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To: Turbopilot
A flack vest is filled with fiberglass strands

The Viet Nam “flack vests” were to stop shrapnel and not bullets. The one that I wore was filled with a fiberglass mat. I really don't care if you call me a liar or not but you should at least use facts.

I also thing if you bother to look up Teflon you would find several theories.

53 posted on 01/25/2014 11:46:25 AM PST by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: mountainlion
If you want to continue spreading the MSM-generated myth that Teflon coatings on bullets increase their ability to penetrate body armor, you can take it up with the guy who invented the Teflon-coated bullet:

Kopsch: "Adding a teflon coating to the round added 20% penetration power on metal and glass. Critics kept complaining about teflon's ability to penetrate body armor. That was nonsense typical of do-gooders. In fact, teflon cut down on the round's ability to cut through the nylon or kevlar of body armor."

58 posted on 01/25/2014 11:57:03 AM PST by Turbopilot (iumop ap!sdn w,I 'aw dlaH)
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