Can body armor stop a 50 CAL? Could You survive if it did?

[@GarandThumb]

real talk 11:40 hollyyyy sheeeeeeshhh

[@beowulfsrevenge4369]

Hey, no spoilers. We haven't gotten there yet.

[@froddey]

Flannel Daddy

[@domination1985]

edwin sarkissian had safe life build him a 50 cal vest

[@americancrusader5748]

Hey home boy, those asshats are back in your comment section posing as you give out "prizes". I did my civic duty and called them a le figget. I recommend yall do the same.

[@shotgunshelz7987]

Collaboration with The Slow mo Guys Gav and Dan when?

[@hanschenklein8124]

Charlie is just the best. "Snorin' Dora Institute"; "Talk is cheap, Ammunition is what, Charlie?" - "Provided by Norma"; "..., because even when bodies are done, I reuse them"; all his off the cuff quips are just so completely unhinged.

[@GarandThumb]

I can hardly keep a straight face. it’s so hard to hold it together

[@beck103187]

@@GarandThumb we request a blooper reel at the end like in Jackie Chan movies :))

[@LIONTAMER3D]

@@GarandThumb this channel got better when you quit GAF & started doing the "science" angle.

[@Miohunter444]

@@GarandThumb I don't know how you do!! lol

[@jonathanmiller322]

"He didn't need that one"

[@JustinDeSorbo]

“I was a doctor in NJ once, but I’m not allowed to practice anymore” “If you had stopped being so grabby you would be”

[@nicks9541]

Please make sure Charlie is not left unattended around the ballistics dummies, for the safety of the dummies.

[@zx45zx]

He would 100% ask for consent, and more than likely respond on their behalf.

[@Macreadysshack]

Charlie … we don’t eat ballistic gel and we certainly don’t do THAT to it. Not in public

[@Macreadysshack]

@@zx45zx Charlie: “Silence is acquiescence”

[@marcogenovesi8570]

those dummies have all given consent

[@1014p]

As he just casually removes a rib. Yup thats an optional bone…

[@brillowolf]

I get the curiosity over questions like this, but my feelings are that if I need any kind of armor to defeat a .50 bmg then I have made all the wrong choices in all the worst ways.

[@aesirgaming1014]

It's not necessarily about stopping the bullet. Even if the armor stops the bullet, the impact will likely disable or kill you as that kinetic force is transferred through the armor and into your chest (which houses many vital organs). The closest comparison I can make (and it's an imperfect one) is getting whacked in the chest with a sledgehammer (please don't go try this to see what it feels like). Force transferring through the body like this can cause all sorts of injuries, including internal bleeding from ruptured blood vessels, damaged organs and broken bones. Your initial theory is on the right path. If you're getting shot at by a .50 then you've may have made some questionable decisions and/or had awful luck and are almost certainly about to experience a world of hurt.

[@Defx10]

Sometimes the choices are made for you.

[@isaacmadhavan]

@@Defx10 And if one of those choices is one of those slugs, there's NO hope at all --- of living...

[@daltonevans3412]

​@@aesirgaming1014 it's certainly more survivable than letting the round actually enter. Yeah, you still likely aren't going to survive and it will either way cause significant damage, but at least theres a chance. It will be absolute hell even if you survive, but if you survive and are able to get medical attention you may end up going on to live a decent life with your family. That's worth the risk of the extra painful death to me if it means a chance at living to see my family again.

[@theparijat1000]

I think here if you are inside a main battle tank, then your armor has a good chance of keeping you alive...or suppose you shoot a naval destroyer with a .50 bmg, you get my point. Yes, those are not body armor, but that is not a body bullet either. A better test would be to see if it can stop vehicular armor as in armored cars as well as a dummy wearing body armor inside it.

[@brighamruud5090]

Charlie using the tactical rake to judge if the dummy was dead or not had me rolling 💀💀💀

[@TheGrandOkami]

Lmaoo

[@OrdinaryAmerican]

Pulling the rib out and saying, “he didn’t need that one” got me NGL.

[@jhutch1470]

I would say that he went "in depth" for that one.

[@Jakesinmotion]

Mike and Charlie have such a unique and enchanting chemistry, I swear it has to frustrate other gun channels because it's so... Intangible but very present at the same time. Love you guys, keep doing what you're doing, I can't get enough.

[@SergiuM42]

It’s what keeps my attention through the whole video, few gun channels can do that for me.

[@danielboatright8887]

I get the impression charlie was.just cutting up behind the scenes so much Mike just wrnt fuck it, lets film that too.

[@Heisenbrick]

That’s what you get with such brilliant doctors as Mike and Charlie!

[@micahleis5424]

Pretty sure the dude's name is Micah, not Mike.

