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Krinkler1984 said:
Russian armor from the mid 80's
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In fairness, that armor is very impressive for its time period, and still seems pretty good.

EDIT: In retrospect, I wonder just how good this armor is, does it have similar flaws to Dragon Skin where bullets can slip inbetween the plates at angles?
 
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Krinkler1984 said:
I get the biggest shit eating grin whenever someone rants on and on about how 5.7 and 4.6 are the greatest rounds to have ever whizzed across the battlefield, and i can just show them that they don't penetrate russian armor from the mid 80's
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I have no clue why but I find oxide incredibly annoying
i think its something about the voice but maybe also the slight Russian LARPing
 
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HumptiDouji said:
In fairness, that armor is very impressive for its time period, and still seems pretty good.

EDIT: In retrospect, I wonder just how good this armor is, does it have similar flaws to Dragon Skin where bullets can slip inbetween the plates at angles?
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wasn't the problem with the Dragon Skin armor that the individual "scales" would dislodge from each other over time and in high heat, and then sag to the bottom of the vest?
as for the russian armor, i'm sure that a round could slip between the soviet armor when fired at an angle
 
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Krinkler1984 said:
I get the biggest shit eating grin whenever someone rants on and on about how 5.7 and 4.6 are the greatest rounds to have ever whizzed across the battlefield, and i can just show them that they don't penetrate russian armor from the mid 80's
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I sincerely believe the aforementioned firearms's portrayal is video games is at least partly to blame for the common misperception of them being especially apt at defeating rifle-resistant body armour, with one particular tittle especially coming to mind. This mythos isn't limited to PDW's however, but generally includes armour piercing cartridges for virtually all types of firearms. Particularly prominent examples are M995 and M993, for 5.56x45 and 7.62x51, respectively. These two cartridges are often seen as the be-all end-all of Western AP cartridges, and thus beliefs about their armour defeating capabilities are often greatly exaggerated.


I find the fact of the two aforementioned cartridges were designed and fielded not for a anti-personnel role, but rather an anti-materiel one, somewhat telling.
 
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only17 said:
I have no clue why but I find oxide incredibly annoying
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Is it because he's a scrawny Jew Midget?
only17 said:
i think its something about the voice but maybe also the slight Russian LARPing
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His voice has never bothered me, the russian larping is incredibly autistic but fuck do his cosplays look cool, even if they are worn on his jew midget frame.
Rose Breeder said:
articularly prominent examples are M995 and M993, for 5.56x45 and 7.62x51, respectively.
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You can blame everyone's favorite Russian video game, Escape from Tarkov for that.
 
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Rose Breeder said:
I sincerely believe the aforementioned firearms's portrayal is video games is at least partly to blame for the common misperception of them being especially apt at defeating rifle-resistant body armour, with one particular tittle especially coming to mind. This mythos isn't limited to PDW's however, but generally includes armour piercing cartridges for virtually all types of firearms. Particularly prominent examples are M995 and M993, for 5.56x45 and 7.62x51, respectively. These two cartridges are often seen as the be-all end-all of Western AP cartridges, and thus beliefs about their armour defeating capabilities are often greatly exaggerated.


I find the fact of the two aforementioned cartridges were designed and fielded not for a anti-personnel role, but rather an anti-materiel one, somewhat telling.
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IIRC the swiss make some fancy tungsten 5.56 that can penetrate level 4 within 100 yards.
 
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Rose Breeder said:
I sincerely believe the aforementioned firearms's portrayal is video games is at least partly to blame for the common misperception of them being especially apt at defeating rifle-resistant body armour, with one particular tittle especially coming to mind.
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TV, movies, and gun control groups were well ahead of video games with the misperception of armor piercing (cop killer) ammunition and body armor by about a decade. The V miniseries with its Teflon coated bullets being one of more rememberable examples.
 
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Uranus Pink said:
TV, movies, and gun control groups were well ahead of video games with the misperception of armor piercing (cop killer) ammunition and body armor by about a decade. The V miniseries with its Teflon coated bullets being one of more rememberable examples.
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back then alot of cops wore level 2 armor if that. 5.7, 7.62x25, 22 mag and spicy 9mm can get through that.
 
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