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quick question about protection
« on: January 19, 2010, 09:49:06 AM »
Ok so I know there are replica plates for plate carriers, and if you're hit in that area you're still dead
but...
what if you are wearing a legitimate bulletproof vest that can stop REAL rounds, not just 6mm ones? hmmm? would i still be dead and gone?
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Re: quick question about protection
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2010, 12:43:44 PM »
Simulated (Or real.) armor does not save you at sanctioned events. A hit is a hit according to the standard rules I believe.
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Re: quick question about protection
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2010, 02:51:40 PM »
You have no idea the $h!t storm that will rain down upon you for not calling a hit because "i have body armor on".  Probably the most infuriating situation i have EVER come across was from an individual not calling his hits as we're watching them bounce off him.  He then proceeds to stand up and claim "I have body armor on". 
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Re: quick question about protection
« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2010, 05:44:11 PM »
I've played games with "body armor rules" before (Heartland comes to mind), wherein at special times during games, certain players were allowed to take one extra hit to centermass before calling themselves out. THis is generally how real body armor works, too, but it's entirely dependent on range, the exact type of projectile being used, angle of deflection, the exact composition of the body armor, what kind of plate you've got installed, whether or not the armor is wet, how old the armor is... Et-cetera.

That said, a real SAPI Level III armored vest won't stop a .223 round, and guess what most players are using?
Yep.
M16's.
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Re: quick question about protection
« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2010, 09:36:26 PM »
Haha yeah. Well I was asking more for fun than total seriousness, that and because I might be picking up an actual bulletproff military vest.
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Re: quick question about protection
« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2010, 11:19:21 PM »
They're not worth wearing, I wore my uncle's old police issue bullet proof vest once just for fun and it makes it hard to breath, is heavy, and can restrict some movement. Also you can't feel a thing so you have to call anything that sounds like it hit you, regardless of if it did or didn't.
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Re: quick question about protection
« Reply #6 on: January 19, 2010, 11:33:38 PM »
Quote from: Q Dawg89 on January 19, 2010, 11:19:21 PM
They're not worth wearing, I wore my uncle's old police issue bullet proof vest once just for fun and it makes it hard to breath, is heavy, and can restrict some movement. Also you can't feel a thing so you have to call anything that sounds like it hit you, regardless of if it did or didn't.
aw poop... because my friend was thinking about selling his vest to me, one of a few "extras" from the base he got issued that he keeps at home for the apocalypse.
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Re: quick question about protection
« Reply #7 on: January 20, 2010, 01:29:44 AM »
What size is it and how much does he want for it?
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Re: quick question about protection
« Reply #8 on: January 20, 2010, 01:37:02 AM »
I'm not telling you not to get it, I'm just saying that they don't add anything positive to your loadout besides looks, personally I'm trying to get together a Police loadout (an average officer, not SWAT or anything like that) and I will for sure wear a bullet proof vest just for looks.

Also demand for bullet proof vests is high, but so is the price of the vests, so if you get the chance to get one and it is for the right price then go for it, if you end up not liking it it won't be too hard to sell.
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Re: quick question about protection
« Reply #9 on: January 20, 2010, 03:27:12 AM »
Well i found two level 3's, one military issue, the other undercover german police.  Though quite expensive ($175)  I like the look of the ol flak jackets, and found one here, though sadly it's British.
http://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/for/1559966985.html
I really want a ukrainian/russian vest (seeing as i'm ukrainian) and eventually a fully ukrainian loadout once i go visit to ukraine.  Hopefully get an svd to go with that.

I know the vest don't add any protection, i would be going for just looks, and i was kidding about if the real vest counted as stopping a death by bb. 
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Re: quick question about protection
« Reply #10 on: January 20, 2010, 04:21:44 PM »
$175 is dirt cheap for antiballistic gear.
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Re: quick question about protection
« Reply #11 on: January 20, 2010, 06:54:08 PM »
Well one of them the warrenty has expired and is more of the type that police wear under stuff.  That's the german police one. The other one my friend might've been shipped over randomly, which tends to happen a lot. I'm thinking of just getting a flak vest for the look to go with my woodland loadout. Probably wear my alice underneath
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Re: quick question about protection
« Reply #12 on: March 24, 2010, 04:51:56 PM »
Almost reminds me of these balsa wood slatted "vests", that made a very audible smack when hit...  Good for them people who don't like to call hits...
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Re: quick question about protection
« Reply #13 on: July 06, 2010, 04:17:28 PM »
Go with Dragon skin you take a whole clip of 7.62x54. also if you lay on a granade you won't die from shrapnel. Dragon skin is the best
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Re: quick question about protection
« Reply #14 on: July 06, 2010, 04:30:05 PM »
Cept you can't buy that as a civilian and if you could it'd be hellaexpensive and still pointless
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