There 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 · 16 hours ago

There 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?

jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world · 15 hours ago

The shot is at a steep angle where it hits the helmet, ricocheting. You can see another hole a few inches back from the initial ricochet.

Saving Private Ryan - Lucky bastard! | 00:11 | https://youtu.be/bTmQA4DKYkg

Is The US Army’s New Helmet a Complete Disaster? The IHPS | 18:17 | https://youtu.be/SwDoWSkiGZ4

Notable comment:

@nurse-dude | 1 year ago

Another fantastic demonstration of how a ballistic helmet’s primary function is NOT protection from rifle/pistol rounds but rather a secondary function. They are primarily designed to protect from shrapnel and blunt force trauma.