Re: [GZG] Tech Levels

At 10:37 AM -0700 2/6/09, Richard Bell wrote:
>
>squares gave them pause.  The humble modern helmet does do its
>assigned task of allowing a soldier to peek over the top of a trench,
>without guaranteeing that the enemy marksman takes off the top of his
>head

The modern helmet or the WWII/WWI helmet? Those 
were to protect your noggin from lighter slower 
fragments and minor damage. Hence the wide brim 
of the british tommy helmet. The weight of these 
helmets doesn't even protect against pistol 
velocity bullets.

>The problem with modern body armor on the battlefield is that the
>weapons already have far too much penetration, as a side effect of
>being able to hit a mansized target at just under a kilometer.  The
>danger of modern armor is that it will prevent a round that would
>normally pass straight through from exitting-- generating a much more
>severe wound, as it stops.

Which armor and which round?

I'm not getting your drift and frankly, it's not 
good the back chicken plate stops the 7.62x54R 
bullet from leaving or not. Likely it'll lodge in 
the carrier.
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