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>>64481651
if you guys want the sad answer, the reality is that once you send a fast enough projectile at something, the binding forces between a matrix of metal atoms just kind of stops mattering, the projectile itself does not have this disadvantage, as it can completely lose all structural integrity and still be a relatively bullet-shaped mass heading towards the target and through the armor with each individual atom having so much momentum that it just keeps going.
that's why modern composite armor attempts to deflect and dilute as much of this momentum as possible over a larger area through many many layers of hard, heavy materials that hit the projectile and damage/fracture it, and soft plastically deforming layers that absorb the force and transfer it more slowly.
a single homogenous metal simply cannot compare, even if you made it 3x as dense and made it's atomic bonds require much more energy to break.
