Welcome back guys today we're gonna look at some body armor. Now im not military and I'm not
law enforcement and I know some people are going to freak out and say...Why would
you need body armor?
Well the short answer is you probably never will need it. But I'm gonna try to
explain to you real quick why
the average person can benefit from having some body armor like this.
If you're watching this video you're most likely into guns and shooting or preparedness
so first of all if you do a lot of shooting no matter what your skill level
is accidents do happen. So you can wear your body armor when you go out shooting
just to have extra layer of protection in case those accidents do happen. The next
reason may be a little bit more controversial but if you're like me you
like to be prepared for anything that might happen. And in the world we live in
today with active shooter situations and increasing threat of terrorists. Id like to know that
if I felt like I needed it I would have a way to protect myself or my family
from those things. But let's go ahead and get into the body armor. Now there are many
different types of body armor but you can do your own research and decide what you
want or what you need. But the first kind soft armor which is what most police
officers wear, soft armor ranges from level 2 to 3A which is rated to stop pistol rounds
the other type is hard armor plates and hard armor ranges from level 3 to level
4 and thats rated to stop all pistol rounds and most rifle rounds.
Some hard plates are made of ceramic or other types of materials that are really
light but they're also very expensive and that's what most military uses.
What we're talking about here is AR500 steel plates these are Spartan armor plates
made by thetargetman.com and I'll put a link in the description below so
you can find it
after doing a lot of research I decided that these
are the best place you can get Now unlike some of the other guys on YouTube
I'm not gonna be shooting these plates because unlike them I can't afford to
just go out and buy armor and then destroy it. But if anybody from Spartan
armor watches this video and wants to send me some to test I'm definitely down to do that for
you guys. I'll really show you guys how these things can stand up to some
firepower. Now if you'll take a look on the back you'll see that these plates are
rated for level 3, and that means is rated to stop all pistol rounds and up to six
hits from high-powered rifles like 7.62 or M80 rounds as well as .223, .556
30 carbine and 12 gauge slugs. Now nobody can guarantee any plates are gonna be a
hundred percent of bulletproof but these are proven to take multiple hits and
keep on going and that's one benefit of steel plates vs ceramics or something
like that because technically the steel plates can still be used after taking a
shot where ceramic is gonna start breaking up into little pieces after he
gets hit. If you've ever shott at steel targets you know that when a round hits
steel it fragments and sends tiny peices of the bullet flying in different directions. And Spartan Armor has
come up with what I think is probably the coating on the market to solve that problem.
This is a combination of a bed liner material and a special primer that only Spartan
Armor uses and is designed to capture all of that fragmentation in between
this coating and the steel plate inside and that'll keep it from spalling out and
hurting you. This coating is 3/8 of an inch think and ill roll in a picture of what the entry hole looks like to show you
that when the bullet goes in, nothing comes back out of the coating.
I will tell you that ive seen if these plates get hit with a bunch of rifle rounds in the same area that
coating may start to fail, but that's only after a lot of abuse. Other companies claim to
have
coating this as good as this here, but from the research I've done spartan
armor seems to have the best. They do offer plates that have just a base coat but that's
only to protect from rust and corrosion. A base coat WILL NOT stop the spalling
so if you're buying these playes make sure you read it well and in the
description it should say that it is with proven frag protection. If it doesn't
say that, most likely its the base and while it is still gonna be rated for the
same calibers it's not gonna stop that fragmentation from getting out of the
coating. as you can see these are the curved plates. Now they do offer flat
plates and multi curve plates but these curved ones, they're just a little bit more
comfortable when you're wearing them and they form to your body will be a better. These are the standard
10x12 plates. they're about 1/2 inch thick and they weigh about 8lbs so they are pretty heavy compared to others
but these are the most affordable and they are gonna last longer than any other type of
armor. that's pretty much all I have for yall today, maybe if I can get my hands on some
more, Ill make another video shooting these things and testeing them for you but if
you have any questions or comments you can leave them in the comments section
below please like share and subscribe and ill see yall next time