[@justinfletcher7630]

You would need the ridgidness of something exceptional for body armor and then about 10 foot of some crazy absorbative foam or material to absorb that absolutely terrifying energy

[@CMCAdvanced]

Or a way to redirect that energy as it travels through the armor

[@wraithwyvern528]

High hardness steel backed by reactive ceramics and then a crapton of trauma padding so that it doesn't just collapse your thoracic cavity anyways.

[@Roscopeekotwain]

Or break your neck

[@subatomic_sam511]

a (1) (one) (a single) (one) nokia

[@KentuckyBallistics]

Kentucky Ballistics has entered the chat 💬

[@123mbo]

you gonna stick a thumb in that dummy? It might save him

[@terranempire2]

I don’t think a thumb would help here…

[@optionalcoast7478]

literally

[@LIONTAMER3D]

you KNOW this thing would have blown up like the death star if you shot it, right? 50 cal. doesn't like you, specifically.

[@nickybias]

Enter the twilight zone

[@HoboBob]

Charlie deserves an award for entertainment value! He deserves his own silver press play award at least!

[@80sonly]

He deserves his own personal dummie

[@BoilingDietCoke]

@@80sonly Dummies can't own dummies, dummy...o wait! NOOOOOOO!

[@TXHoundDawg80]

Charlie is a treasure. We need to clone him for future generations

[@joe125ful]

Ehm..rather not:)

[@diego_z90]

Hell yes lmao love him

[@knrz2562]

L0ol

[@Macreadysshack]

I think the camera guy IS cloned from Charles

[@airgunfun4248]

I thought the camera guy was his clone

[@cordellstauffer8521]

can i just say i still LOVE the garand thumb "science" intro clip. its a hilarious vibe and it makes me smile every time. lol

[@maddog726]

"If you're not fit, you're going to die" Words that have melted into my brain over the past 3 months. Thanks for the tough love Mike. Lost 30 pounds so far and look better than I ever have. 229 3 months ago to 198 this morning. More to come! 💪 keep up the videos brother!

[@A-A-RonDavis2470]

People underestimate one's ability to survive physical traumas if they are in top shape. If their body is fighting excess weight, high BP, bum knee, etc. they won't be able to take an injury like an MMA fighter, per se. Body can't take a hit and recover if it already has several things it's trying to uphold prior to that.

[@maddog726]

@@A-A-RonDavis2470 I'm law enforcement. At the academy 6 years ago I weighed 185 but that was more just weight loss. Now I'm strength training as well as eating clean. This is by far the strongest iv been since high school. I was never to heavy to not do my job, I work in a suburb city of a large metropolitan area. But I was done with the excuses. And I needed to be better. And one night, I heard Mike say this on one of his urban survival videos and that is what flipped the switch. Now I get grumpy on my 2 rest days per week lol progress my man!

[@docthorr]

Way to go man, way to go !🤘

[@Troubl3_Actual]

Way to go man! Doing a similar journey now with my significant other, which is a great help. Step by step, day by day i'm getting back into that top shape i was when 9/11 happened. I fear the world is close to the same brink again... Stay frosty!

[@lardomcfarty9866]

Be fatphobic. You'll live longer

[@andrewmays5534]

"Yeah he's fine" *Charlie removes rib* "He didn't need that one" 🤣🤣🤣

[@korvo9936]

Ribs grow back

[@Robomann]

no zhey don't

[@lemonamo]

It's one of the spare ones

[@A-A-RonDavis2470]

Well, since he is a man, one was already taken for the woman.

[@raleighthomas3079]

Plant that and see if a girl grows…

[@beowulfsrevenge4369]

Some steel body armor might stop a .50 BMG. But I think the blunt force trauma from it would seriously injury you to the point that if you didn't die you'd probably wish you had.

[@slavicemperor8279]

Maybe with some ridiculous amount of padding it wouldn't be that bad

[@beowulfsrevenge4369]

​@@slavicemperor8279 Maybe a mix of multiple ceramic plates backed by steel with a good amount of padding and kevlar. But the shear force of being hit by one of those will probably crack or break ribs.

[@vavra222]

I feel like you would get all your ribs broken, at least.

[@chadgardnerdds3197]

I’ve shot through 2” iron with a Hornady 750gr @ 150yds. Idk how that equates to steel but it blew right through the iron like nothing.

[@beowulfsrevenge4369]

​@@chadgardnerdds3197 Think of the Ar500 steel target silhouettes. They aren't super thick and they can take a .50 BMG.

[@Turtlesbekool]

Why is nobody talking about 9:28 🤣🤣🤣 “I have a good question though” *”ONCE IN COLLEGE BUT I DON’T REMEMBER HIS NAME”*

[@grahamfloyd3451]

Body armor can stop a tank round bro. You just gotta back way up.

