dmccarty_at_us.ibm.com wrote: > &Diety Your IBMness is showing. > > Kevlar is STRONG. I've seen bullet resistant vests shot with 9mm, 45's and > 12 gauge slugs at point blank range. The vest in question had around 30 > layers. NONE of the rounds penatrated the first layer. The 12 guage came > close but still did not get through. An interesting "layup" I saw when working in the aircraft industry was for a US military fighter's access hatch. It was made with a Kevlar honeycomb core (! never seen anything like this since - must be expensive) about 1 cm thick. The outer side of the core was covered with titanium wire screen (like window screen only made with titanium) and both sides covered with layers of Kevlar and carbon fibre. It was light as a feather and capable of stopping some serious calibre fire. This stuff would be ideal for Doug's next kayak! Mike *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Feb 07 2000 - 18:41:44 PST
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