Q. How effective is a bullet proof vest?
After many years of trials and errors, developers discovered materials that could be used to make bullet proof vests. One of these market leading materials is Dyneema a material which could cushion, trap, and stop a bullet from penetrating through to the body.
When someone purchases a bullet proof vest, they often think that the vest is truly bullet proof. A bullet proof vest is actually bullet resistant. This means that it will stop certain types and size bullets travelling up to a certain speed from penetrating the vest, and entering the individual. Even if a vest is strong enough to stop the bullet penetrating, the wearer may still suffer injury.
If the vest stops a bullet, it may still force the vest fabric into the body of the individual. This can cause bruising, or more severe internal injury. Fortunately, our Dyneema vests disperse this impact across the panel, minimizing this effect to safe levels. Equally, a strong enough impact may even knock a wearer down. This may also lead to injury.
The material used to make bullet proof vests is specially made to resist ballistic attacks at different levels. The Dyneema in our bullet proof vests is crafted into very fine fibers, and these fibers are placed and bonded coaxial together to form a web. Many layers of these Dyneema webs are placed together to form a dense and relatively lightweight panel. This panel is then capable of stopping bullets from even large handguns.
The fibers are very strong in this form, and are able to absorb and disperse impacts and force. This means that if someone is shot while they are wearing a bullet proof vest, the panel will absorb the impact of the bullet and disperse the impact across the panel. If the energy was not dispersed in this way, the bullet could force the vest into the body, and this could cause damage to internal organs.