How do bulletproof vests work? | James May's Q&A (Ep 25) | Head Squeeze

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  • @EmperorSigismund
    @EmperorSigismund Před 8 lety +288

    Here at Brit labs we fire the whole bullet. That's 65% more bullet per bullet!

    • @geoffist
      @geoffist Před 8 lety +4

      I was gonna say... but no need now!

    • @markreccles5290
      @markreccles5290 Před 7 lety +3

      The cartridge is the brass bit. The whole thing is called a round.

    • @DeputatKaktus
      @DeputatKaktus Před 7 lety +3

      I see what you did there. :-)
      Just pick up a rifle and follow the yellow line. You'll know when the tests starts.

    • @rdgrdmedflde4710
      @rdgrdmedflde4710 Před 2 lety

      You beat me to it... 5 years ago! I was thinking exactly the same thing, then I found this comment.

    • @EEE-1409
      @EEE-1409 Před 3 měsíci +1

      APERTURE SCIENCE!! YES!!

  • @maciejm6822
    @maciejm6822 Před 9 lety +116

    Interresting bullet shot with shell :-P

  • @Ziggerath
    @Ziggerath Před 2 lety +60

    This was more historical than how the vests actually work

  • @danieln.3593
    @danieln.3593 Před 2 lety +9

    I love James May explaining just about anything

  • @SocialDem86
    @SocialDem86 Před 7 lety +332

    Brits show a bullet flying out of a gun with the casing still attached. Lol

    • @johnbriny1126
      @johnbriny1126 Před 4 lety +23

      SocialdDem yanks sing pumped up kicks while holding their ak

    • @user-hj7sx3nv8p
      @user-hj7sx3nv8p Před 4 lety +7

      It also showed the cartoon figure using a break action shotgun as a pump, haha

    • @mrtalent2414
      @mrtalent2414 Před rokem

      Yeah sorry, our culture isn’t learning how bullets work the hard way in elementary school like you guys , easy mistake to make

    • @clydemactavish3457
      @clydemactavish3457 Před rokem

      and that little extending punching arm. Like don't they know how ammo works?!?

    • @triplus198
      @triplus198 Před 8 měsíci

      ​@@johnbriny1126ar15 has left the chat m16a1 has left the chat m4a1

  • @trppmdm
    @trppmdm Před 10 lety +73

    I don't want to sound like I know everything on guns, but come on, at 1:20 the bullet is shown with the case!!!

    • @dicommandore
      @dicommandore Před 10 lety +25

      And has a boxingglove inside it! It's outrageous! :7

    • @MuhammadKharismawan
      @MuhammadKharismawan Před 10 lety

      dicommandore lol!

    • @OtisWild
      @OtisWild Před 10 lety +1

      LOL yeah that's not how they work!

    • @NarwahlGaming
      @NarwahlGaming Před 8 lety

      +trppmdm Was it 'Roger Rabbit' that showed a bullet fired then pull out a tomahawk?
      It's been a while. :D

    • @trppmdm
      @trppmdm Před 8 lety

      mahnarch Wild E Coyote? Haven't watched cartoons in quite a long time :\

  • @Gilroben
    @Gilroben Před 11 lety +10

    It would be nice to see the bullet proof vest working on a info-graphic or diagram. I didn't quite understand how the fabric increase the area of impact.

  • @PCRedman
    @PCRedman Před 10 lety +72

    You lost me when you had the bullet and casing came out of the gun

  • @SimonZerafa
    @SimonZerafa Před 11 lety +3

    Kevlar (TM) is a DuPont trademark and there are other similar materials around. The generic is Poly-paraphenylene terephthalamide :-)
    Remember that the Fiber will stop or trap a small arms round but you still need a trauma pack behind that to absorb the energy. Will you may not die from the actual round entering your body the kinetic energy can also do damage can cause internal bleeding and tearing of organs.

  • @TheTrueMop
    @TheTrueMop Před 11 lety +14

    A quick question for James:
    How close are we to robotic augmentations?

    • @mikewong2440
      @mikewong2440 Před 3 lety

      They're here, depending on what you define it as.

