Coconut fiber armor
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Ebin
Sergeant Knight at Arms
The movie? No that was to make money. Everything about the movie was very shallow and had no depth at all. But people got all emotionally tied in it's face value so... maybe it's what it ended up being about? You know? Whatever brought more people to the box office?Tiberius Decimus Maximus said:
Ebin
Sergeant Knight at Arms
Because it looked really cool in 3D and/or you took it for face value and didn't try to observe and analyze the movie?
Basically this:
1. What happened to create this "Crisis" which formed "Marine Mercenaries"?
2. What is this Crisis?
3. Why are the Marines Mercenaries?
4. How do the Characters develop?
5. How did the Protagonist develop as a result of tension with the Antagonist?
The correct answer is "What?"
Basically this:
1. What happened to create this "Crisis" which formed "Marine Mercenaries"?
2. What is this Crisis?
3. Why are the Marines Mercenaries?
4. How do the Characters develop?
5. How did the Protagonist develop as a result of tension with the Antagonist?
The correct answer is "What?"
Rongar
Master Knight
What a nonsense.Pierce Elliot said:
Kevlar cannot protect against direct bullet shot from something like that. It's good only against ricochets and some types of shrapnels.
Even if kevlar occasionally stops bullet a damage to body still will be serve.
As they say due to a high collar the armor was good against FF.Finaz said:
About coconut fiber armor:
The coconut fiber armor is most likely Polynesian or Micronesian, and the weapon has shark-teeth edge. I would assume that these materials were used just because there was nothing better available.
About modern armor:
When nylon and kevlar body armor become first available (1970's), they were designed to resist bullets which will deform and flatten on impact. This deformation spread the impact on larger area, and the impact was received by a large number of kelvar fibers. When the armor was hit with non-deforming projectile, such as armor-piercing bullet or metal blade, the impact was received by a small number of fibers. Some reports claimed that a light kevlar vest is as good as thick leather coat against stabbing.
Modern body armors have been designed to handle both bullets and blades, and have both "ballistic resistance" and "stab resistance classification". The stab resistance is further divided into "blades" and "spikes" -category. Blade resistance describes how well the armor can withstand stabs from properly made sharp-edged blade, and spike resistance describes the resistance against improvised thrusting weapons, such as sharpened screwdrivers.
Note: Bad movies and sloppy journalism have caused several bad misconceptions how bullets and targets behave. When I was in university, our professor's office had a signboard reading "You must know at least this much about terminal ballistics before you can talk to me", and an arrow pointing to a shelf with all issues of "International journal of impact engineering".
The coconut fiber armor is most likely Polynesian or Micronesian, and the weapon has shark-teeth edge. I would assume that these materials were used just because there was nothing better available.
About modern armor:
When nylon and kevlar body armor become first available (1970's), they were designed to resist bullets which will deform and flatten on impact. This deformation spread the impact on larger area, and the impact was received by a large number of kelvar fibers. When the armor was hit with non-deforming projectile, such as armor-piercing bullet or metal blade, the impact was received by a small number of fibers. Some reports claimed that a light kevlar vest is as good as thick leather coat against stabbing.
Modern body armors have been designed to handle both bullets and blades, and have both "ballistic resistance" and "stab resistance classification". The stab resistance is further divided into "blades" and "spikes" -category. Blade resistance describes how well the armor can withstand stabs from properly made sharp-edged blade, and spike resistance describes the resistance against improvised thrusting weapons, such as sharpened screwdrivers.
Note: Bad movies and sloppy journalism have caused several bad misconceptions how bullets and targets behave. When I was in university, our professor's office had a signboard reading "You must know at least this much about terminal ballistics before you can talk to me", and an arrow pointing to a shelf with all issues of "International journal of impact engineering".
You should revise your physics 101. Both bullet and arrow have kinetic energy if they move (d'oh) and potential energy in relation to multiple objects. Most of it of course is to the Earth. And you cannot of course absorb potential energy, it has to transform into another form of energy first.Pierce Elliot said:
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Here's a link to some more pictures of coconut armor.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mharrsch/1443830321/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mharrsch/1443830321/in/photostream/
Pierce Elliot said:
Who gives a ****? I didn't watch Avatar for the plot, because you know it once you get 10 minutes in, I watched it for the visuals, witch you gotta admit were bloody spectacular.
