13:36|| 2024-09-27 13:36|| Front Page Top

#9 Still waiting for a Spam Vest

Posted by Frank G 2024-09-27 13:47|| 2024-09-27 13:47|| Front Page Top

#10 #8 😨

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-09-27 14:16|| 2024-09-27 14:16|| Front Page Top

#11 How about some hydro-goop lining which squirts the force out through venting?

Posted by swksvolFF 2024-09-27 14:19|| 2024-09-27 14:19|| Front Page Top

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