  • @SexyMan590
    @SexyMan590 Před 2 lety +2

    quick explanation of how bulletproof vests work!:
    they prevent bleeding if you wear them and get shot, you will still feel the pain.
    some bullets are strong enough to penetrate the bulletproof vests like the ap rounds

  • @scum5
    @scum5 Před 8 lety +21

    "Leather armour of Roman soldiers"? Roman soldiers had chain and scale armour (known as lorica hamata and lorica squamata respectively) at the time of the Republic and, by the time of the Empire, Roman legionaries were using armour made of segmented iron plates called lorica segmentata. So the Romans had much more advanced armours than you think. They never used "leather armour". That is just a Hollywood fantasy.
    And Knights weren't the only people who had armour in the medieval period.

    • @jamesarvanitakis665
      @jamesarvanitakis665 Před 8 lety +3

      Swiss Army Knife they first used leather then moved on to medal

    • @nuniko117
      @nuniko117 Před 7 lety

      also gambeson was used far more then leather at least that is what i was told by shadiversity and other channels of the like

    • @MrStn
      @MrStn Před 7 lety

      They have found bronze plate armour dating back to the fifteenth century BC. This notion that plate armour wasn't used before the Middle ages is simply false.

  • @bminus911
    @bminus911 Před 11 lety +2

    There has been interesting research into the use of non-Newtonian liquids to create body armour. When such a liquid is compressed or impacted it hardens, the greater the impact, the harder it gets. If you filled up a swimming pool with custard you would be able to run across it without sinking because of the impact of your feet on its surface.

  • @g0rg0n
    @g0rg0n Před 11 lety +1

    Why does the "gun" fire the entire casing, and not just the projectile. Id expect more from these guys.
    My world, shattered.
    *sobs in a corner*

  • @trecool212
    @trecool212 Před 11 lety

    The United States military has used ceramic plates contained in a kevlar vest for a while now (since at least 1996, according to some quick research). Most commonly aluminum oxide, boron carbide, and silicon carbide. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think that non-newtonian fluids have ever been a component of body armor historically, but once again some quick research tells me that body armor incorporating such fluids is in development.

  • @FalcoGer
    @FalcoGer Před 8 lety +2

    Ceramic armor works by using the bullets energy to shatter the ceramic instead of punching a hole through your body. Of course the ceramic is compromised after the first shot. So if a large enough piece survives you can still hope a second bullet lands there. Of course you can use hardened materials and armor plates to shatter the bullet and distribute the force. In any case, getting shot is going to leave some hurts.

  • @MartinBenek198
    @MartinBenek198 Před 11 lety +1

    1:23 - That not just a bullet, its bullet with its whole casing. Only bullet flyes out, casing get ejected sideways from the gun.

  • @AtomicHamburger1
    @AtomicHamburger1 Před 11 lety +1

    Also overheating wasn't the main issue but fatigue from fighting. A cloth cloak with your coat of arms on it could stop the sun from heating up the armor (hence why the Knights Templar wore their famous cloaks over their chainmail).

  • @tiberiu_nicolae
    @tiberiu_nicolae Před 8 lety +77

    1:18 animation is blatantly wrong. The casing stays in the chamber, only the bullet travels in the barrel.

    • @robertcattarius6906
      @robertcattarius6906 Před 8 lety +5

      +Ortsa You made my week.

    • @KoeSeer
      @KoeSeer Před 8 lety +7

      +Ortsa and the exploding wall revealing a matador deflecting bullet with red sheet.

    • @siljelovemartin1
      @siljelovemartin1 Před 8 lety +1

      +Tiberiu Nicolae You sir, fail.

    • @AmeshaSpentaArmaiti
      @AmeshaSpentaArmaiti Před 8 lety +4

      +Tiberiu Nicolae that's a new model, it gets 75% more bullet per shot.

    • @rossjbishop
      @rossjbishop Před 8 lety +1

      Well you got that wrong because the casing gets ejected from the chamber when the shot is fired :)

  • @Vyppaaa11
    @Vyppaaa11 Před 10 lety +11

    Magnum rounds were originally designed for large game hunting

    • @jasonarmstrong5750
      @jasonarmstrong5750 Před 10 lety +1

      sounds reasonable.

