When faced with an attacker with a .308 rifle, you may find yourself outclassed.
But what if you have a Level IV plate on?
What would happen if you took one shot?
Ceramic hard plate body armor can often stop more than a single round. But how many is a question that is largely unanswered. The author attempts to solve the mystery.
Thats what were here to find out today.
Its fun to test gear to its breaking point, to see what it is truly capable of.
This plate is rated at that level.
The author used the Springfield Armory M1A rifle to launch .308 rounds downrange to test the ceramic armor.
Our dummy was placed 50 yards from Grant,firing the M1A rifle.
We were using Wolf steel case 145-gr.
After firing the first round, we found a large impact area in the front of the plate.
After two shots, the armor looks well-abused, but continued to stop high-power .308 rounds.
We noticed a good amount of crumbling in the ceramic as well.
It left us excited to see what comes in later rounds of damage.
Surely it couldnt last much longer?
With eight rounds fired, the armor plate is obviously damaged. Yet every single round was stopped.
This would hopefully give an accurate idea if someone were to actually hit you multiple times while wearing this.
Despite our efforts, our second shot pretty much landed the same spot that our first round hit.
We saw similar results to our first shot, just amplified.
The ninth round broke through the armor plate. The likelihood of being hit in the chest by more than eight rounds of .308 is truly remote, suggesting exceptional protection by this plate.
The entry hole was wider, and the back dent was deeper.
Impressively, there was a decent amount of armor left in the impact area.
The fifth shot was a tough one.
We managed to hit our first impact again, which was a pretty intense test for our plate.
Yet even after three shots in a close area, we still had no penetration.
Our expectations were far surpassed by this point.
We were unable to believe this little plate could take this beating.
Shots six through eight were more of the same.
The vest and plate both went right into the dummys chest and out the other side.
I think you and your family could be safer with access to it.
Considering this plate is only $119, it would be relatively easy to outfit the entire family.
Is it essential to the point you need it no matter what?
There are other more immediate self-defense kit needs.
