Whereas your average IIIA is AR-500

you can get 5lbs rifle rated plates that are only a half inch thick but they are made of advanced materials and cost 700 apiece

backface deformation that will make you a vegetable

Bukka, exactly.

Gotta wait till shit like triple-hardness steel is more common

standard ceramics you can get a good deal on would be like .8 and 7lbs

LIIIA is not steel

that's LIII

I would never use steel for body armor

It's actually really fucking good

spalling will fucking kill you

Just really fucking heavy

it is really heavy

and spalling as stated

fun fact, no rifle caliber threats can spall armor like tank shells

the rhino liner is good for a few shots

a lot of people die from getting arteries cut in their thighs and upper arms

not worth the squeeze

Y'know what'd make good armor?

Thin plates of face-hardened steel

uh steel plates have a spalling layer on the back to stop it

it's not the armor spalling

it's the bullets

the spalling layer isn't 100% effective

^

works for 2-3 shots

then peels off

WHAT MADNESS

LONG BOI

s-shove it up your ass

Extended mag for double barrels.

Fuck now I want to see it being fired

also, no face hardened thin steel would not work well

That's the thing though

the steel itself may shatter and become frag

face hardened steel is a tradeoff armor

it's not hard in the center

it renders anything below its rated level completely irrelevant

it will deform when hit

Not face hardened plates