Don_Dickle to No Stupid Questions • 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-square13arrow-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 to No Stupid Questions • 9 hours agomessage-square13
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•7 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.
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.