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To: dynachrome
Ceramics

Ceramics and its use in armor?

65 posted on 08/13/2009 4:18:27 PM PDT by eekitsagreek (I want Amy Grant and Sarah Palin (wearing only a Blackhawks sweater) under my Christmas tree PLEASE!)
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To: eekitsagreek

Inserts for body armor. spreads the impact of the bullet.
Weight is still the biggest problem
http://www.mtoa.org/news.php


66 posted on 08/13/2009 4:25:08 PM PDT by dynachrome (Obama is masturbating to the socialist centerfold in commie boy magazine)
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To: eekitsagreek

ps. that isn’t our stuff, just representative of what the armor is supposed to do when hit.


69 posted on 08/13/2009 4:32:32 PM PDT by dynachrome (Obama is masturbating to the socialist centerfold in commie boy magazine)
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To: eekitsagreek

Here is a better article on how it works:

http://science.howstuffworks.com/body-armor.htm/printable


71 posted on 08/13/2009 4:34:25 PM PDT by dynachrome (Obama is masturbating to the socialist centerfold in commie boy magazine)
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