    • @Vyppaaa11
      @Vyppaaa11 Před 10 lety +5

      Jason Armstrong yep, they were simply normal rounds packed with double or triple the normal powder load

    • @halo3odst
      @halo3odst Před 8 lety

      +Vyppaaa11 * in a longer casing, meant for use in a gun that was reinforced in a way that would let it be able to use both rounds. ie a .44 magnum revolver can shoot both .44 magnum and .44 special, however a .44 special revolver can not fire the magnum round.

    • @Vyppaaa11
      @Vyppaaa11 Před 8 lety

      halo3odst "originally designed" but thanks for adding nothing to a two year old comment

    • @halo3odst
      @halo3odst Před 8 lety

      *****
      what do you mean "originally designed" ? put it in context.

  • @lutascheier
    @lutascheier Před 10 lety +1

    Well fair enough but there's lots more to it. There are fabric vests with multible layers of (if I recall correctly) fiber glass cloths and I'm sure some will have carbon fibers. There's also a kind of dragon skin vests with scales. These are the modern approaches, But military armor vests still have to have heavy plates protecting the vital body organs against high power rifles. Howerver 15kg is of course the max.

  • @nickrich56
    @nickrich56 Před 11 lety

    Dont need knowledge Badger if James continues with the history lessons. Well done HdSqz ...

  • @IlliterateIdiot
    @IlliterateIdiot Před 10 lety +2

    I always wait for the day the head squeeze man pops!!

  • @stevenbudaya2140
    @stevenbudaya2140 Před 11 lety

    because thats the way it is, the way it will be and it is the way that wont change anytime soon, just because you cant handle ads doesnt mean people wants them to disappear and then youtube would be a pay per view site with monthly subscription

  • @nomenclator4339
    @nomenclator4339 Před 9 lety +10

    lol that arms race

  • @joshuar.1099
    @joshuar.1099 Před 10 lety

    There is Google and Bing now you know? It's a much faster explanation than with Capt. Slow... But the history was a nice touch :)

  • @mguatimosim
    @mguatimosim Před 11 lety +1

    James, what are the most impressive technological human augumentation implants, prosthetics or exoskeletons already (or soon to be) available?

  • @greenfire61
    @greenfire61 Před 11 lety +1

    James May is the perfect one for these videos. Hamster would be off the walls and Clarkson would make some awkward joke about Germans being really good at shooting people.

  • @motanelustelistu
    @motanelustelistu Před 10 lety

    This is quite tricky actually.James is right about the pressure,of the force/surface as the bullet's advantage to pierce concrete walls and bullets are stopped by carbon fiber and kevlar layers but in the same time going through some cheap solid body armor.Now if you apply the same thing to the knife,it means it would be stopped by the textile vest,when it actually isn't.So how you choose between a vest that can stop bullet but not knifes (textiles) or knifes but not bullets (solid) ones ?
    I guess its the type of fight you're going too.
    P.S. Do you know,guys,that millitary head cap its actualyl useless and can be punctured by the lightest handgun (despite the fact its round and you would think bullets will deflect of it) and that is there only for moral support ?

    • @ollie3x10_8
      @ollie3x10_8 Před 10 lety +1

      They protect from debris and shrapnel

  • @turbo1431
    @turbo1431 Před 11 lety

    I already know how bulletproof vests work, yet I will still watch this just to see James May.

  • @BrettsGarage
    @BrettsGarage Před 11 lety

    That was a pleasant video. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

  • @RovingARock
    @RovingARock Před 11 lety

    I had never heard about the gangster vests - fascinating!

  • @wongcayven9893
    @wongcayven9893 Před 3 lety +7

    You just needed Netherite Armor with projectile protection

  • @UnEspion
    @UnEspion Před 11 lety +3

    "Plus, we fire the whole bullet. That's 65% more bullet - per bullet."
    I'm guessing Cave Johnson was involved somehow in the animation of this video.

  • @Flaktiger
    @Flaktiger Před 9 lety +6

    "The notorious magnum round"
    what?

  • @popstars4444
    @popstars4444 Před 8 lety +9

    like loads of people have commented.. bullets leave the shell in the gun or eject it... not fly with it like the drawing :-/

    • @Smoos54
      @Smoos54 Před 7 lety

      Jamie White eject it, it never stays in the gun

    • @jonathanshaltz7750
      @jonathanshaltz7750 Před 5 lety +1

      @@Smoos54 not to be that guy, but revolvers don't eject their brass.

