High tech armor vs Ultra-tech armor

[King Leonidas]

Originally Posted by Kelly Pedersen

Yeah, as the others have mentioned, the Advanced Body Armor stats in High Tech are generally considered rather implausible these days.

That said, it's still true that a lot of the Ultra-Tech armors are a bit lacklustre compared to High-Tech's stats. Ultra-Tech was written first by a good number of years, and some of its assumptions definitely don't match more recent GURPS books. It's a fair bit of work, but you could use the articles "Cutting Edge Armor Design" in Pyramid #3/85, and "Ultra-Tech Armor Design" from Pyramid #3/96. Together, they provide rules that should allow you to rebuild various ultra-tech armors in a way that makes them better than equivalent high-tech ones.

really? you can buy like a 4 kilo plate that stops regular 50 cal FMJ at 500 meters+. put a kilo 8 one and it can stop a Hardened Steel core AP at point blank(you get the meaning of the term)