You should use some blanks or any else explosive tip for bolts to make more damage into bullet proof vests.
@jahVlad Says:
by posting this you will get the german autorthies to classify thy crossbows as a weapon for wich you'll need a license
@DK_1983 Says:
HAHAHAHA "Therefore they also have protection in the backside!" xD
@erdal0 Says:
If you keep making videos like this cross bows will be banned
@felixquintana11 Says:
Greetings
What would a 1” steel ball do that vest? I would like to see that
@charleshultquist9233 Says:
Your joke about Italians was hilarious....especially coming from a German! Laughing out loud literally.
@voneror Says:
Without knowing how are those vests rated this test doesn't tell us as much. That being said I suspect that using tungsten tips would defeat pistol rated armor. Perhaps even rifle rated with proper bodkin design. Since bolt velocity is realistically limited to around 150ms, only way to boost penetration is by increasing sectional density.
@Cas469 Says:
Joerg is a scary man luckely we know it's about teaching, still if I find myself in Germany and I fisit it often it's a beautiful country and I'm in a wooded era with a lot of ballbarings arrows ect I turn around.. 😅
@sevenproxies4255 Says:
It's true. Military vests do cause back problems.
Ironically the manufacturers of this modern kind of body armour have forgotten a lot of lessons which medieval armor smiths knew about.
Like how to properly displace the weight of full plate armor unto the wearers body.
Modern armor is mostly resting on the wearers shoulders only which is really bad for the wearer long term.
@jussi3378 Says:
I wasn't expecting the jab at Italians :D
@carlopoli9067 Says:
It is very sad for me to see that the bulletproof vest that my nation (which I prefer not to mention) provided me not too many years ago during the ISAF mission in Afghanistan also gets pierced by the arrow of a crossbow (the most powerful one you use in the video).
Safety first, we used to say!
Btw, thank you for this test, Joerg👍
@TheTurinturumbar Says:
Can it take a hit from your 1000 joule air gun?
@user-ri4us1iq3d Says:
Flack jackets are not intended to stop pointed projectiles like bullets or arrows. The kevelar in these vests is meshed in a way that best stops schrapnel and provides some protection against an explosive schockwave .
Bullet proof vests have plates in them made of ceramaic or kevlar or other materials that can stio bullets or arrows.
Of course theur are vest available that provide protection combinations.
@martinschnell860 Says:
Dear Joerg, you've been fooled. This is neither an SK4 nor an NIJ Level IV plate. It's either SK3 or NIJ Level III or III+(III Special). That means it would stop 5.56 Nato and 7.62 Nato rounds with a lead core like the M193 or the M80 with ease. If it has a III+ or III Special rating for 7.62x39 it will also defeat the M43 round which contains a mild steel core. Please check the label on the back of that insert. As far as I can see, you have a lightweight polyethylene plate which should also float if you throw it into water. These are layers of PE joined together under heat and high pressure. These layers delaminate on impact to absorb the energy of the bullet. If you hit that plate with a coin it will sound like a tile. The colour of that plate looked a little bit like ivory... I guess it's an old material. If it feels a bit sticky, it could contain parafin also known as wax. An SK4 or NIJ Level IV plate would have that as a backingmaterial... on top of it you would have a ceramic in form of tiles or a monolith plate made of aluminum oxide or B4C to shatter an amour piercing penetrator or core from an SS109/M855 ,P80 or M2 AP on impact. So let me take that illusion from you... you will never penetrate an SK4 or NIJ Level IV plate with an arrow or bolt. But if you scale up you might have a chance... would love to see your spear bazooka again. Btw I am impressed you made it to a "stopped in vest". Anyway... if you wear that PE plate in conjunction with that vest it will feel like nothing when the arrow or bolt strikes it. It's like knocking on a door, just to say hello ;)
If you are interested in ballistic or stab protection please check "www.vpam.eu"
Under KDIW 2004 you'll find all the information about levels of protection against pointy stuff like K-Klinge(blade), D-Dorn(spike) and I-Injektionsnadel(injectionneedle) and protection against bluntforcetrauma W-Würfel(cube).
Best Regards
@carljonascords1392 Says:
Italian Surplus rifles: Never fired, dropped only once.
@BuckScrotumn Says:
Where do I get those stabilizers for the siege???