    • @Smoos54
      @Smoos54 Před 5 lety

      @@jonathanshaltz7750 there's no problem you're just stating a fact and you are right.

  • @lukeyboyf1
    @lukeyboyf1 Před 11 lety

    Because a high rpm engine puts lots of strain on the compenents, they get hot, have to cope with very high g force and also valve timing becomes a problem, thus the engine will fair quickly.
    However by just increasing the size of the engine by adding more cylinders no more strain is put on each piston and you still get the increase in power.

  • @Ivo--
    @Ivo-- Před 11 lety +1

    Arrows possibly but not swords since they don't protect well against cutting.
    There are some vests that incorporate a modern version of chain mail though which protect against stabbing and cutting.

  • @zolifer1
    @zolifer1 Před 11 lety

    Subscribed just for james

  • @SEThatered
    @SEThatered Před 11 lety

    Newton is for force.
    Weight is just mass of the object on earth, which by our measuring standards corresponds with the mass of the object.
    So as long as we don't leave the earth's gravitational field at sea level, weight and mass can be used interchangeably.

  • @Wolf-ny6bz
    @Wolf-ny6bz Před 5 lety

    James! Yeah! nice to see you!

  • @thefezer456676
    @thefezer456676 Před 4 lety +1

    Why is that bullet flying out of a gun with the casing still attached lol.

  • @dozentcare
    @dozentcare Před 10 lety +8

    i still don't know how it works

  • @eurohim
    @eurohim Před 11 lety

    3:34 Bullets don't bounce off of ceramic plates. The plates are actually pretty fragile. They break up the bullet and then the Kevlar is able to absorb the bullet fragments.

  • @N.P.1892
    @N.P.1892 Před 11 lety

    The weight of an object can change depending on where you are in the universe, the mass doesn't. And Newton is used for weight, as weight is just gravitational force.

  • @iota-09
    @iota-09 Před 11 lety

    one is "weapon of future"(don't the english/us version of it),but it still doesn't quite cover eveything... i don't know,anyway the host of it (Richard Machowicz) has worked with some of this stuff,so check it out.

  • @ChucksSEADnDEAD
    @ChucksSEADnDEAD Před 11 lety

    1. It increases the surface area in which the bullet has it's effect on.
    2. It deforms the bullet, further increasing it's own area and reducing it's perforating capabilities.
    3. It is paired up with hard plates to stop rifle rounds.
    All of this was described in the video. They're sorry they didn't have pretty 3D graphics explaining it. Actually, they're probably not.

  • @cod4boy45
    @cod4boy45 Před 11 lety

    I will add the audio from James May's head squeeze videos to my sleep soundtrack.

  • @SweetandFitting
    @SweetandFitting Před 11 lety

    I wasn't aware of these things, thanks.

  • @piccolojunior4766
    @piccolojunior4766 Před 8 lety +1

    I love learning things that are partially to wholly inaccurate!

  • @bobzdar9442
    @bobzdar9442 Před 8 lety +28

    it does not explain how it works.

  • @SpaceMonkey9288
    @SpaceMonkey9288 Před 11 lety +5

    "Having the same weight that medievil knights had to cart around"
    Well atleast you won't die as often =P

  • @RoobieD
    @RoobieD Před 11 lety

    It also had a springy boxing glove thing coming out of the front hatch

  • @gabrielswan1788
    @gabrielswan1788 Před 5 lety

    A round shot with the casing still attached? Well done

  • @brandonpayne7240
    @brandonpayne7240 Před 5 lety

    I love the Gyrojet revolver at 1:17

  • @DoctorFragnito
    @DoctorFragnito Před 11 lety

    Kevlar is the soft armour he was talking about.
    It's good for stopping fragmentation and 9mm rounds but pathetic against anything else.
    This is why soldiers use ceramic plates with their soft armour since they can easily withstand multiple shots from a 7.62 NATO round.

