PDWs...and other small arms.

[LR1955]

I think the NATO CRISAT target is badly outdated. As best I can tell from the limited research I've done, the CRISAT target was created to simulate Soviet-era body armor.

Protection level of Russian body armor has reportedly been improved several times since the 1980s. The latest 6B43 and 6B45 vests have ceramic inserts that reportedly provide protection comparable to Western hard armor. http://www.armyrecognition.com/weapons_d...05162.html

Below: 6B43 body armor shot with 7.62x54R SVD sniper rifle @ 10 meters.

[video=youtube;SXvgDfE8g2w]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXvgDfE8g2w[/video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXvgDfE8g2w



If it is desired to prepare for possible future war against the Russians, will any proposed PDW round be adequate to defeat their latest body armor?

Or will it be necessary to use the standard rifle/machine gun caliber?

Stan:

You probably won't penetrate it with any single shot from any small arms. Multiple shots and who knows but from guys I know who did get shot in chest plates, the impact knocked them down pretty hard.

May be able to cleave it with your tomahawk or perhaps stab through with your knife.

Why a PDW anyway if the best way to prevent fratricide (when being over run) is to discard your firearm and use 'cold steel'?

LR55