Videos tagged with Armor Effectiveness

This entry details a real-life combat experience where side plates proved critical in stopping a projectile during an RPG attack. It highlights the importance of ballistic protection, immediate post-shot assessment, and the use of tactical lasers for target designation. The insights are drawn from a combat veteran's firsthand account, emphasizing practical application in high-intensity situations.

This video features Shortshot Tony, a tactical gear reviewer, conducting live-fire ballistic testing on AR500 steel plates to assess the effectiveness of spall coatings. The experiment demonstrates that while uncoated plates can produce significant spalling, a spall-resistant coating, especially when used within a plate carrier, effectively contains fragmentation.

This video showcases an Improvised Armored Vehicle (Technical) in the Middle East, demonstrating the surprising effectiveness of its makeshift armor against an explosive projectile. The vehicle, a silver SUV heavily modified with rusted metal plating, sustains a direct hit that causes smoke and an explosion but fails to penetrate, allowing it to continue moving. The commentary highlights the successful resistance of the improvised armor, mocking the attackers' failed attempt.

This video from Civilian Tactical tests the ballistic resistance of a Spanish Comb (Morion) helmet. The host, demonstrating high expertise in ballistic testing, shows how the helmet's design effectively deflects smaller calibers like .22 LR and .380 Auto, but is penetrated by rifle rounds. The test highlights the historical armor's limitations against modern firearms.

This video tests the effectiveness of RMA body armor against rifle rounds at 200 yards. The demonstration uses a ballistic dummy, 'Ballistic Bob,' equipped with RMA plates in a Condor vest. The test involves firing both a 6.5 PRC bolt-action rifle and a 5.56x45mm NATO AR-15 at various angles and locations on the armor, highlighting the importance of shot placement and the limitations of plate armor, especially at angles.