[@eddyflo2978]

Agreed! Take enough steps and you can survive a nuke

[@liquidacid1983]

I mean technically you aren't wrong. I saw a dude who took a 125mm HE round from a T-72 to the chest at around 3km. It was apparently a dud (or he just wasn't solid enough to set it off) but it smacked him square in the chest. Shattered his plate, utterly crushed his ribs and turned his insides into mashed potato but didn't actually penetrate him. I mean if the HE had gone off he'd be giblets and I'm sure if it was a APFSDS it would have gone through him and kept going. But as it stand his armor "technically" did stop a tank round.

[@mr.randomperson9900]

@@liquidacid1983 where tf did you see this?

[@nigeldean3726]

@@mr.randomperson9900 just trust him bro

[@liquidacid1983]

@@mr.randomperson9900 Iraq. Who the fuck else would be using cheap Russian shit from the 70s

[@nickleinapickleofficial]

The damage done by that last shot is both amazing and terrifying.

[@1.6JuJu]

You guys need to get those pressure sensitive stickers MythBusters used to use during testing. The ones with the internal vial that ruptures. Would love to see the actual number of foot lbs a certain round transfers through body armor onto your chest.

[@GooseTheSecond]

I thought of this during the video too.

[@williamflowers9435]

Deadliest Warrior used them too… “red means dead”

[@charlesballiet7074]

when goo starts coming out of the dummys nose its not because its got a cold... its because its full

[@wacky.racoon]

Let me summarize the video: "L internal organs"

[@stephanb.3342]

This is definitely a concern to me. I presume it is killing you. But at least you are looking good and not a messy bloody corpse.

[@ryanmarshall7248]

In Warzone the satchel holds 8 but your actual armor is only 3 plates. The satchel is essentially a backpack for armor but you can only utilize 3 max.

[@eksnacks6030]

the small random edits like the godzilla bit and charlies shenanigans in this video were just hysterical. really adds a ton of entertainment value. more of this please =)

[@dylanyazzie5144]

I barely noticed Charlie’s Walkers have Peltors written on them in sharpie lol 😂

[@GarandThumb]

the longer you look at Charlie’s kit the worse it becomes

[@fastfurious9105]

Lmao, I saw that and was like what, did I just see that

[@jimmypop777]

@@GarandThumb I appreciate the tactical Altoids tin

[@lordpumpkinhead265]

@@GarandThumb That sounds like jealousy that Charlie has superior drip.

[@Eluderatnight]

@@jimmypop777 when your on a gov sanctioned terror mission of struggle snuggling and pilaging you gotta have fresh breath.

[@MavHunter20XX]

"well I had a father for at least 4 years," wow cut deep

[@figo3554]

13:30 "Oh don't be such a baby. Ribs grow back!"

[@4mdt21]

“Archimedes, no!”

[@heavy5370]

Medic is bad doctor!

[@raphaelg8801]

"Who touched my gun?!!" 😡

[@Quickstein]

"No zhey don't."

[@SpaceDebris15]

I desire to be more like Charlie after every video. Absolute Chad one liners.

[@nsob8897]

Mike needs to put up a t shirt on his store that just says "more like charlie" or "be more like charlie"..... some shit like that. They'll figure out which ones funnier I'm sure.

[@quinlanreed7162]

Simply become a schizophrenic, you’ll be just like him!

[@noahbouchard5155]

@@nsob8897 what would Charlie do?

[@nsob8897]

@@noahbouchard5155 I approve..haha

[@footnotedrummer]

Charlie is hysterical. His timing is amazing, and his remarks are delivered perfectly. Too damned funny.

[@kurokaze511]

"I have a good question now though." "Once in college but I don't remember his name." That comment was so great, just perfect timing and delivery. I can't believe nobody else has mentioned it..

[@Kit-yv7ob]

"Well if you stopped being so grabby" made me lol

[@ozztelorman7057]

You guys being so professional and so good at imitating the awkwardness of amateur videos really "blows" my mind 😊😇

[@Str8Reckless63]

Absolutely agree

[@redrocketsrt]

Charlie is awesome! Every video he absolutely cracks me up. The banter and b.s. he adds to each video is pure dynamite!

[@christiancook3118]

This video was a masterpiece. Audio, visual, all of the transitions. Absolutely killed it.

[@GiantArapaima74]

Whoever edits these needs a raise, or some form of cookie.

[@christiancook3118]

@@GiantArapaima74 I think thats why they have Charlie. He appreciates the little things. You could pay him with the guts of ballistic labs dummies and hed be like a pig in shit

[@scubapsa]

Charlie really has some one line bangers in this one 👏👍👌

[@Miohunter444]

OMG yes he did!!!

