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Old 05-08-2017, 10:23 AM   #26
Tomsdad
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Brighton
Default Re: High Amounts of non penetrating damage. Bullets VS Plate Carriers

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Originally Posted by Varyon View Post
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That isn't entirely unrealistic, although extremely unlikely. Because the armor completely stops the bullet, that means the armor+body must absorb all of the bullet's momentum, instead of just the portion represented with blowthrough. ....
I think my issue is bullets just don't have that kind of momentum.

Look at the kind of knock-back you'd be getting here, and what that would mean for firing a gun that did that with Newtons 3rd law in action.
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