According to this video the LA Police Gear III plates will stop M855 its at the 7 minute mark and even stopped 30.06 AP.
https://youtu.be/WYLvtrxZxcs
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According to this video the LA Police Gear III plates will stop M855 its at the 7 minute mark and even stopped 30.06 AP.
https://youtu.be/WYLvtrxZxcs
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Last edited by omegajb; 01-09-21 at 17:14.
Interesting.
It says "non-AP rounds" on the LAPG website, in the description for the plate.
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Isn't M2 AP one of the NIJ requirements for lvl 4?
That would kind of make sense, though. I thought it was too good to be true that a 175 dollar standalone plate weighing 6.5 lbs could do that. I'm not aware of any standalone plates that can do lvl 4 in that weight class that don't use boron carbide, which is about 800 per plate.
It's all about what you can afford. If I could afford to buy multiple lighter ceramic plates I'd wear them all the time. I'd still buy a set of steel plates too because you never know.
Steel plates with coatings or layers of kevlar + trauma pad is cheaper and can be passed on even after getting hit a few times.
Last edited by FriendlyStranger; 01-11-21 at 22:44.
It's probably because the plate doesn't stop .30-06 M2 in a meaningful manner. The video does not show proper testing procedures according to NIJ; there is no data that I saw in a cursory viewing of the video that dealt with backform deformation. Just because a bullet doesn't fully penetrate doesn't mean that the plate actually is considered to have defeated the round, as if enough BFD has occurred, the wearer would still incur catastrophic injury.
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.
老僧三十年前未參禪時、見山是山、見水是水、及至後夾親見知識、有箇入處、見山不是山、見水不是水、而今得箇體歇處、依然見山秪是山、見水秪是水。
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Looking further at the specs between the Level III and Level IV LAPG plates, I'm guessing they're of similar construction (both use the same materials, ceramic/UHMWPE hybrid), but the Level III is a bit thinner, and thus also a bit lighter. My SWAG is that the Level IV's thickness is what allows it to perform to Level IV standards (perhaps a thicker ceramic strikeface), as the additional material allows it to pass the BFD parameters as set out by NIJ.
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.
老僧三十年前未參禪時、見山是山、見水是水、及至後夾親見知識、有箇入處、見山不是山、見水不是水、而今得箇體歇處、依然見山秪是山、見水秪是水。
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