“what round of ammo was involved”.
I am not that knowledgeable... isn’t there “armor piercing” bullets? (I thought I have read articles about bad guys using this type of bullet in order to kill law enforcement if they wanted/had to).
Thats what is missing what cailber and the round that was used most any center fire rifle and some pistol rounds will defeat a lot of soft armor.
A hit on the every edge could just fold around the vest and continue on. Not enough information here.
It's not a matter of "armor piercing" bullets. Centerfire hunting rounds are not armor piercing by design but the LEO vests won't stop them.
This issue has been clouded by a bunch of made up terms designed to support the gun control movement. For a while they were trying to ban any round which would penetrate a standard vest. That would include most hunting ammo.
If you want to see a vest fail dramatically shoot it with a broadhead arrow from a hunting bow or crossbow, they go through like a hot knife through butter.
Yes, and those would certainly penetrate, but even that's not necessary with the type vest we're probably talking about here. Just about any rifle round will penetrate low end vests. They only offer some protection against low-energy/velocity handgun rounds.
You’re remembering the Ted Kennedy definition of “armor piercing.” Any centerfire rifle round will penetrate typical police armor. It was designed to protect them from the ammo they are most likely to encounter...their own...9 mm hollow points.