[@fetidcreeper]

Something about the character Charlie plays on dr.gt's talk show makes me think he's probably a good bit smarter than most of us think we are, irl

[@scubapsa]

@@fetidcreeper 100% dude is probably a natural weapon in real life lolol

[@fetidcreeper]

@@scubapsa 🤣

[@ahumblepoet]

Y’all are such an underrated comedy duo.

[@mortondavisproductions7578]

Your sense of humor is refreshing. Wouldn't want to experience the impact of a 50 cal. even if the body armor stopped the round. As one person stated in an earlier comment, "the condition of one's life wouldn't be something one would want to live with even if one survived the concussion/impact". All you've got to do is observe the compression that the dummy experienced to know that there would be severe damage to various organs.

[@RobwithoneB]

"Can a boyfriend stop a .50 BMG? Let's find out!"

[@cilla2614]

wait what?!

[@Ntmoffi]

@@cilla2614 demolition ranch.

[@cilla2614]

@@Ntmoffi l wrote because i know…kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIikaYGgqrKIj8U

[@Average_M05_Enjoyer]

the real question is whether or not you'd want to survive to see the results

[@joe125ful]

I Do some quick math for you: 50 cal enegry is around 18.000 J. Armor can eat lets say 10.000 J. Your upper ribs cab broke under 600-800J.(Mike Tyson can punch you by 1600J) And lower ones under 400J. So what is better?Slow or fast dead....

[@sardoniclaugh9646]

@@joe125ful That's not how that works. The energy of the bullet is roughly the same (lower actually) than the energy transferred to the shoulder of the shooter. Every action has equal and opposite reaction bla bla bla. However the effects are very different. It depends on how large the impact area is as well as the time of the energy transfer. It's very difficult to asses how much the plates will spread the impact over a larger area (depends on how much deformation they have) as well as how much they spread it out time wise. A push won't break your ribs, a hit will.

[@joe125ful]

@@sardoniclaugh9646 Ofcourse but numbers are real what i write and if final energy If its 8k J is still deadly for you,just look on that slow mo in 10:24 you can clearly see broken ribs and they can pierce heart or lungs when armor push so hard to other organs. 10k J is like crushing in 90km on scooter to wall for example. Just go for some examples and you can imagine how much is that 8-10K J.

[@sardoniclaugh9646]

@@joe125ful Dude please do not bring physics into this, it's CLEARLY not your area of expertise. A scooter crashing into a wall is multiple orders of magnitude more energy than a bullet. I can do the math if you want but suffice to say if a scooter hits you at 90 km/h (which is something like 50 mph in freedom units) you're going to fly through the air like a ping pong ball. If a .50 cal hits you even if you absorb all it's energy it will barely tip you over, in fact if you brace against it you won't even do that. Bullets do not carry a lot of energy. They cannot. If shot from a conventional rifle the same energy is also transferred to the shooter via the butt stock, if it's too much the shooter's shoulder will also break. That's why past a certain caliber recoilless rifles are used. Now don't get me wrong a .50 packs a punch. But it's not some ungodly force and if it's spread out over a large enough area it's not that big of a deal. Life is not a Hollywood movie, a bullet will not send you flying through the air my man. It's only deadly because it delivers it's energy over a very small area and all at once. If body armor spreads the force both over an area and also over time you can survive it just fine. Not saying that's the case here, I don't know. But it very well might be.

[@1stCallipostle]

@@sardoniclaugh9646 You do realize first and foremost You don't get anywhere near the full energy back at you right? The gun it taking a lot of it in every direction before it ever gets to your shoulder You're spreading a fraction of the opposite reaction into that area, the bullet is doing basically the opposite to the target I think you're assuming it's about half as capable as it is

[@Ninja101011]

Can’t be that bad, the lungs are still in the body(even if the last shot heavily ventilated the right side). Now if you used one of those unicorn gov issue 9mm the hill behind the target would have been deleted.

[@RicJiang]

😂😂😂 fr

[@TechbotALPHA]

5:22 Ok, you got me, I HOWLED XD You guys popped up via Reccomended, and I have to say it's both a hoot and mesmerising at the same time! Well done!

[@raleighthomas3079]

Great video, Charlie killing it with the observations. The slow-mo was stellar!

[@chettwettman6892]

Yes, please check the pants because there is probably a foot of intestine, a portion of spleen, and a smidge of shit covered liver in there😂

[@Minutes-Mils]

That blowfish meme gets me EVERY FREAKING TIME 😭

[@TheMapleKitKat]

If you see Charlie appear right off the bat in a video you know it's going to be an absolute banger haha!

