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Platapus · 08-19-10, 08:18 AM

I can just imagine the trauma getting hit with a 7.62 round in the nuts.

Yeah the Kevlar unmentionables will stop the bullet, but some kinetic energy will still pass through

. Anyone who has been shot while wearing a vest can testify that it still hurts.

I expect this will work well for secondary frag, but we already have armoured bibs for the naughty bits.

And have they considered the "chafing" issue with Kevlar grundies?

08-19-10, 08:18 AM	#8
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,373 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I can just imagine the trauma getting hit with a 7.62 round in the nuts. Yeah the Kevlar unmentionables will stop the bullet, but some kinetic energy will still pass through . Anyone who has been shot while wearing a vest can testify that it still hurts. I expect this will work well for secondary frag, but we already have armoured bibs for the naughty bits. And have they considered the "chafing" issue with Kevlar grundies? __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.