[TML] Personal Armor Noise was Re: Current USAF fleet

[Jerry W Barrington]

On 5/1/08 10:25 PM, "Tom B" <kaladorn at gmail.com> wrote:

> On the other hand, with proper underpadding, I'll bet it makes a fair
> mockery of many bludgeoning weapons and most slashing weapons.

Mainly the slashing ones.  For bludgeoning, it's so flexible that it
transmits almost all the blow straight through.  Padding would help some,
but for, say, a club blow that's going to break ribs, it would take a *lot*
of padding.