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by Purpelia » Wed Mar 18, 2020 11:12 am
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Gallia- wrote:Read a book.
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Richard Evelyn Simpkin, MC wrote:(...) Medical opinion swings so fast and violently these days that it is hard enough to keep pace with it as an individual, let alone to use it as a basis for policies in this difficult psychosomatic gray zone. At the time of writing alcoholism is a serious and mounting problem in most Western countries (2), specially among women and the young, who turned to alcohol and away from drugs in the seventies (and now look like starting to turn back again). Against this, alcohol at the "moderate social drinking" level is medically regarded as markedly less harmful than any other sensual pleasure including eating (3) -- but excluding of course sex, recommended by many doctors as a panacea, but unfortunately hard to both arrange and to execute in armored vehicles! (...)
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Amidia- wrote:revive the radio operator position but make the space a cool hang out with a mini-fridge and TV.
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by Doppio Giudici » Wed Mar 18, 2020 7:20 pm
by Spirit of Hope » Thu Mar 19, 2020 6:25 am
Doppio Giudici wrote:So I keep reading that body armor needs to be a mixture of 'hard armor' and 'soft armor', but I am having trouble figuring out if UHMWPE and other materials are suitable for what I am trying to do.
Would a ballistic vest or plate carrier be better off as a kevlar or comparable material, or made from UHMWPE?
If there was a material harder and/or stronger then UHMWPE, would that be suitable for helmets, or would it be too strong/hard?
A lot of 'trauma pads are made from foam padding/nylon or comparable materials, would it be a bad idea to replace them with stronger materials like kevlar?
If the hard armor was harder and thinner, would anything good come from cramming 'soft armor' between the plate and the trauma pad? Would a matrix or composite/blended material that absorbs more energy then kevlar before failure, be a good thing to put before the trauma pad?
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by Crookfur » Thu Mar 19, 2020 8:12 am
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by Barfleur » Thu Mar 19, 2020 8:36 am
Purpelia wrote:It's random question time. Take this one seriously.
Being inside all day got me thinking, it has to suck to be inside an armored vehicle all day. Like really suck. So I figured something has to be done about it. Now shag carpets just won't work in the field due to mud and stuff. I get that. But I've been thinking of including a lava lamp in each cabin. Also fuzzy dice and stuff like that. Like, I already allow customization like that lore vise. But now I am thinking standard issue.
Opinions? And yes, in Purpelia disco still lives for some reason.
by Doppio Giudici » Thu Mar 19, 2020 12:25 pm
Crookfur wrote:Snip
by Crookfur » Thu Mar 19, 2020 1:19 pm
Doppio Giudici wrote:Crookfur wrote:Snip
So currently, what I've been hearing about is rounds being stopped by the ESAPI plates, but there is considerable bruising and possible damage to the ribs. People are told they don't have to wear a trauma pad behind the plates, but people do it anyways, and as far as they can tell, it helps.
I'm considering two possibilities very heavily. You mentioned Boron Carbide plates that have a UHMWPE backing.
1. I use the replacement for Boron Carbide, which is thinner and stronger, and use the weight/space savings to thicken the UHMWPE backing.
2. I use the weight/space savings to put a kevlar/*classifed* composite behind the UHMWPE packing. Said composite appears to bad at stopping bullets, but better then other materials at absorbing energy. (I need to check if it's better then UHMWPE, I just know it's better then kevlar by a good margin)
You might say something like "As far as I know, the trama pad won't do anything" and so I would propose.... What if the material I was replacing the Boron Carbide with, could stop a larger and faster bullet the M2 30-06, and thus there is more energy vibrating through the plate itself? Just be mindful that this is a factor I am considering, when I'm being perhaps overly redundant in trying to protect the body from "spalling" (Yes I know it's not the same thing, but it's about stopping the bullet, and the joules or ft/lbs it delivers)
by Doppio Giudici » Thu Mar 19, 2020 1:59 pm
by Purpelia » Thu Mar 19, 2020 2:18 pm
New Vihenia wrote:need bigger tenks...
prob Armata with bustle autoloader + non penetrating turret. Then we can have room for bunks.
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