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 Mar 13 2007, 05:46 AM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 433 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Somewhere in Iraq Member No.: 1,789  |
Wouldn't the sudden stiffening of the fabric have a tendency to cause knockdown more frequently?
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Mar 13 2007, 08:21 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,889 Joined: 3-August 03 From: A CPI rank 1 country Member No.: 5,222 |
If and when people are reduced to a prone position by a gunshot, the direct cause is nearly always either damage to the neural system, damage to support structures, or psychological (e.g. pain). Hence a tiny increase in the rate of release of kinetic energy and sharing of momentum will no make no observable difference in the propability of people falling down when shot.
In fact, if STF armors tend to give way less compared to untreated flexible armor with the same resistance to penetration, and thus result in less blunt trauma, they will cause a slightly reduced tendency for people to fall down, because they are less likely to injured by, or indeed to even notice, a stopped threat. |
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Mar 13 2007, 09:48 AM
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Hoppelhäschen 5000 Group: Members Posts: 5,807 Joined: 3-January 04 Member No.: 5,951 |
AFAIR, normal SR4 armor already uses such polymer components. |
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Mar 13 2007, 01:30 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 944 Joined: 19-February 03 Member No.: 4,128 |
I would have to agree here, but I haven't seen it in a book. It's a good way of explaining how the two layers of Spectrashield-4 in your t-shirt can stop a 9mm with negligible blunt trauma. |
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Mar 13 2007, 05:48 PM
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Hoppelhäschen 5000 Group: Members Posts: 5,807 Joined: 3-January 04 Member No.: 5,951 |
In the general armor description, it lists 'liquid armor packs'.
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