Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 16 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-up155arrow-down13
arrow-up152arrow-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 · 16 hours agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareLeraje@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·16 hours agoNo idea but I’d guess armour piercing rounds being commonplace these days?
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 hours 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.