Don_Dickle to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 3 months agoThere is a scene in Saving Private Ryan where a soldier gets shot in the helmet and it bounces off. Now a days soldiers seem to get shot in the helmet and it goes right thru. How come and why?message-square13fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down14
arrow-up156arrow-down1message-squareThere is a scene in Saving Private Ryan where a soldier gets shot in the helmet and it bounces off. Now a days soldiers seem to get shot in the helmet and it goes right thru. How come and why?Don_Dickle to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 3 months agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareLerajelinkfedilinkEnglish2•3 months agoNo idea but I’d guess armour piercing rounds being commonplace these days?
minus-square@Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglish2•3 months agoStandard rifle rounds during WWI would go right through a WWII helmet. Generally it’s very difficult to stop a rifle round. Perhaps a WWII helmet could stop a contemporary .32 or .38 cal pistol, but I don’t know.
No idea but I’d guess armour piercing rounds being commonplace these days?
Standard rifle rounds during WWI would go right through a WWII helmet.
Generally it’s very difficult to stop a rifle round.
Perhaps a WWII helmet could stop a contemporary .32 or .38 cal pistol, but I don’t know.
WWI rifles were ahead of their time.