[@williambirdine1183]

Science with grand thumb should be a series 😂 The intro is just perfect

[@cooper9643]

13:54 “Awww man these are new Costco pants” Charlie cracks me up 😂

[@Thegoofyairgunner]

The way things go with Charlie I literally lean towards my screen at his intro into each episode. If you can’t vibe with his character you are taking life way to seriously. His delivery is freaking epic

[@JamesXcapesNY]

💯

[@mr.universe740]

Would have been cool to see one of those pressure sensor things like on “human weapon” to see what kind of force is hitting the dummy through the plates.

[@Ashton_Speaks]

Science!!!

[@jaredwilliams2357]

Yeah get one of those pressure sensor stickers mythbusters used to use

[@Brick9]

Lots

[@JohnUnsub]

@@jaredwilliams2357 The stickers Mythbusters used were unsuited to even what they were using it for, those shock stickers are basically garbage when you put any material stress through them instead of using them as an approximate pressure measurement

[@JohnUnsub]

I don't accept this. My people however say this is not right. You don't argues so your agree. Now help or die.

[@gooner72]

That shock wave on the body when just the 3 plates were there was more than likely fatal. The shock wave would've probably ruptured your internal organs so you certainly would've been in trouble....

[@jwilliams3170]

This is the only science I trust anymore. Thank you for your contributions to the community.

[@KoishiVibin]

I actually wonder about purpose built armor. The United States fielded aircrew armor rated to 12,7x108mm API, for use by helo pilots. I feel like unified strike face of... what, that has to be like, over an inch of ceramics and like 3/4ths in of backer... That might well do better.

[@prapor5823]

To community? Its to the world dude

[@kevindvorak742]

I really wouldn't want to find out for myself because I probably wouldn't be around shortly after being hit.

[@hirumbiffidum9145]

Thank-you beat me to it, took the words right out of my mouth 👍

[@nesbittracing1081]

Lol it just delays the inevitable

[@mattmarzula]

With any luck it would be quick. There's a point where you wouldn't want to be around to tell the story.

[@shiznitts]

I found Charlie in the comments

[@Eluderatnight]

Your entrails become out-trails

[@williammarkham7598]

I would love to see Charlie run an episode in the future, maybe the MCX Spear when it gets to you due to how unique the ammo and suppressor are, just because I feel like his humor stick would go great with one of the more out-there firearms you could review.

[@DurinThe_Deathless]

schtick* ☠😭😂

[@lindelloutdoorsinc]

Charlie is a national treasure please protect him at all costs

[@lilwill00]

yes he may be good with what he is doing, however no one in their right mind would just test that out. unless you are wanting to do so??

[@M4tt925]

Putting on extra plates to stop a .50 round. * *scoliosis intensifies* *

[@GarandThumb]

or would it correct it?!?!?!

[@MuricanBearWarrior]

Wear the same amount of plates on your back to compensate. You’d just have compressed discs

[@M4tt925]

@@GarandThumb Ballistic Orthopedics w/ Dr. Garand Thumb?!

[@scruffguitar2]

#onwardchiropractics

[@The_Professor_]

You know just about every video shows armor taking hits perpendicularly. One thing years of geeking out over tanks has taught me is that air gaps but especially angled armor significantly aid in protection. I really wonder different rounds look like at various angles. Obviously there’s an angle at which most rounds, even the 7N6 can’t yaw and curve that hard. It would be cool to see at what point rounds are just skipping off, as well as how the angle of personnel body armor affects resistance to rounds.

[@eccentricthinker142]

Aka, scaled down tank armor

[@sigmamale4147]

Its always perpendicular hits because its probably whats gonna happen if you get shot

[@The_Professor_]

@@sigmamale4147 In most situations, sure. Plate towards enemy and all, but that’s not to say you’ll never be attacked from the flank. It’s also the most difficult angle to stop the round at, it’s the standard that plates should be held to.

[@stephanb.3342]

That is why plates are not flat.

[@The_Professor_]

@@stephanb.3342 I mean they’re very slightly curved but that’s mainly to fit the body better. The slight angle of the plates is likely insignificant. To begin with the angle isn’t significant enough to cause any deflection, nor doesn’t is significantly increase the depth of armor due to its angle. In really any scenario that curvature would play no difference. Even at slightly different angles with the ideal plate-towards-enemy posture. It’s only when you start getting into extreme angled shots in the real world that I think rounds will start behaving differently.

[@Odins_Ulfhedinn]

Charlie never ceases to provide a laugh with his added commentary.

