Thread 64142805

does it even protect him from spalling

>>64142805 (OP)
Sorta? The metal is softer so it doesn't spall as much. Of course, it's also way thicker to make up for that softness.

>>64142805 (OP)
It's unironically better armor than larperator slop made in bugland

>>64142805 (OP)
Bring on the spawl baby

>>64142805 (OP)
I would imagine he would wear some thick layers of clothes underneath to protect him a bit from rubbing metal and that shit, by extension it should provide limited protection from spall. Not to mention much of the ammunition of the day was both oftentimes made of lead and had wimpier powder charges.

Hence why there are dents instead of holes.

>>64142805 (OP)
>spall
Too low of velocity, only with smokeless powder would you get velocity enough to start spalling.

Ned being captured instead of killed speaks to the protectiveness of his setup.

Have seen it in person.
The images don't really do justice to how thick it is, it's about ten times thicker than medieval plate armor just due to it's thickness. firearms of the day had less power, but more notable is that they fired at a far lower velocity with heavier bullets.

When a modern rifle round hits steel (and you can 3d model this) the sectional density of the round is multiplied by the velocity, so it just blows through the steel taking the steel with it, or hurls a circle of spalling off the back of the plate into the target.
Old firearms, the projectile was lead, larger, slower, the energy of the impact spread through the target far more slowly so tended to just bulge whatever it hit. Ned kelly's armor looks like butter someone threw marbles at.

Wearing it was questionable because he clearly couldn't see or fight in it, or run away in it. if the hollywood north shootout taught us anything it's that tanking rounds only works if you don't just get pinned down.
If he had a horse, forced the police to pursue him on horseback, shot the police's horses then rode off- that might have worked.

>>64145568
especially given the number of bullets that struck him in the face and torso.
Without any real padding, I imagine getting shot point blank wouldn't have been very pleasant either, which speaks to how hard of a cunt he was.
And even after they shot him in the legs they basically had to all jump on him to stop him reloading.

>>64146118
Ned described it like getting punched with every hit.

>>64142805 (OP)
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>>64145519
Isn't spall a term that means pieces of an armor plate that break off on the other side of a bit?

>>64149122
*Hit

>>64149122
Spalling is just when bits of a material break off in general.

>>64149151
This. I use the term all the time when evaluating damage to concrete.

>>64149122
>Isn't spall a term that means pieces of an armor plate that break off on the other side of a hit?

When referring to tanks, generally yes.
When referring to body armor, generally no.
See: >>64149151