Comments by "Stephen Villano" (@spvillano) on "DemolitionRanch"
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The standard was the problem. Surviving three consecutive hits from a 7.52x51 NATO AP round to the same location. Worse, the Dragonskin plates migrated under normal field conditions, due to adhesive failure at higher temperatures.
Hence, when it was hot and nasty, which is the nicest description one can give to summertime conditions in most of Iraq and Afghanistan, the ceramic plating would start to slide down inside of the vest, removing the protection. If it took a hit and hadn't come loose yet, it did after a hit, leaving that area unprotected for subsequent hits.
That wasn't a problem with SAPI plates (which had their own problems, necessitating a recall and replacement with ESAPI plates).
Of course, we all want that which doesn't exist, a vest that stops at least up to .50 BMG AP/whatever, weighs as much as a single ply MRE toilet paper sheet, breathes like a t-shirt.. :/
Alas, currently, all are made of one form or another of unobtainium - the engineering catchall for shit that is currently far outside of our technological capabilities. Like transparent aluminum was, until aluminium oxynitride was discovered.
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