Carbon Fiber

[Spartan137]

For that Kevlar would be the preferable material. It's properties are more conducive to dealing with an impact of that magnitude. Even then, it would need to be rather thick to be able to stop anything. Fiberglass is still the best bet for Halo armor.

Eh... not really. The vests the US Army uses have two main parts. The vest itself, and the Kevlar plate. When I was down at Camp Atterbury, they talked about it.

Apparently, the vest alone w/o the plate can take a 9mm at a fair distance. Albeit, it'd leave a hell of a bruise, but it could do it.

With that in mind, I would say that it's reasonable to assume that a Carbon Fiber suit would be able to take a 9mm at a decent range.

'Course, I would never try it, so no one knows .

 

[UNSC Leatherneck]

Eh... not really. The vests the US Army uses have two main parts. The vest itself, and the Kevlar plate. When I was down at Camp Atterbury, they talked about it.

Apparently, the vest alone w/o the plate can take a 9mm at a fair distance. Albeit, it'd leave a hell of a bruise, but it could do it.

With that in mind, I would say that it's reasonable to assume that a Carbon Fiber suit would be able to take a 9mm at a decent range.

'Course, I would never try it, so no one knows .

Ballistic protection is a complicated. The panel thickness required varies with the level of protection, ranging from around half an inch on up proportional to the size of round you wish to stop. The current issue Interceptor Body Armor Outer Tactical Vest is Kevlar lined and provides around NIJ Level IIa protection. That is good enough to stop a 9mm FMJ round. The addition of the SAPI plate (Small Arms Protective Insert) provides the capability to stop rounds up to 7.62x51mm. The plate is not Kevlar, but rather a Boron-Carbide Ceramic material backed by a spectra spall liner. Kevlar's properties make it preferable for ballistic applications, but a suit of enough thickness could probably stop a round. The point is, it just isn't worth it to spend top dollar for a replica suit when you just don't need the properties of carbon fiber. If you'd like to continue the body armor discussion feel free to PM me.

 

[bilsy28]

Is that the cloth that sticks to walls?

 

[UNSC Leatherneck]

Is that the cloth that sticks to walls?

I'm not sure what you mean. Spectra is a polymer fiber with high strength, among other properties. It's also known as Ultra high molecular weight polyethylene. Neat stuff.