[@eltoast]

“Awwww man these are new Costco pants” 😂😂

[@bigdaddykyle451]

Garand thumb is the best gun channel but Charlie brings it to another level, he is a national treasure

[@Electro-Hazard]

Charlie is a national treasure and we must protect him at all costs

[@AaaaandYerDhem]

Dad advice at the end.... Pure Gold!

[@jeoffreylocke3121]

Until you realize that he is advocating one of two things. Breaking the law by switching to a stock, or begging government to let you put a stock on for an extra $200 and some wasted time.

[@zenkiz33]

@@jeoffreylocke3121 Free men don't ask permission.

[@AaaaandYerDhem]

@@zenkiz33 exactly

[@AaaaandYerDhem]

@@jeoffreylocke3121 you're missing the point, brother

[@mehicanbls1526]

@@jeoffreylocke3121 exactly. Glad you understood

[@patrickryan2813]

This was really cool, thanks guys. I also think maybe brick walls, lots of dirt, dirt walls/dried mud walls (like the ones in afghanistan), trees, sheet metal & other types of metal, drywall, wood doors, car doors, tile, and woods of increased thickness could be tried next to really go in depth. Or other things we run into on a daily basis in our lives. I'm assuming a couch or a fridge wouldn't be temporary cover but you never know. Sometimes you can only do what you can with what you've got, or just decide you have no reasonable cover and you face it head on while moving. Shoot, move, communicate type of stuff. Tough decisions you make but you have to make them based off of what you know with the situation around you. Some forms of "cover" seem to only stop so many rounds (such as with the .50 cal) and it's pertinent for you to move and change position frequently if hiding behind that particular form of cover that could crumble quickly after a few rounds. I'm also curious how risky it is to have your head too close to the surface level of dirt (could be tested with a target backer like in this video), if being shot at and the round passes through the ground at a superficial level. Perhaps you're in the process of making that video or those videos though. Thanks again, this was really good work. I look forward to whats next

[@ToxicTedi]

Honestly, I think Charlie was the star of the show here with his demented sense of humor. The off-the-wall remarks had me howling.

[@qwe304]

I have a plate from the 90's made by ceradyne, used by British police officers during the troubles, was designed to stop m33 ball at ~200 yards. Weighs about 12lb and is 11x14

[@LSD25]

Good ol north ireland plate, I believe buffman has tested one of those before.

[@qwe304]

@@LSD25 yeah, that's one of three I've ever seen stateside, I've got one and another collector has the other. I am glad he's tested it though, so that I have at least something to point to when people claim that a 50 cal will kill you no matter what

[@LSD25]

@@qwe304 Word on the street is there are currently a few offerings from various different companies that stop rounds as spicy as .50 API from 50 yards away.

[@qwe304]

@@LSD25 its doable, though the only one I've seen so far with any credence is the adept colossus, iirc they tested it at a few hundred yards and had ~30mm bfd.

[@fostersstubbyasmr9557]

@@LSD25 you can stop it but it’ll still completely destroy your internals

[@mister_woot]

Are we just going to ignore the grooving skeleton at 1:25 ? Really? Dude was rocking out.

[@GarandThumb]

he was vibing pretty hard

[@jhutch1470]

@@GarandThumb But did he have a "boner?"

[@stephenreed3381]

@@GarandThumb Was he twerking?

[@MrManeten]

You guys are so good together, love it.

[@ethanshaw5063]

Gotta find some way to protect my lungs being blown out by a nine mil

[@CharlieBourgeois_]

"So, I have a question now." "Once in college but I don't remember his name." I feel this got overlooked and under appreciated. 9:23

[@TristanAnderson31299]

I think a few armor plates & a 50 cal could be an effective substitute to chest compressions.

[@skywardsoul1178]

Useful for people who want to be social distanced but need CPR after suffering a mysterious heart attack.

[@rjakiel73]

Great video yet again. Would love to see the gel torso go through a small caliber test. 22, 22 Mag, 22 Hornet, 220 swift, 5.56, 5.7, 223, 224 Valkyrie, 223 wsm, 225 Winchester, 22-250, 22tcm. It would be really cool to see how the small calibers fare.

[@boostedbadboyzx12r31]

Pin holes

[@rjakiel73]

@@boostedbadboyzx12r31 🤣 Maybe a small entry wound but can guarantee that two or three fairly accurate shots and those "pinholes" will stop a two legged varmint.

[@timjohns5354]

I am sure the body armor could stop a semi truck but the blunt force is going to be to much

[@johnwick57239]

Best channel in the webs, hands down. Lol The knowledge, the info, the comedy.. It's an all in one stop.

[@LeahciMAB14]

@9:24 “I have a question…” Charlie: “once in college but I don’t remember his name.” This slipped by me the first time I watched this video.

