Re: Black Hats Kevlar (was Re: [HoE] [Hopler] EMP vs. Black Hats)

[Steve Crow <crow_steve@hotmail.com>]

> > Just out of curiosity, has anyone done anything with the Kevlar the 
>Black
> > Hats wear?
> >
> > I've taken to having the BHs rigging it with a thin underlayer of 
>plastic
> > explosive and a similar EMP "If I'm dead, or you're moved away X meters 
>from
> > my body - blow up" chip.
> >
> > It just seems odd that the guns and vehicles are rigged, but that 750
> > "dollars" a pop Kevlar is salvalgeable.
>
>I would say "no", simply because Kevlar will stop pistol rounds, but
>shotgun and rifle rounds can punch through. Granted, Throckmorton
>doesn't really care what happens to the Black Hats, but it would get
>difficult to send them out to map pockets of resistance or gather
>tribute from villages if everyone knew where to aim to hit the plastic
>explosive. Which would make a big squishy hole in the Black Hats chests.
>
>Mg "Kevlar Codpiece" Kelly
>--

Just as a note, my understanding, feeble as it is, is that even modern-day 
plastic explosive won't be set off simply by shooting it.  Doesn't C-4 
require an electrical charge?

I suppose a direct point-black charge might set it off (again, forgive my 
ignorance if this is not the case), but A) even rounds that "punch through" 
Kevlar are going to have some seriously diminished kinetic energy for 
triggering anything, and B) I still don't have problems with 95-year more 
advanced plastic explosive being far more stable than current-day varieties.

I also thought only armor-piercing rounds "punch through" armor - I never 
figured that rifles and shotguns with normal rounds did so.  Granted, that 
gets into a whole vague area of damage to armor, reducing the resale value, 
etc.

---

Steve Crow

"Worm Can Opener Extraordinare"

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