  • @wonseok_song
    @wonseok_song Před 8 lety

    Ancient Korean made bullet proof vest with 13 layers of hemp cloth.
    12 layers of fabric stopped the bullet, and they added one more layer for just in case.
    lightweight armor, but very hot in the summer.

  • @DJJAE
    @DJJAE Před 10 lety +46

    That was "A History of Bulletproof vests", not how they actually works. FAIL.

    • @demoras
      @demoras Před 10 lety +12

      They actually did explain how they worked. You just didn't pay attention, apparently.

    • @OtisWild
      @OtisWild Před 10 lety

      Josh I believe most bullets back then were unjacketed lead, and rifles occasionally came with bullet casting molds, so soldiers could cast their own bullets (though this'd be back in the mid-19th century and before). IIRC Minie ball molds were distributed to some soldiers as well at the close of the US Civil War and later.
      I can imagine the Korean vests being effective against soft lead that could have bubbles or other inconsistencies being fired at lower pressures, but once high-pressure smokeless powder and FMJ rounds became common you really needed modern polyester aramid fibers to counter them.
      Also, gotta wonder if modern ceramic plates could be lightened up by doing a ceramic/metal/carbon fiber multilayered sandwich plate like modern tanks sport.

    • @RockinTheDub
      @RockinTheDub Před 4 lety

      Classic James May.

  • @DreamerforeverMetal
    @DreamerforeverMetal Před 11 lety

    This didn't squeeze my head... Just filled it with more questions, left unanswered...

  • @Nimbus3690
    @Nimbus3690 Před 11 lety

    Portal 2 reference is a win in my book.

  • @Ankitdravani
    @Ankitdravani Před 11 lety

    Technically if some perishable items expires it looses its effect of what its suppose to do and not necessarily become poisonous. So in my opinion poison when expires would become less poisonous.

  • @ChucksSEADnDEAD
    @ChucksSEADnDEAD Před 11 lety

    No, because rifle rounds existed for a long time. Soft body armor was always meant to stop handgun rounds. Hard steel plates aren't nearly as heavy and bulky as medieval armor. Hard ceramic plates are even lighter.

  • @Jesusandbible
    @Jesusandbible Před 6 lety

    interesting. Wish you had said if a standard UK arm fabric vest will stop a lower velocity bullet on its own and uses the layering system.

    • @mikewong2440
      @mikewong2440 Před 3 lety

      All soft vests are made up of a few dozen layers of armor fabric. These are generally good enough for bullets piercing through cover, ricocheting, or explosive fragmentation and shrapnel.
      They may also reduce injury from penetrating impacts.

  • @imbored742
    @imbored742 Před 11 lety

    Except for the problems. It's not actually that light, it weighs about 10lbs, with vests offering comparable protection (such as Dynema plates) being as light as 3 pounds per plate, or 6 pounds for both front and back protection. Furthermore, there have been problems with the adhesive used in assembly failing at higher temperatures (like the ones in the sandbox) causing the vest's protection to fail.

  • @anonamoose8853
    @anonamoose8853 Před 7 lety +1

    Oh god talking physics when the cartridge and bullet both get fired

  • @Bladmapples
    @Bladmapples Před 11 lety

    My question; Can you do a one off special on how Sim Oakley (Simmy from Man Lab) works? The world needs to know!

  • @imbored742
    @imbored742 Před 11 lety

    F1 cars have quite small engines, like you describe. But they need to be completely rebuilt after every race. Auto makers do not produce production cars with these engines as the frequency and cost of maintenance would be too high.

  • @Shoyrou
    @Shoyrou Před 8 lety +6

    The bullet drawing leaving the gun was completely wrong. For many years I believed the bullet exited the gun with the casing attached. Only when I actually learned how a gun works (around 12 years old) did I understand it didn't.
    Just saying it might skew people's intuition.

    • @VintageProjectDE
      @VintageProjectDE Před 8 lety

      +André Pereira Same here.
      I always wonder what makes those animators think the whole cartridge is going to be ejected from the barrel instead of just the bullet.

    • @NarwahlGaming
      @NarwahlGaming Před 8 lety +2

      +Thilo Niewoehner Most of them are hippies who depend on government for everything. These are the same hippies who run for office and try to pass gun laws when they have no idea how they work.