[@GrahamDavenport]

I'm still lost what does he mean? Lol

[@kevindvorak742]

Those slow-mo APIT shots were beautiful Mike. 👏

[@JebusCookies]

Absolutely love the commentary on black fragility. Bold of you guys to include it in your video. Well done.

[@TheOriginalCoolDad]

Even though the three plates stopped it, I still think that the sheer amount of kinetic energy dumped by that FMJ round would make it a very bad day if he did survive. It was a high powered precordial thump. That could disrupt the cardiac rhythm, possibly in a fatal fashion.

[@TheOriginalCoolDad]

@Nathaniel Shrock I mean, if your trigger pulls are fast enough and your aim doesn't waver......... LMAO!!

[@MrManslayerX]

I love how the rake is almost completely missing all its fingers at this point. I love seeing what condition it's in each video and how it deteriorates.

[@fuhwurd]

8:15 when you make lvl 4 plates that can stop .50 but forgot about the energy transfer

[@Diablokiller999]

What I've learned - don't catch a 50 Cal...

[@j.a.r.family2576]

That "talk is cheap and ammo is what Charlie..." And " the dad advice" I'm dying over here.

[@peterlowell7963]

Dad advice on this one is quite based 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@sebasteanjanzen1210]

3:20 thank God I didn't have a mouth full of coffee. Straight up belly laughed XD

[@Howhoward1012]

I don’t know how I found this channel, but boy I’m glad I did.. Charlie is hilarious 😂😂😂

[@mbeasley90]

Charlie- "Once in collage, but I don't remember his name." Lmao what a fucking gem of a human.

[@coyotetacticalsolutions]

I actually expected it to go all the way through. Mikes quick math of x3 30.06 worked like a charm 😂

[@rawlandspencer9945]

Even if it would stop that round can you imagine the pain you would be in just from the impact?

[@lilwill00]

yea no shit, anyone with sense wouldn't do that to find out 🤦‍♂

[@spartanalphamode2987]

You could add some thick rubber in the end of the plates to protect you from impact and broken ribs. My take is 3 steel armored plates with a 1 inch thick rubber plate.

[@SoranoGuardias]

Stunned myocardium

[@NahuCommNS]

I'm fairly confident in guessing that anyone being hit would die instantly by having his heart or other organs explode, just by the sheer kinetic energy being transfered to your body. Assuming this scenario where you're wearing enough bodyarmor to stop the bullet itself, of course.

[@matthewolson9704]

Like stopping a car from 60mph, with your chest. 💩

[@DK-421]

I see Charlie is still rocking the tactical rake.

[@litsci4690]

RIP Costco pants.

[@sacr3]

Newtons third law, the force that gun imparts on your shoulder is the same force that bullet places in its target (little less as it loses energy on its travels). Difference is that the bulky heavy rifle absorbs and distributes the energy. On the other end, the armor absorbs and distributes the impact energy. Kevlar doesn't distribute nearly as well as steel or ceramic, so Kevlar will leave quite the bruise. The impact from a 50 cal being stopped by the plates wouldn't kill you, but it would probably bruise you. Should watch the impact of a rifle stock on someones shoulder in slow motion, looks just as bad as a ballistic dummy getting its armor plating struck, but looks are deceiving as the shoulder is just bruised, as the chest would be from the impact. His ribs broke because they're anatomically incorrect. Its mostly cartilage in that area not bone, fresh bone is made to bend, tendons and muscles distribute energy, etc etc.

[@A-BList]

Great video again! Always entertaining and thought provoking. Thanks to The Armor Shop for giving our friend all these cool plates to shoot. 😁

[@VideoClam]

I'll tell you WHAT. Not even .50 point blank gonna STOP ME FROM SMASHING THAT LIKE BUTTON. LAST STAND PERK, BABY. NEW GARAND THUMB SUUUUUUUUNDAY MORNING.

[@GarandThumb]

A TRUE FAN

[@Centermass762]

Man, I'm hungover as fuck and still about half drunk so this is perfect timing for a GT video. It'll make me forget this pain for about 15 minutes.

[@GarandThumb]

lol we are here for you man

[@jhutch1470]

The tactical rake is what got you through it.

[@Centermass762]

@@jhutch1470 it really is. I feel like I'm getting too old for this shit but it was a good friend's bachelor party so I had to get buck wild for a night. Thank God for the tactical rake to get me through this.

[@jhutch1470]

@@Centermass762 Lol. Ooof.

[@JohnSmith-j1y]

When Charlie called Mike "Dr. Garand Thumb" at the end... I was recently visiting a hospital and they kept talking about "Dr. Granthem", which sounded exactly like "Garand Thumb" the way they said it. I laughed every time.

