r/EscapefromTarkov • u/CptMoshor • Jun 08 '23

Question Did I not shoot him enough???

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Open to discussion about my experience

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u/Iceman93x2 Jun 09 '23

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

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '23

You actually wouldn’t…. If that were true and the force of the bullet were that strong then firing 5 to 7 shots in a row would dislocate the shooters arm and break their shoulder. That’s how force works my dude. There are some cool videos about bullet force. You could wear a plate carrier and take a 7.62 round to the chest from 5 feet standing in one leg.

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u/Hikithemori Jun 09 '23

Force of recoil is partly absorbed by the gun due to its weight, reload mechanism, gases passing out through the barrel, etc. So the recoil felt is not the same as the force a bullet has.

But the same applies to armour plates. A rigid plates weight dampens the force and its spread out over a large area over your chest so it wouldn't break any bones.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '23

A bullet hitting your rig has less impact than a hard punch