Marco Posted 1 July , 2023 Share Posted 1 July , 2023 I was rather surprised to find an indentation of a (what I assume) bullit on this sniper shield. The shield cracked by the impact. Inferiour quality steel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awjdthumper Posted 1 July , 2023 Share Posted 1 July , 2023 The armour probably worked as it was supposed to do - it stopped the bullet. But depending on how close the bullet was fired from, the armour would fail at some point and, from examples I've seen, it would shatter around the point of impact - that's the trade-off between hardness and ductility. In this case, the armour stopped the bullet but started to fracture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Posted 1 July , 2023 Author Share Posted 1 July , 2023 Bad trade: 1 bullet for 1 sniper shield? No wonder they lost ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMB1943 Posted 1 July , 2023 Share Posted 1 July , 2023 Marco, I would not be surprised to know that the sniper behind this shield had received many direct hits, and was very happy to settle in behind it before it fractured! Regards, JMB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Posted 1 July , 2023 Author Share Posted 1 July , 2023 True, true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted 1 July , 2023 Share Posted 1 July , 2023 What does the other side of the impact look like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted 2 July , 2023 Share Posted 2 July , 2023 1 hour ago, Marco said: There is a ever so slight buble on the other side. The shot is 9 inch from where it should have been. And the same radiating crack lines? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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