11mo ago

Russian soldiers posted a video testing their bulletproof vests. All five bullets penetrated the armor plate completely. "Just f*cking great. Thank you, Ministry of Defense."

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"Even in a gunfight, we'd just get our asses kicked by the simplest rifles."
Russian soldiers posted a video testing the "unparalleled" bulletproof vest "Module-Monolith," produced by JSC "Special Materials Research Institute" (St. Petersburg). During the experiment, all five bullets penetrated the armor plate completely. The soldiers expressed their dissatisfaction with the quality of the heavy and useless gear: "Just f*cking great. Thank you, Ministry of Defense."

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Here is the translated classification of the body Armour
Someone Def skimmed off the top of the pot during production lmao
- And here is the rating of BR4 body Armour
  
  So protection for 7.62x39 and shot with 7.62x54r. No surprise it lost.
Interesting to think that the U.S. has spent so much money to develop and test a new bullet and rifle combo specifically to beat Russian body armor, all for naught.
- Wasn't it also for the fancy stuff that China is developing? Also this video doesn't mean that Russia hasn't produced better armour (they obviously have, that appears to be unhardened mild steel lol) , just that they can't mass produce it.
  
  Ah, didn't think of that, probably so.
- ProdigalFrog, it was a different time.
  It was back when we didn’t know the Russians were incompetent.
- Oh no. The US did that for China. And because it really was time for a new rifle.
Gotta love that it's the work of a technical institute. I guess that's the kind of technological development they can expect after all the good scientists left that shithole.
- My guess is, the institute developed a competent armor, showcased it and got the contract to build them.
  Then several levels of managers and executives decided to use a bit less material, use a cheaper supplier and skip a few QC steps, pocketing the surplus contract money.
  And then they re-used the vests taken off fallen soldiers several times, sewing shut the bullet holes in the cloth covering (or not).
  
  The honest people were ran out of the organization or the country years ago - maybe through a window - until only parasites feeding off parasites remain.
lol, what material is this? just steel? five layers of tinfoil?
- five layers of tinfoil
  That ought to give just enough protection from the liquid that turns frogs gay, at the very least.
Maybe I just don't know how bulletproof vests work, but shouldn't there be some layers of energy dispersing material on top of that plate?
Is it a fair comparison without?
- The plate should work on its own. The thing that stands out to me is there's not even deformation. None of the impact is being caught and spread out. Just perfect holes. So yeah. Well outside the envelope for where the kevlar shell would have made a difference.
  
  Interesting, I learnt something new today.
  Seems delightfully medieval as a solution. What does the Kevlar do? Mostly anti-spalling?
- You might be thinking of the anti-spalling coating on the front. Not exactly required but helpful.
  That layer traps the prices of the splattered bullet after it impacts the plate. Without it those pieces can hit your chin or arms.
  OR you're thinking of ceramic plates? Ceramic breaks up the bullet while the Kevlar behind it catches the slowed and broken pieces.
  
  That's probably exactly what I was thinking of.
  I mostly see them in US media, and they always seem so thick. But then again, the Russian vest doesn't, so I guess they're for different uses.
- At least for steel plate, it should work without any supporting material.
  Kevlar around it would help catch spalling from a bullet flattening out and spraying little bits of shrapnel out across the surface, but since these ones aren't actually stopping the bullets, there is no spalling to catch.
That isn't good for the tree
maybe it's only pistol rated lol that should come in handy in the modern battlefield
- Designed for the safe looting of home appliance stores
- still good against fragments
~~Tbf, those things have always been for stopping shrapnel and keeping your insides on the inside, if you do get shot.~~
~~They were never made to stop assault rifle rounds, even from the kind of distances intended for assault rifles.~~
- You are thinking of a flak jacket, which is for shrapnel.
  Bullet proof vests should be bullet proof up to a reasonable impact. They won't stop a .50 cal, but are designed to handle assault rifles like the m-16 or AK at a commmon engagement distance when loaded with standard ammunition.
  
  I'm sure I'm thinking of a flack jacket with an extra plate of kevlar or metal ( a bullet proof vest).
- That steel plate in the vest should absolutely be stopping those rifle rounds, that is their main purpose (shrapnel can be stopped with much lighter and more flexible Kevlar).
  The fact that these are failing to stop those rounds shows that the steel is likely not heat treated correctly to the proper hardness. Considering how much weight those add to a loadout, if the rest of the vest is Kevlar, those soldiers would likely have a higher survival rate by ditching the ineffective plates entirely in exchange for better mobility.
  
  Depends on the rating really. Some are only rated for small caliber hand guns. This might be one. Or it's just for bolstering confidence and does fuck all.
  Wait, are people down voting because they don't think there are different types of plates, wild.
- the us just spent a lot of money picking a new assault rifle specifically because they wanted one that could actually penetrate kevlar now that russia and china are issuing it to their troops
  well, i guess maybe china is issuing it to their troops
- No, the plate they are showing is specifically made to stop rifle rounds (BR4 rating)
- Bold of you to assume they get back plates.
- Sapi plates, specifically over level 4 can stop, on average, a single rifle shot. It's more of a second chance than "bullet proof" though.
  
  These are way too thin for ESAPI plates or equivalent. I'm pretty sure this is literally just a random piece of sheet steel.
- For real that's my understanding. I think even small arms munitions as well.
I have it sorted If you put the vest on and then walk all the way back to Russia I bet Ukrainian bullets wouldn't touch them.
- No, but Russian bullets will! Not one step back, comrade!
Stalker's Monolith guys: Yeah, that would do.
- Monolith look so rad.
  
  Their camo and equipment? Yep. But it's arguable if they are rad themselves.

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