@benbritton1984 Says:
Ive know about this along time. All vests are useless against crossbows. Its science. Do some research and reading for yourself if you want to know more.
@billypoe3703 Says:
Any penetration translates to trauma. The tip of the broadhead from the Hex 400 will not instantaneously prove effectiveness. An eventual injury, wearing action, will cause irritation to the soldier/officer.
@qsprimalaccuracy9709 Says:
2:58 Treating that dirtbag like a dirtbag LOL!!
@andrewt4456 Says:
Civilians: "Military spec? AWESOME!" Military: "Well, that's the cheapest they could procure it for, then...
Seems to me it'd be much better to aim for under the arms rather than at the front of the rear plates
@oscarjosefsson9300 Says:
Is that original video still available?
(With the police vest)
@user-microburst Says:
OMG it was looooong ago the algorithm took me to the instant legolas inventor
@croatianwarmaster7872 Says:
Loved the bit at 2:15 😂😂
1915. stays true to this day. Unlike the Italians.
@randomargument972 Says:
Plate is made of laminated kevlar, condensed, pressed super tight and glued. It's NIJ level 3 rated to stop AK47 and AR15 ammo (7,62x39 and 556) and other lead core common infantry caliber.
While soft bodyarmor is NIJ level 3A rated for handgun calibers like 9mm .45 .357 and up to .44 magnum
@thedayidied Says:
Daaaamn bro, Joerg takin' shots right at the whole of the Italian armed forces!
I'm not sayin' it isn't true though. 👀
@glennmacgillivray7781 Says:
level 4 plates can stop a 308. There should be a standard rating for plates and what they can stop.
@dylonpress7034 Says:
It has been a couple years or more since i watched one of your videos. Your content is as interesting as ever
@Huyen-Anh Says:
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@ryanjohnston3229 Says:
As someone with German heritage, i find your humor witty 🍻
@non9886 Says:
nice! as long bow could penetrate medieval armor i am sure there have to be some arrow shooting weapons which would penetrate even such vests. although it depends a lot on arrows, respectively on their tips. or maybe some tandem arrow? inflammable arow? explosive arrow?🙂
@dannybartlett4225 Says:
Modern Vest would make them bounce off as there made of ceramic plates not kev lol
@davidbell1619 Says:
Arrows cut! Not blunt force.
@TheNewAccount2008 Says:
Interesting to see, so Crossbows are fairly close to rifles after all... Would have been nice to know what rating the plate has. Is this a 3+ plate or a 4?
@jonh101 Says:
Bullet proof vests are meant to protect against impact from a bullet and not the piercing of an arrow because people dont expect moden soldiers to be carrying around bows anymore
@gazza124561 Says:
Hahaha , the Italian army jokes are time less lol
@jeffcauhape6880 Says:
Thank you for the video. I've wondered about the effectiveness of protection form crossbows.
@rikk8990 Says:
Thanks for the info.
@peterlawrence3152 Says:
We can lend you a UK Tory politician for extensive tests
@Twinhit Says:
The solution is to wait for a more vulnerable target tissue point of entry. Not the best solution in a very aggressive and intense combat scenario, but then again, crossbow as we presently know it, even at 500 fps, is still slow to load, point, aim, fire, reload and repeat. Figuring out how to reload a modern crossbow as fast as a bolt action .22LR would be a start.
Just my opinion. Free and worth every cent.
@user-po6gz3ji2c Says:
merci
@steveprice3355 Says:
Try an AR500 steel plate in the vest carrier
@BobT36 Says:
Nice coat, Joerg!
Hard to find one with lots of pockets like that, here in England.
@206stonner Says:
we had a guy in my home town about 20 years ago had his buddy stab him through the bullet proof vest and he died from being stabbed. He thought because it will stop a bullet that a knife would be no problem.
@rtcoleman3626 Says:
If there is not a steel plate in place arrows and knives will penetrate any vest
@jasonbartlett2858 Says:
@joergsprave how about maybe a crossbow powered by 2 motor-driven belts to launch the bolt? I imagine the power adjustment could be surprising.. Just an idea 😊
@robhavock9434 Says:
If the plates were titanium, nothing would get through them.
@KlaphatDK Says:
A strong hunting compoundbow can penetrete deep at a Nato standart level 3+ military kevler helmet. It have been tryed by the Danish Army.
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