[@davidlindsey6111]

You would have to have a structural exoskeleton to absorb the impact and some sort of advanced composite armor attached to that. Something that probably won’t be a thing for another 50 years if at all

[@ExhibitAredactedEXPUNGED]

We already have it. It is just too bulky and cumbersome, inhibiting both movement, increasing size and lowering carry capacity. Making it virtually useless in most cases. Unless you plan to get shot by a 50 cal. Which would only make it easier. Also multiple shots will render the target just as dead, impossible to recover because of the sniper cover and trapped in the body armour. If it's a hot day, he'll toast in it.

[@muatring]

It'll never be a thing since it's just a waste of money.

[@ExhibitAredactedEXPUNGED]

@@muatring correct, not a waste of money per day, but tok expensive and complex to motivate anybody into developing such a thing which can be countered by merely grabbing a bigger gun.

[@muatring]

@@ExhibitAredactedEXPUNGED That's why I said it's a waste of money. The army would not be able to give all its soldier exoskeletons, since that would be extremely expensive, and on top of that, the exoskeleton would hinder your movements and you'll still be vulnerable to weapons already available in the battlefield.

[@muatring]

​@@innocentiuslacrim2290 Doubt it. Countries are more than happy to give only the minimum necessary to their soldiers, they're not going to be giving them exosuits that's gonna get deleted by .50 or other heavy calibers, there's no point in using a exoskeleton if you're going to get exploded or killed anyway, it would definitely hinder troop movement and be awkward as hell to use. This isn't a scifi movie. Infantry is strong because they're versatile and expendable. Drones have proved themselves to be weapons of the future, countries will rather invest in that than on expendable cannon fodder that'll be fielded in the millions.

[@chrisgreen4846]

That energy the 50 produces is unreal

[@fortnite.burger]

Agreed

[@raamyasharahla535]

It’s a war crime

[@ctre4613]

Not compared to the cannonball

[@TannerSwizel]

Your science intros are by far my favorite intros on KZbin! I absolutely love the aesthetic, and get excited every time I hear it 😆

[@mrsmoov7122]

I love this channel with an incontrollable passion.

[@supervisednoodle964]

11:34 you can see the skin walker going to eat the soul of what it thinks is a dead person, right behind grand thumb on the left

[@jasielm5258]

@3:58 the humor is on point with Charlie 👌🏻

[@dbltap7615]

Would love to see a revisit to the 12 gauge. 00Buck and slug have been covered extensively by many. Personally I've been a fan of Remington 3" #4 buck out of a full chock. Curious to see what an average upland game load would do through a tight chock as well! Tons of options out there from #1 buck "hog" loads and truck loads of hard hitting turkey loads. As always you guys rock! Keep up the great job

[@doctoruttley]

Dude…Charlie is a great addition to the videos. F’n hilarious 😂

[@vincentcocchio3450]

Stacked level 4 armor is good, but all you need is 1 Nokia phone to stop 50 BMG Raufoss

[@Tremeslay]

One of the best science channels on KZbin!

[@LIONTAMER3D]

one of?!

[@Tremeslay]

@@LIONTAMER3D We have Kentucky too. ;)

[@LIONTAMER3D]

@@Tremeslay k ballistics is HOTDOG WATER compared to this channel -.-

[@jhutch1470]

@@LIONTAMER3D Yeah, but the hotdog water is still warm.

[@LIONTAMER3D]

@@jhutch1470 yeah, forgotten weapons is cold hotdog water

[@Alberic_Str31N]

Alright, it took 3 minutes, but we have our first certified Charlie moment of the video.

[@user-vj4yc8kc6v]

I think the real question is : " would you want to survive ?"

[@RhapsodicXStyle07]

Yeah after seeing the slowmo on the 3 plate test, I'm pretty sure I would want to be dead if I wasn't already

[@kpenis17]

@@RhapsodicXStyle07 wym you could be neighbors with that iron lung guy

[@lilwill00]

the real question is why do it at all?

[@wtcb7892]

Charlie needs a raise, KZbin gold😂

[@jacobv8r880]

Awesome as ever boys, y’all could grab those shockwave indicator stickers they’d use in like myth-busters to tell if pressure was fatal. Could put them behind plates or just next to or on whatever you want OR don’t get them at all. Lol

[@harrydupuis3102]

Even without the shockwave indicator, I'd have to assume if you get hit with a .50, and have enough armor to survive it, you're GOING to get knocked on your ass, hard. Possibly enough to get knocked out. I'd also guess the impact will knock enough wind out of you you'll be fighting for air long enough for the shooter to get a second shot off. If I got hit by a .50 I don't think I'd WANT to survive it

[@breadnaut]

We need a "He didnt need that one" shirt. Ill buy 2.