Message from @Tervy
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20mm for sure but weight...
54r?
Because I'm pretty sure 10mm of plate would take care of 99% of 7.62 x39 ammo
and most of of 8mm ones too
depends if you want to prevent warping%
thoo 7.62 iirc does penetrate 8mm of RHA armor plates
@300m
sooo~
or was it 7mm plates
cant remember
(those are for AP rounds*)
Steel body armour in the US is about 10mm with antispall coating (truck bed liner), I think
tho if i consider those plates would be between the outer and inner wallpanels the 7.62 would still penetrate reinforcement beams and just make the car "tincan with superball in it"
composites cost a shitton
Oh, nvm, you're talking about armour piercing
aluminium alloys are option but they are not that good (only for small arms fire)
(>implying my sprinter would ever see weapons outside of gunrange and controlled testing)
and i dont think i can could never afford composites or DU-Composites
If you're trying to stop armour pericong ammo you're fighting a losing battle
i know
tho apparently RHA costs around 1k dollars for metric ton
Think it would depend on what and how you armour
if "slap on" plates on outer walls + extra on engineblock
it would add quite bit of weight
(lets not consider roof or bottom penetration a problem in this case
Would be more worried about the frame warping from the wall weight
yeah
thats why i was considering the inside the walls plates instead
sure it leave tiny "weak" caps
but easier to hide and can be reinforced with the chassis
You could probably get away with just armoring the cabin and engine
probly but incase i want to make sleeping compartment behind
id want its walls armored anyway
tho realistic scenario in finland is only handgun and some occasional axes
but theorycrafting is always nice
Seems about 12mm of hardened steel is barely enough to stop a full power armour piercing round. Though anything that makes it through probably won't be doing much, especially if you coat the inside with truck bed liner https://youtu.be/hzYH8ap1TDo
or wrap the sheets inside kevlar weave (that shit is so cheap)
I'd be curious how good chink Kevlar is anyway.
their bodyarmor pieces are legit afaik