Someone asked about "PE melting to stop bullets" and per an SME in the armor industry that's not how PE works. "Strong fibers function as a membrane and stress wave guide. The higher the strength of the fibers, the more stress they're able to take before failure -- and the higher their elastic wave speed, the more they're able to engage fibers over a large volume of the ballistic panel. When a UHMWPE plate is hit, the top layers (up to about 1/2 of the panel, but usually closer to 1/3rd,) are perforated very rapidly due to shear failure, compressive failure, and tensile failure in the fibers, but they disrupt and decelerate the bullet. After that bullet has deformed and decelerated to a certain threshold velocity, it can no longer break those high-strength fibers, and delamination and plastic deformation through the entire ballistic panel become the dominant energy sinks. ...Melting has absolutely nothing to do with it, but fiber strength is very important... "

I am so much used to that pretty much all your boomsticks have supressors that after the AK shots my ears retired :D You are doing so much to the community. And so nice to see that your family is sharing your passion and giving you company while filming. Oh,one more thing, i like you Cyclops(X-Men) shades.

I would love to see you do tests on Adept armor. Their Lv4 plate makes some pretty bold claims at the weight and price.

The body armour industry is lucky to have so many volunteer laboratories.

I had always wondered about these. I have used bathroom stall partitions made from oil bottles and milk jugs as back stops for years. The way they trap rimfire and .38 special slugs is cool!

WTAF, there has been an EXPLOSION in the quality of these armor videos! I was elated with the material and information before, but this is crazy good!

I just love all the Palmetto State components! If you want the most bang for the buck, there's no other choice.

Great video brother, appreciate all the information. Looks like PE is coming along.

Some good quality poliethylene there. Most PE plates that can stop m855 are about 28-30mm thick. Nice results for a "made in china" plate.

Seems pretty effective!

Thank you for making these videos.

That light weight and stopping those rounds..I will give them a serious consideration.

Thinking about this for my kid's backpack

I wonder if it would have been penetration' with a 3a backer?, This could be a good starting point for an upgraded plate with some extras added on like a ceramic tile array in front and a 3a soft kevlar behind, Now that sounds pretty potent

great stuff as always man. cant wait to see that helmet video you have coming.

Very pleasant results indeed, and that spanking .308 :-))

I see a lot of vests and plates claiming 3, 3+, and much fewer claiming 4, except the bulky "swat" blocks. And "meets" actual NIJ certification, not a genuine certification. What I'd like to see is what stops a range of .308 rounds since 7.62x51 is a common threat, and especially with a NATO or heavy game load, they tend to go through anything less than NIJ4. And minimal rear deformation.

Nowadays with plate carriers and load outs, we are "Ten minutesmen". That is really odd with it making square holes

Another great video. Thank you sir.

Woooo! Okay.

Thanks for the video. Nice plate for good price

Why would the subsonic go through? That seems counterintuitive.

Nice review. I wonder if the Vism brand, poly 3+ plates would also stop m855 out of a 16 inch barrel?, they have vary similar thickness and weight. Also perhaps you should consider testing poly level 3 plates with a 3a backer, so folks could use these type plates with a 3a vest and have some data on effectiveness. Thanks so much.

Where are the links to the eye pro from this video? And the gas mask? Not in description.

I spent 15 years at dyneema. It's good when it's good. But man is bad when it's bad. After all that I would wear it if weight was everything. Otherwise 3+ high end steel. It just works every time. We spent so many years perfecting how to get dyneema to get to this point. One mistake in processing and it fails.

Does this manufacturer have an offering with a ceramic strike face?

weight: 3.32lbs

Best headshot I've seen lol

I got an 80 $ plate off of Amazon that's like .9 lb and is between 3a and 3+ , I havnt hit it with an m855 buf it did stop 3 m193 which by itself is just absurd

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Buffman. I don't do Facebook or the Gram. If you are still interested in 9x39 I have some interesting ammo for you to test. How would I reach you?

Where is the link for the gas mask?

Have you ever done a video testing level three plates, worn on top of level 2a soft armor? I’ve searched for videos of this, but haven’t been able to find it anywhere. Thanks!

Do you plan on testing Militech's RF1 pure PE plate?

RoaR

Looks like our military developed a round to defeat body armor. What does that mean?

I don't see the level 3+ on their website. Maybe it is out of stock.

How did you get 9mm up to 1900 fps

I’ve got something kind of special I would like to send you for 556 I don’t know if you’d be interested in it

Overall, what armor would you recommend at stopping up to 762x51 rounds?

Poontang lmfao

Why are you testing 20-year-old surplus ammo and not new ammo?

Is this guy from New Jersey?

M855A1 sub sonic is 152 lbs of energy...IIIA armor should stop that...pure HDPE is a joke.

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Leave it to California to “make a plate” name it minutemen yet get it from china 😂

Personally, I wouldn't bother with trying to get a 14.5" AR these days. I know you're probably trying to chase as many data points as you can, but I really think that the only people who care about 14.5" are lusting after the GWOT aesthetic and not much else. It doesn't offer anything substantial over some of the other barrel lengths that are more popular these days. While plenty of 14.5" barrels and uppers are for sale online, I really don't ever see them for sale in physical stores these days and I think that's indicative of that particular length dying out. If you absolutely have to have another data point, I think a 12.5" would be more interesting. It's not all that popular probably for some of the same reasons as 14.5", but in my opinion is more interesting since they can be run with a mid length gas system. I don't own one, nor do I plan to, but the concept interests me more than the compromises of 14.5".

A china copy of Prime armor it seems.

No thanks to anything made in China. Also this video is a little scary.