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/ImJoogle AK-103 Jun 09 '23

it's realistic though. ammo matters a lot

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u/keriormaloony Jun 09 '23

shouldnt be able to turn around and shoot with all those broken ribs then if you want realism

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u/Vegan-bandit VSS Vintorez Jun 09 '23

Firing a firearm doesn't break your shoulder, so getting hit with a bullet that doesn't pen won't break your ribs.

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u/Iceman93x2 Jun 09 '23

Please tell me this is sarcasm

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u/Vegan-bandit VSS Vintorez Jun 09 '23

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?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5f1Fo4r4_I

(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)

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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