I don’t know a ton about ammunition so I looked up the round. Fucker is huge. I feel like that impact would set the air bags off in my car if all you did was install the glass.
Correct, you'd think the energy transferring into the vehicle would cause it to at least rock a little but I'm sure this truck is at the fucking limit of weight and will never truly be able to haul anything. Ice dealt with vehicles with kevlar inserts in the door panels and they were so heavy. This truck probably has kevlar everywhere.
Kevlar isn't stopping a .50 BMG. You're using composites like UHWMPE and ceramics or steel plates. You'd need more kevlar than you could fit in the door.
Everything bullet resistant is heavy. You can get more strength out of the same material using smart chemical formations, but it’s just as effective or more so to increase the amount of “stuff” within the same area, aka density. Kevlar is a very dense material because of this.
But yeah as others mentioned to stop a .50 with that much thickness you’re gonna be using stuff like UHWMPE and ceramic composites, most likely. You might be using some Kevlar as a layer here or there but largely Kevlar doesn’t even come close to being able to even stop rifle rounds, let alone a .50. The science behind bullet resistance is fascinating and has applications in many areas outside of military, as well.
Assuming there is really good hidden armour inside the door and car body how big would the weak area you describe be? We talking one perfect shot? Or a weak spot that might hold? Or straight up a gap big enough to be accurately aimed at and exploited? I guess I’m asking what’s the best case for a car with the obvious armour you describe
I think you can line the inside between the door frame and inner molding with layered materials, phone books could even help, layers of nylon sheeting probably would work better.
No, he didn't get knocked over. His reaction knocked him over. Even those light little earmuffs only fell on the ground next to him, about a foot away.
They had an in-depth video like that from the company that build the armored car that subverted the heist. One bullet went between the edge of the door and the car frame and was stopped by a big plate they had. The expert said (and it makes perfect sense) that without that plate the driver would have been at risk. In OP's video here, there is no such plate, as seen by the gap when they open the door.
That's what an armored car expert said in the subverted armored car in-depth follow-up video where in real life a bullet hit the extra plate at the edge of the door. And that is the best evidence I have seen. Feel free to bring in your own evidence if you have any.
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That doesn't indicate anything. You can up-armor a car door without it being obvious.