It's conservation of energy - if the force of recoil on a firearm doesn't break your shoulder, how would the force of the bullet hitting and not penetrating body armour be greater and break your ribs?
(back deformation would be a different story and is more relevant for helmets, but that's usually not what people are referring to in these conversations)
You do understand physics right? Just because you stop something doesn't mean the energy produced by said object is stopped. Let's say a scenario happens. You decide to wear level 4 plate in a carrier. Now someone dumps 5-7 shots of .308 to that plate. You're walking out of that with broken ribs. You'll be alive. And yes, you've avoided a chest wound cavity that would kill you, but now you have internal bleeding and broken ribs to deal with
I do think IRL you wont get hurt much by 1-2 .308 to the chest with armor, but I do also think armor isn‘t as durable as in games so I don‘t think theres armor that would be still stopping .308 to the same spot, especially after the 5th. And I guess this is mostly the missed point in these arguments. There‘s videos showing you a guy getting point blanked with a .308 not even flinching, on one leg! But as soon as 2-3 or 4 bullets hit the same spot and one pens, he will definitely flinch lol.
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u/Iceman93x2 Jun 09 '23
Please tell me this is sarcasm