Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 9 hours 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-squaremessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down13
arrow-up142arrow-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@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 9 hours agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareSolOrionlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·6 hours agoSurviving a headshot isn’t particularly likely in any scenario. Helmets are more to stop shrapnel, glancing blows, and- depending on the helmet- maybe pistol rounds. Realistically, a helmet just isn’t stopping a direct shot with a rifle round.
Surviving a headshot isn’t particularly likely in any scenario. Helmets are more to stop shrapnel, glancing blows, and- depending on the helmet- maybe pistol rounds. Realistically, a helmet just isn’t stopping a direct shot with a rifle round.