The stuff these guys come up with, simply amazing!
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2017/02/23/this-foam-stops-bullets-cold-and-pulverizes-them-to-dust.html
New Foam Body Armor
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Interesting until someone develops a projectile to defeat the foam.
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Did you read it? 7.62X88 M2 AP round, that's high powered.KLook wrote:I think the impact from a high powered rifle would hurt anyone wearing it....That energy has to go somewhere.
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"In tests conducted by the development team, the foam body armor was able to defeat an armor-piercing bullet. And on impact, their foam smashed the bullet into powder?"
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I'd imagine the foam is thicker than normal body armor and rigid. That thickness would dissipate the energy over a longer period of time, it's only infinitesimally small fractions of second longer but it's still longer. The rigidity would cause it be dispersed over wider area of the body.KLook wrote:I think the impact from a high powered rifle would hurt anyone wearing it....That energy has to go somewhere.
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