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Originally posted by R0CR13
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Don't worry about stopping a .50 cal. the kinetic energy is what will kill you ... ie rip your limbs off ..
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Originally posted by THE_PROFESSIONAL
reply to post by Damrod
Wow good to know, but there is a tradeoff in Hardness and durability, the harder the material the more ceramic like and brittle it becomes and would not be able to sustain multiple hits thats why you need a superhard ceramic sacrificial plates in front of your steel.