(orchestral pop music)
- Welcome back to What's Inside.
I'm Lincoln and this is Dan.
- And today, we are here with our cop car
because we have our bulletproof vest.
We're gonna see what's inside of these bad boys.
- We're out here in the desert
with our water jug and bulletproof vest.
- So, we're going to take this
and throw it on these water cooler water jugs.
So, the question is,
will this thing break if it takes a bullet?
When you get shot with a bulletproof vest,
the bullet isn't going to go inside and get inside of you,
but it's powerful enough that it can break your ribs
or give you some major bruising.
So, let's see what the impact does to this water jug.
What do you think, Lincoln?
Do you think it's going to break it?
- I think that there's just gonna be like a little hole
with a bit of water coming out.
I don't think it's gonna completely destroy the water jug
'cause this thing is strong.
- It is strong.
So, my guess is it's just gonna bounce off of it.
It's not even gonna crack at all.
So Sam, how far away do you think this shot is?
I'm gonna guess 20 yards.
- [Dan] 20 yards?
Let's make it happen, buddy.
(gun fires)
- [Lincoln] Ohhh!
- Look!
Look at that, there's a hole (laughs) right there.
It doesn't go all the way through, the hole doesn't,
so it did stop the bullet.
- Oh, look at that!
- [Lincoln] In the water jug-- - [Dan] Oh my gosh!
it made a dent but it didn't break through.
- [Dan] Look at that!
We found the bullet.
It was just sitting right there.
- [Lincoln] That's crazy. - [Dan] It hit and it smashed
and it bounced straight back about 12 yards.
That's impressive.
(gun fires)
- [Lincoln] Ohh!
Look at this hole first, and then look at that one.
That is so deep inside the water jug.
I still am so surprised
that it didn't actually break the water jug.
- [Dan] Now, let's try doing it with just the water jug.
- Oh, then it will explode!
- [Dan] And then, let's see what it would look like
without a bulletproof vest.
(Lincoln laughs)
(gun fires)
- [Lincoln] Are there bullets inside, you think?
(Dan and Lincoln laugh) (water splashing)
- So, I told one of my neighbors about this project
that we are doing with the bulletproof vest
and that I bought it on eBay.
And so, he said, "I have one in my car that's five years old
"that I don't use anymore.
"Do you want it?"
And so, he just gave me this one.
But the strange thing is, it's really light.
I think it's to be worn underneath your uniform,
but it just feels so light that I have a hard time believing
that this is gonna be strong enough to stop a bullet.
So, we have another jug here.
Let's see if the water tank
can survive this bullet with this vest on.
(gun fires)
How'd it do?
Oh, come over here Lincoln!
Check it out!
Direct shot right there, and look at it.
It's a big ol' hole! (water splashing)
(laughs) My neighbor that's a sheriff had that vest.
Didn't go through the vest, it's just a really hard impact.
(upbeat pop music) - So, here's the backplate
that was in the back of the white vest
and here's the one that we shot.
There's a hole right there
and the bullet is stuck down in there.
So, it made it through this initial fabric,
but now it's stuck down in there.
There's that one, it's the front part.
There's this one that's kind of a chest plate,
but it's just one little extra pad that goes in the front.
- That's probably over your heart.
- Yeah, it just kinda goes right there, protects you.
Important place to have a little extra protection.
It says that it was tested on a .357 Mag and a 9mm
and it was effective at stopping that.
So, if you had a larger gun, like a rifle,
then I would imagine this thing's not gonna protect you.
It could still go through that kevlar material.
So, what happens when a bullet actually hits the vest
is it hits one spot and then it disperses the energy
very quickly among the whole area.
So yes, you're going to get that initial blow
on the other side from the bullet,
but it disperses the energy enough
that the bullet doesn't go through.
This one is made by Point Blank Body Armor.
There's one, two, three.
There's the three shots that we got on it.
I don't feel any of the bullets.
Oh no, there's one! (laughs)
There's one of the bullets in it.
This one is 100% DuPont kevlar.
DuPont is the only brand that makes kevlar.
They have two different versions of it.
- Dad, this was able to stop a bullet.
- [Dan] Yeah. - [Lincoln] Don't you think
it's gonna stop you from cutting it in half?
Would the blade get stopped?
- I don't know, man.
If I can cut a jawbreaker in half, (Lincoln laughs)
I think I can cut kevlar in half.
(both laugh)
(saw whining)
- Yeah.
- [Dan] Can't even break it apart, it's so strong.
Look at that.
It's just layers of this Kevlar material.
All those layers together provide enough protection.
Okay, here's where the bullet hit.
Feel that, Linc.
It didn't even get through the first layer of kevlar.
- [Lincoln] Wow.
- [Dan] Even though you have all those layers of kevlar,
maybe, I don't know, looks like 50, maybe 30,
30 to 50 layers of kevlar.
It doesn't even go through the first one.
(saw whining)
And honestly, it looks like the exact same thing.
It doesn't look any thinner, it doesn't look any different,
it doesn't say that it's official kevlar,
but it looks exactly like the kevlar in there.
- Yeah.
- [Dan] And it looks like it has the same number of layers.
- [Lincoln] It does. - [Dan] That's interesting.
I would not have thought that because it was so light.
I guess this one's just so much bigger,
it covers more body area.
So, this was a successful experiment. (laughs)
- [Lincoln] Yeah. - [Dan] We were able
to find two bulletproof vests.
The look pretty similar.
It may have just been the angle
that that bullet hit on the jug and that's why it broke.
And this one, we just hit in the right spots
and it didn't break.
But, if I am a police officer or a SWAT team member
or CIA or something, I'm gonna get the biggest vest
that's gonna cover and have as much kevlar
as possible inside because--
- Yeah.
- it's gonna hurt no matter what,
but I want it to hurt as little as possible. (laughs)
- Yeah.
Thanks to all those who suggested
that we cut open a bulletproof vest.
It was an adventure.
- It was an adventure.
That was fun.
I never thought we would shoot a bulletproof vest
and I would ever see what the inside looks like.
But we learned something today, we're getting smarter.
We're having fun. (laughs)
- Yeah!
- And nobody got hurt in the filming of this
and we were very safe. (laughs)