    • @hmhmhm4321
      @hmhmhm4321 Před 8 lety +6

      You`re complaining about the bullet being attached to the casing but doesn`t mention the damn boxing glove coming out of it...

    • @nopenoperson9118
      @nopenoperson9118 Před 8 lety +1

      +FuriousQuid Because nobody actually thinks that rounds contain spring-loaded boxing gloves, you ignoramus.

    • @MarkyDav
      @MarkyDav Před 8 lety

      +André Pereira Or maybe that doesn't matter to the video.
      Sure it might annoy gun nerds, but it's just a quick animation to illustrate a point.

  • @jayrq2o1
    @jayrq2o1 Před 11 lety

    From the question's point of view, it asks if a poison expires. This response doesn't really answer the question, unless you're trying to debate the difference between "less lethal" and "more lethal." Curing it doesn't stop the poison from being lethal, or what I should say, it alone is still going to kill you. Anti-toxins just prevent that from happening. Also, the venom you're referring to is a cytotoxin, specifically a cardiotoxin, but even that has a half life and can degrade over time.

  • @bettigyv
    @bettigyv Před 11 lety

    yeah that for sure but its really a vague an general explanation!

  • @ibelieve2012FTW
    @ibelieve2012FTW Před 11 lety

    a slow heavy bolet fired from sub machine gun can penetrate a standard steelplated armor. when a modern tank gets hit by a rocket or another tank shoting at it. its modern armor is raly a spaced armor with many layers ofcompost plating and some other materials. its a bit like you need to shoot at the same exact spot twice. me like. :)

  • @SweetandFitting
    @SweetandFitting Před 11 lety +3

    I'm surprised you didn't touch on Dragon Skin body armour James... A very light, practical and flexible alternative to the current systems our military uses.

  • @towerfatality
    @towerfatality Před 11 lety +1

    The man who shot Ferdinand was NOT a Serbian NATIONALIST, he declared himself a Yugoslav.

  • @onarass6321
    @onarass6321 Před 8 lety

    Ned Kelly = Legend

  • @nooplizzz
    @nooplizzz Před 11 lety +1

    This video didn't REALLY explain HOW bulletproof vests WORK... It was more of a history lesson on how armor got heavy and had to be made lighter, and that it now has become heavier again :/

  • @autoairsteer
    @autoairsteer Před 11 lety

    1.01 pump action over & under do Purdy make them?

  • @bertram-raven
    @bertram-raven Před 3 lety

    Koreans in 1860s. Nope. Mongols in 13th and 14th century. They used cloth layers to stop arrows passing into the body. What is more, they used a layer of silk so that if the cloth layers failed, the silk would wrap around the arrow and make it both easier to remove from the body and create a sterile layer to prevent infection from whatever nasties were on the arrow itself; for example, faeces. There are likely much older examples.

  • @RK1Hatty
    @RK1Hatty Před 11 lety

    Then we box em' up and ship em' directly to your doorstep!

  • @Undecided_
    @Undecided_ Před 11 lety

    depends on some, wine tastes better when aged, so some poisons are more effected the older they are, but some have chemicals or something that eventually wear off.

  • @C_Mike
    @C_Mike Před 11 lety

    Because it wouldn't dissipate the energy of the bullet enough, its like the difference between getting hit with a large heavy skillet, and a sack of flour, or something softer

  • @Vaara78
    @Vaara78 Před 11 lety

    What is best in life?

  • @PSNragglefraggle1
    @PSNragglefraggle1 Před 11 lety

    Some poisons don't kill, some can be slow & agonising & some quicker. Some of the slower ones can be cured before death or serious ailments occur. Theres a certain snake venom that has a deadlier effect on the heart, than the wound.

  • @Highjak86
    @Highjak86 Před 11 lety +1

    Oh jesus, it would have been nice if the bullet animation was even close to accurately portraying a real bullet.

  • @UwillCmeWin
    @UwillCmeWin Před 10 lety +9

    I know cartoon are not suppose to be realistic but somehow it really annoys me how everytime they show a bullet being fired, the bullet is still attached to his case.

  • @Arkangeli7
    @Arkangeli7 Před 11 lety +1

    Clarkson should test this on Hammond!

