Range Test Results On Ceramic Plates Are In!

[Theron]

I think most if us here know that. 30-06 (7.62x63) armor piercing is the standard for Level IV. The question is will these plates stop 5.56 greentip with 10 grain penetrator NATO spec.

If they are going to the Ukraine it wld be interesting to see if they stop 5.45x39 which is the common AK74 round.

I would seriously hope if someone was traveling all the way to the Ukraine, to get put on the front lines and get shot at, they would be getting something better than these surplus, expired questionable plates to put in their vest...

That being said, I most certainly bought a set and they are awesome. Still wouldn't want to bet my life on them though.

[powerbaitron]

I say that because they mentioned people were trying to source them for the war. I wldn’t trust anything in the meat grinder either.

[powerbaitron]

In 10 years there will be plenty of surplus armor plates now…

[2ndShotCanada]

I was complaining about the carrier/plate combo in another thread. Main complaint was that the carrier was a cheap airsoft vest and the value of the plates didn’t make up the difference.

So I took the plates out and shot them at the range today.

A couple things that were interesting:

Stopped 9mm FMJ and trapped all the spawl

.45 FMJ glanced upward and into what would be the wearers skull

12ga slug hit and left a crater but no trace of the round anywhere

.308 FMJ stopped and delaminated the plate and spawl exited the plate.

The larger plates did fairly well at holding together, the smaller side plates delaminated and blew apart.

NONE of the rounds penetrated through. There was massive deformation but zero pass through

If I knew how to post pictures on here I would…

[powerbaitron]

If you have a greentip let it rip!

[powerbaitron]

I think that the carrier helps catch spall to some extent.

[Vewdu]

I was complaining about the carrier/plate combo in another thread. Main complaint was that the carrier was a cheap airsoft vest and the value of the plates didn’t make up the difference.

So I took the plates out and shot them at the range today.

A couple things that were interesting:

Stopped 9mm FMJ and trapped all the spawl

.45 FMJ glanced upward and into what would be the wearers skull

12ga slug hit and left a crater but no trace of the round anywhere

.308 FMJ stopped and delaminated the plate and spawl exited the plate.

The larger plates did fairly well at holding together, the smaller side plates delaminated and blew apart.

NONE of the rounds penetrated through. There was massive deformation but zero pass through

If I knew how to post pictures on here I would…

So enough damage to wish you were probably dead. Or stagger you enough to get yourself killed. Seems like they are essentially like ar500 plates but lighter.

[Painkillers]

bmmmmp

[powerbaitron]

So enough damage to wish you were probably dead. Or stagger you enough to get yourself killed. Seems like they are essentially like ar500 plates but lighter.

They are significantly lighter. Like 1/4 the weight. For anything most people wld encounter they will fit the bill and then some. No one is wearing these into a war. But they are plenty good for the range or whatever realistic scenario you wld want them for.

[Stevent]

Damn I really wished you had green tips, very cool info still, seams they hold up pretty great for such old and cheap plates. They are crazy light too.