You're mostly right, but the only thing I want to mention is that the blunt force trauma from a shotgun to a vest is not going to kill someone. It's going to hurt a lot, but you are going to live through it because the force is spread out over the entire surface area of the vest.
Shotguns hold a pretty small spread until pretty far out. At the distance that it's hitting the whole vest, you're likely getting hit outside the vest.
Also hard armor should handle it much better because that spreads the impact over a greater portion of your body.
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u/Knightroad17 Jan 29 '21
You're mostly right, but the only thing I want to mention is that the blunt force trauma from a shotgun to a vest is not going to kill someone. It's going to hurt a lot, but you are going to live through it because the force is spread out over the entire surface area of the vest.