[Pyramid] Cutting-Edge Armor Design: Trauma Plates

weby · 09-05-2019, 08:55 AM

A trauma plate(or a standalone ballistic plate) covers normally less than a square foot/side.

As example my SAPI style class IV plate is about 25cm by 30cm size, with missing corners for even less area.

But the pyramid design rules give a 5.25 square feet for chest location, but the actual plate is about 1.5-1.6 square feet total for a set of front+back plates.

So as DanHoward says, the actual covered area by such is much smaller than indicated in High Tech.

09-05-2019, 08:55 AM	#3
weby Join Date: Oct 2008	Re: [Pyramid] Cutting-Edge Armor Design: Trauma Plates A trauma plate(or a standalone ballistic plate) covers normally less than a square foot/side. As example my SAPI style class IV plate is about 25cm by 30cm size, with missing corners for even less area. But the pyramid design rules give a 5.25 square feet for chest location, but the actual plate is about 1.5-1.6 square feet total for a set of front+back plates. So as DanHoward says, the actual covered area by such is much smaller than indicated in High Tech. __________________ -- GURPS spaceship unofficial errata and thoughts: https://gsuc.roto.nu/