Wes wrote:
Trevor Jones wrote:


They work good for their intended purpose, though, which is to provide
a last ditch pokey thing on the end of a shooty thing! :-)


I wonder how well a 9# battle rifle and a bayonet does piercing flexible body armor?

Wes

Pretty well.

Needs to have the hard plates in the armor for it to have a decent
stop on pointy objects.

Saw a video many years back. DeSantis, IIRC. Room full of cops. Guy
laid their entire soft armor collection over a block of putty, all the
while, giving the patter about each level of protection.

Then he say's "If you were wearing ALL of these, you'd be pretty much
invincible if you walked into an alley, right?"

While the cops in the front row are all nodding their heads, the guy
pulled a knife out from behind his back, and thunked it through the
whole stack.

Some pretty wide eyes in the front coupla rows, in the video!

Pointed bullets and pointed or cutting objects will either part or cut
the aramid materials of the soft armor.

Cheers
Trevor Jones