Russia claims their new future body armour will stop a .50 cal

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Originally Posted by NutLoose

Silk is one of the strongest materials to use and has been used in body armour for years, in fact if one certain person had bothered to put his on, WW1 might not have happened.,

https://www.theguardian.com/artandde...oyal-armouries

https://www.thesurvivalistblog.net/silk-body-armor/

Milk glue soaked layers of linen was used by the Greeks .
Their Greek fire is still a mystery , some old ideas are new again .
I was disappointed when I thought I had an idea for a patent , my patent lawyer friend did a search for my great idea before it got too expensive down the rabbit hole money drain that some patented ideas pull people .Some guy at the Winchester factory had already patented the idea ninety years before I had thought of it

Just when one thinks one knows history and blurt out random historical facts to impress friends , be careful enough who your friends invite for coffee. When the assassin of the Duke came up . I thought I was knowledgeable because I could remember the name of the gunman from school . But one of my friends coffee friends seemed to know the names of the four other killers waiting on the street . He smiled after naming them as he teaches history . The list has grown to six assassins involved now . Not really sure if the list will grow any larger .

That Silk protection was available to the Arch Duke and not used is incredibly interesting , thank you for sharing that .