kerenskymkii (September 4, 2008 at 3:35 pm)

I just think its kinda hypocritical that the main contention for dragon skin is that it performs better in side by side testing, yet people keep championing this test as an end all result despite the fact that they never tested a plate style armor in the same fashion. Im still debating whether a plate system would make it, but it'd be nice to see it tried at least. Right now all they did was show you one product doing something cool and then they left it you to just decide the other sucked.

kulrajwashere (September 3, 2008 at 10:41 pm)

sure it can stop a frag up close put i bet a HE grenade will rip it up

therealmag (September 2, 2008 at 12:42 am)

I don't know if it's a hole but when they roll the body away from the armor package look under the right side armpit of the armor package. Is that a hole? He later covers it with his hand.

therealmag (September 2, 2008 at 12:39 am)

These are problems that are easily solved, unicorn. Aside from that how many soldiers actually keep a vest that is soaked in oil in the first place? How many of them even get soaked in oil? That test is ridiculous. The armor is outstanding but I do agree it was presented for military use prematurely.

ColonelMarksman (August 21, 2008 at 5:11 am)

The OUTSIDE was damaged. The inside was untouched. This means that your body behind the vest would've been completely intact. The outside was destroyed, yes, but there was NO PENATRATION. However, the best protection/armor in the world can't prevent that concussion of such a blast from killing you though. An A-10 Warthog cartwheeled multiple times, flipped over twice, and skidded across sand dunes. The pilot was completely unharmed (body intact), but the concussion and severe forces killed him.

nacho0freak (August 21, 2008 at 4:53 am)

The Dragon skin was turned back for the fact that it falls apart if POL is spilled on it. The concept of scale armor is not bad, however it has to be able to hold together in field conditions. And yes that vest was catastrophically destroyed. All of the scales we're pushed aside leaving no protection. This also indicates that the kinetic force does not spread well in the DragonSkin armor. Stopping the bullet is worth nothing if it breaks everything inside with the kinetic force anyway.

ColonelMarksman (August 18, 2008 at 1:30 am)

I certainly doubt Interceptor would withstand a direct grenade blast. Of course there's always the concussion hit on the body, but the mere fact that it is that tough to blasts/shrapnel/etc. is something to consider at least. But also like I said, heat is a pretty big nemisis of dragon skin.

kerenskymkii (August 17, 2008 at 10:15 pm)

Actually they've never put interceptor on a grenade so i don't think anyone knows how it would do, as for being completely unharmed, if it turned some of the plates to powder i'm pretty sure it would still feel like you got hit with a sledge hammer.

ColonelMarksman (August 17, 2008 at 6:37 pm)

Yes, but the INSIDE was UNDAMAGED. Your middle would've been COMPLETELY UNHARMED. Body armor today would've ripped straight through the dummy's back. The Army said, "13 out of 48 7.62mm rounds went through the armor. If one went through, that's failure." Well our body armor today would prob get 40 out of 48 rounds (or more) of penatration. It can withstand blasts and shots well, unfortunately heat is a strong enemy.

MaggotyMortar (August 14, 2008 at 6:20 pm)

uhhhh yeah, that grenade fucked that armor up. Holding up a comepletely destroyed vest and declaring it winner does not make it so. If it does that to a test version, I would hate to think what would happen after it spent too long in the heat or had a soldier drop an open thing of CLP on it.