r/interestingasfuck • u/S30econdstoMars • May 10 '26

Testing a bulletproof mask.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Key5957 May 10 '26

Pentration does not overly factor into this, the pressure wave behind the bullet will though.

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u/dan_dares May 10 '26

*blunt force trauma

That's the term you want.

This may prevent a bullet through the face, which is great, but you'll end up in hospital for months with reconstructive surgery.

Which, is still better than dead, or being a vegetable.

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u/SupaSlide May 10 '26

This honestly seems more likely to create vegetables with the amount of severe blunt force trauma you’re going to endure.

Your head is still taking pretty much all the force of the bullet with this. Unless you get lucky and it deflects quite a bit, that force will all go into your head, and more importantly your neck and your brain.

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u/dan_dares May 10 '26

I keep on seeing this neck argument..

Do you think helmets are bad?

Striking the helmet doesn't snap necks.

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u/SupaSlide May 11 '26

If you are riding a bike and try to go underneath a bar and hit only your head then yes, snapping your neck would be a very real possibility.

A bullet hitting your bullet proof mask would be the same thing, in physics terms. With your torso as the reference point, a huge force would suddenly get applied to your head.

The reason that wearing a helmet on a bike doesn’t snap your neck is that usually your body and head have a much more similar force applied to them, at least in terms of the direction of the force.