  • @SundownerMGRR
    @SundownerMGRR Před 5 lety +1

    Back to school merch

  • @whogivesadamnforuser
    @whogivesadamnforuser Před 11 lety

    A Korean soldier is a soft object. That is what I've learned from this video.

  •  Před 11 lety

    an ultrasonic microphone,then processed by a DSP to bring in a few octaves lower to hear it,

  • @zhemin
    @zhemin Před 11 lety

    Disperse single point of energy over a large surface area?

  • @joshualatham5926
    @joshualatham5926 Před 10 lety

    It goes further back to the Japanese who used to wear silk under their armour. This would allow them to easily pull out arrows when they were shot.

    • @Tzadeck
      @Tzadeck Před 9 lety

      Joshua Latham Further back than what, the Roman Empire? Japan didn't even have writing at that point, so we don't really know about Japanese soldiers at that time, no?

  • @ufo2341
    @ufo2341 Před 9 lety +1

    Is there a difference between kevlar vest and bulletproof vests?

    • @Krontok
      @Krontok Před 9 lety +6

      Bullet proof vests are now made of Kevlar. Where as before they were made of metal plate sheets inserted into the vest. Kevlar is just the modern small arms resistant replacement.

    • @LUISDAB3AST
      @LUISDAB3AST Před 9 lety +2

      There are types of "armor" kevlar and plated. Kevlar is usually what a civilian or police officer would use, and it's a material (a fiber I believe) that stops pretty much any handgun bullets (except maybe revolver). A metal plated armor is what they wear in the military (probably over kevlar incase of Penetration), the plates can stop assault rifle rounds and the better the plate, the higher rounds it fan take.

    • @ZunaZurugi
      @ZunaZurugi Před 9 lety

      What about Five Seven... wasnt the Caliber design to Pen. Kevla ?

    • @Crazyman2839284
      @Crazyman2839284 Před 9 lety

      Ballistic armor has multiple ratings as to what it can stop. Levels I, IIA, II, and IIIA are typically Kevlar soft armor and can stop handgun ammunition due to the relatively low velocity. However, Levels III and IV are typically steel or ceramic plates and can stop high velocity rifle rounds some even armor piercing ammunition. Level III can stop up to 7.62 NATO armor piercing and level IV can stop up to .30-06 armor piercing.

    • @Waikowhai1
      @Waikowhai1 Před 9 lety

      Noscoping egg Mind you, a round doesn't have to go through you to deal damage.. In fact, if a round hits you the kinetic energy would still be delivered to your body i.e. it will hurt.

  • @eurohim
    @eurohim Před 11 lety

    1:25 Why is the bullet shooting out the casing as well?

  • @WalkinTalkinHawking
    @WalkinTalkinHawking Před 11 lety

    Is it possible to make a musical instrument eg: guitar, in which all the sounds are above the threshold of human hearing?

  • @OzzieBo
    @OzzieBo Před 7 měsíci

    Am I the only one surprised to see James may here?

  • @Vespian90
    @Vespian90 Před 11 lety

    if your interested in this stuff, look up dragon scale armor i believe it is called, latest technology in body armor

  • @dymindasgupta9291
    @dymindasgupta9291 Před 9 lety +3

    Hes from top gear

  • @modslot
    @modslot Před 11 lety

    Q. How many G's did the luner landers pull when they left the moon?
    Q. The moon has 1/6 the gravity of earth so, at = acceleration on the moon and earth would the G force be the same or 1/6 that of earth?
    That is if we actually went there?

  • @TheFreewayman314
    @TheFreewayman314 Před 11 lety

    There would be no war at all. There would be no anything. No curiosity, no jealousy, or greed. There would be no happy, sad, love, hate, friends, family, etc. Unless we were born programmed to do a certain task, we would do nothing. Nothing at all.

  • @brandonpayne7240
    @brandonpayne7240 Před 5 lety

    I used to work for a bulletproof helmet manufacturer. Same idea but some layers are hardened.

    • @brandonpayne7240
      @brandonpayne7240 Před 5 lety

      I don’t think I can legally say much more but f them since I got fired lol.

  • @Owensey
    @Owensey Před 11 lety

    Kilograms is how you measure mass. Weight is technically measured in Newtons.