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US soldiers demonstrating captured German body armor, WW1, 1918 (lemmy.world)

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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

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

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Well, I guess I stated the obvious then. Always helpful to read.