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12 years 1 month ago #17930 by Siscowet
Replied by Siscowet on topic Armor

Dabu wrote: hahaha :laugh: Thanks for your opinion everyone.

I wore armor on my terrorist hunting vacations a couple years ago. I wore the MTV(I forget what it stands for) which was a full body armor vest that came with the funny looking "family jewels" kevlar protector and it made me look like a turtle. I also was issued the SPC which was a plate carrier. Less protective, but it made moving around easier just because it didn't have as much kevlar on it.

So I've heard that if you get hit in the plates, the plate shatters and it feels like you get kicked by king Leonidas from that 300 movie. My friend said that when he got hit by AK fire, it knocked him over, cracked a few ribs, knocked the wind out of him and it bruised up pretty bad.

And after being out of it for a while I kind of miss having a nice set. I got the best weapon, so why not have a nice set of armor?

I really hope I never have to get in another firefight, but if I do, I'd wear armor. I know it’s heavy and it’ll slow you down. But after a few 10 mile runs with armor and gas masks on and motivated Sgt Maj Schmuckatelli screaming the whole time…. The weight kind of doesn’t feel that heavy.

As for the survivalist thing, out in the woods and stuff, I don't think armor would be necessary at all. It would be kind of silly. Unless people are shooting at you.

Dabu, iif I was in my 30's when I had a 28 inch waist and a 48 inch chest, and cracked off 10 miles a day, I would completely agree with you. Body Armor probably would make sense, if you knew something was going to hit the fan. Now I would avoid a fight unless I absolutely had to in defense of my family, and I would expect that armour or not, I would probably need to become a statistic just to let them get away. Maybe it would help. It would have to be that heavy stuff you wore in the Mideast, with the crotch protection and all, because being "gut shot" in a survival situation is a death sentence as well, unless you have a trauma surgeon and good supplies of clindamycin, Flagyl, Vancomycin, and an advanced generation Quinolone antibiotic to battle the septic shock you will invariably get. I don't disagree that armor is better than no armor, but it doesn't replace having access to modern medicine when it comes to survival. And in the current world, in a self defense situation, I wouldn't have time to put it on. Now if I was in Afghanistan, in a hot war,I would go out of my way to have the best and most complete set of body armor around. I hope we never get to the point here in this country we need it.
Ole Cowboy, remember Mel Tappan from the 70's?

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12 years 1 month ago #17942 by LebbenB
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My friend said that when he got hit by AK fire, it knocked him over, cracked a few ribs, knocked the wind out of him and it bruised up pretty bad.

Pretty much describes what happened to me my last tour. I took an AK round in the left side of the plate. Took me off my feet, broke one rib, cracked the ones above and below it. Felt like getting hit with a 20 pound sledge.

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12 years 1 month ago #17952 by Sharkey
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Busted ribs are some of the most miserable damn boo-boos you can get too. I've had em a number of times and after one bad one, I couldn't sleep on my right side cuzza "burrs" on the inside of my rib cage for more than a year that would drive me stinkin crazy with pain trying to sleep on my right side.

As for vests, I never liked em. They tried making us wear em back then too but there was a good few of us that pretty much just blew em off.

Some cops wear em, some don't. It's just a matter of what is going on and what your confidence and/or "luck level" feels like on any given occasion I think.

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12 years 1 month ago #17966 by Dabu
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I would always pick a few busted ribs over a hole in my lungs, heart or guts. You would need a lot less medical attention :)

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