• d00ery@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I’m guessing the original wearers didn’t survive with that many holes in the armour.

    • PiousAgnostic@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      I mean if they wanted it to be effective, the Germans shouldn’t have designed it with holes in the first place.

    • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      The one on the left looks fine. I see what looks like “splats” from bullets and not actual holes. The middle has a couple holes but they look grazing? The one on the right definitely got shot through.

      E: makes me wonder if these were tested rather than the result of an attack?

      Left: handgun rounds, Middle: some sort of average rifle or soft bullet? Right: something high powered or specialized bullet like APC.

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        5 months ago

        Top of the image says “body armor test” so the holes are from the tests and not combat. Your edit is most likely correct.