Russia Says New Combat Suit Will Survive .50 Caliber Bullets

Posted by sahin on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @01:08AM
from the futurism.com dept.

https://futurism.com/the-byte/russia-combat-suit-survive-50-caliber-bullets

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Re:Russia Says New Combat Suit Will Survive .50 Caliber Bullets by BJBBB on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @10:07AM (#26014229)

The biggest advantage to this category to technology is load bearing. Per My godson, he never went on patrol with less than 25kg hanging off of his body.

Perhaps they can have some level of immunity to penetration by 12mm + rounds. But this type of bullet has an insane amount of kinetic energy. So it is gonna knock the crap out of you and take you out of the battle, and you may not be effective again for the next battle. At less than 500m, you are probably toast after receiving a M2 round.

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Re:Russia Says New Combat Suit Will Survive .50 Caliber Bullets by Jkvngt on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @05:58AM (#26012539)

I couldn’t read the article because it has an ad blocker blocker and I don’t have an ad blocker blocker blocker.

Ah well.

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Re:Russia Says New Combat Suit Will Survive .50 Caliber Bullets by ggggggt on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @09:27AM (#26013829)

I don't have an ad blocker either and I can't read it.

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