Which Armor Will Get You Killed? Steel vs Ceramic

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I walk away from this with a greater respect for steel honestly. Here’s what I see ceramic has to offer. Higher single shot threat capability, lighter weight, zero or minimal spalling, maybe a more comfortable profile since it’s a bit thicker than a steel plate. Here’s what I see steel having to offer. Higher multi shot capabilities, massive shelf life, easy to produce and therefore rather inexpensive. But here’s my main issue. While the ceramic plate had zero spalling, it did have a catastrophic failure in that it let a common cartridge (despite the 20 inch barrel [77gr which is slower anyway]) pass clean through which would mortally wound you. A deep laceration or even frag stuck in your facial tissue or neck is brutal but without medical help a gut shot is a death sentence. In SHTF all ceramic plates would also be worthless 5 years down the road because they’d expire. Everyone will be running around with steel, just a note. I think a steel plate with a build up and spall sleeve is the best option. It’s not unrealistic for a swat guy to kick down a door and get hit 3-4 times in the chest with a pistol followed by a common rifle. In that decimal of a chance, he’d suffer a wound he wouldn’t have suffered with steel. Obviously he wouldn’t want to expose himself, but again, shit happens. I think hating steel is the new dig. But weight (despite the difference being fairly drastic in some cases) aside, a build up coated multi curve III+ lightweight plate with a spall sleeve actually seems like it would perform better in virtually every way than a ceramic plate and cost half the price most often. Higher multi hit protection, zero or minimal frag, better value and pricing, long shelf life, and at the very least possible to make on your own. If there’s anything I may be overlooking I’d love to know

Good thing Dale had that armor on. That 9mm could’ve blown his lung out

Genuinely laughed out loud at the “spalding damage”. Bravo sir, bravo.

When I first started in law enforcement in the late 1980's, all soft body armor came with a steel "trauma plate" that went in the middle of the front the carrier and was supposed to help protect your sternum. They stopped using the steel plate in the early nineties due to the spall from hitting the steel plate causing injuries. Most vests now come with an pocket to add an extra layer of soft armor to help protect the sternum. I had a guy punch me in the chest while wearing one of the steel plate inserts. He broke his hand.

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Remember bros, whether you have steel or ceramic, the best defense is evasion. Armor is only there to give your medic a chance at saving you when you do get lit up.

If I may make a suggestion, I think too many people focus on projectile impacts that are normal to the strike face. I would be curious to see how both types of plates react when struck at 45°. If the target had his arms up in a c-clamp grip, with a projectile essentially ride the strike face and end up in his brachial artery? NIJ standard is for perpendicular impacts, but I think that spec is do for some updating. For science.

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Ahhh let’s see Paul Allen’s ceramic and steel armor🥴

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thanks to the growing up with unsupervised access to the internet i can confirm that the fal shot to the dome at point blank is pretty realistic.

The only problem with these types of tests is the same plate is used over and over again. After getting hit with the first 5 rounds the coating is getting compromised and thus will fail more easily. For a real test of the spalling capture is to use a new plate each time for each caliber round. Then keep track of how many rounds it takes for the coating to start failing. Now this is only for the coating capabilities, not the plate itself.

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I don't like steel armor, but your previous video only showed serious injury to the dummy on the first 5.56 round that hit right on the top edge of the plate and ricocheted upward. Yes, a kevlar bag would help.