Hi Emily: I guess it could have been nylon, but I don't think I watched the show *that* long ago...
Oh, well, at least I'm getting some feedback now that I haven't totally lost it. That's always nice. -vk -------------- Original message -------------- From: Emily Smirle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Like I said: bizarre. Nope, I remember vividly them taking out bulletproof > vests, sticking them on crashcar dummies, firing two shots, and showing how > it > went into the dummy. Then a pretty interesting computer animation on kevlar > and > the structure of the vest and why it couldn't reliably stop more than the > first > bullet (details I forgot). Oh, well. > > > > You know, I'd heard the same thing, and my resident gunbunny agrees with > your documentary. The way it's been explained to me is that not only are > the fibers stretched, but the warp and the weft of the vest are > distorted, going from a regular grid to somewhat higgledepiggledy, if > you catch my meaning. > > Perhaps we're thinking about the older nylon vests, not the newer Kevlar > ones? That would certainly be one of many good reasons why Kevlar was > adopted so quickly, if this is the case. > > Emily. > _______________________________________________ > GurpsNet-L mailing list > http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
