Retro-modern armour for alternate timelines

Say, it isn't that bad! · 04-17-2020, 06:49 PM

So when browsing the topic "Plate armor thicknesses", the following idea occurred to me: Take a 17th-century/1600s breastplate design, buff it up with modern armour steel (70 DR/inch?), and use a kevlar vest as the gambeson.

At 0.35 inches, the armour would have 24 DR, enough to stop a 7d(1) bullet half the time. Any bullet that got through the 24 DR, would then have to overcome the kevlar with its remaining damage.

In the Basic Set, a Tactical Vest is listed as 12/5, with the 12 applying against piercing and cutting, and the 5 applying against "everything else."

Against an Armour-Piercing Hardcore (APHC) 7d(2) bullet, this would be enough to drop the bullet to "survivable", with an average of 6.5 damage after armour.

Even if bullets are given (2) against any armour not designed to stop a bullet, 12 extra DR (from the modern armour steel breastplate) would have some use.

As to whether this is practical or not, I don't know; while this video shows 1 inch of armour steel, it does seem to indicate that 0.35 inches of armour steel would not be useless:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtopxCjs518

04-17-2020, 06:49 PM	#1
Say, it isn't that bad! Join Date: Dec 2013	Retro-modern armour for alternate timelines So when browsing the topic "Plate armor thicknesses", the following idea occurred to me: Take a 17th-century/1600s breastplate design, buff it up with modern armour steel (70 DR/inch?), and use a kevlar vest as the gambeson. At 0.35 inches, the armour would have 24 DR, enough to stop a 7d(1) bullet half the time. Any bullet that got through the 24 DR, would then have to overcome the kevlar with its remaining damage. In the Basic Set, a Tactical Vest is listed as 12/5, with the 12 applying against piercing and cutting, and the 5 applying against "everything else." Against an Armour-Piercing Hardcore (APHC) 7d(2) bullet, this would be enough to drop the bullet to "survivable", with an average of 6.5 damage after armour. Even if bullets are given (2) against any armour not designed to stop a bullet, 12 extra DR (from the modern armour steel breastplate) would have some use. As to whether this is practical or not, I don't know; while this video shows 1 inch of armour steel, it does seem to indicate that 0.35 inches of armour steel would not be useless: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtopxCjs518