Could metal armor stop guns? #shorts

[zigzagzipbag]

"Uh, excuse me sir, there seems to be a problem with my new armor...it doesn't have a dent in it"
"oh, so terribly sorry m'lord, I will fix that immediately!" *shoots at the man* "There you go"

[stetonwalters]

Also you got to remember back then the ammunition they were using wasn't Metal Jacket so it was just soft lead which means that whatever it hit it would put all of its energy into it

[Kriegter]

"i'm quite bothered by the dent over here" - 17th century lindybeige

[gabrielbarba]

There’s a samurai armor set in a museum in Dallas that has several shot marks from early guns, but no penetration

[Greideren]

I've read somewhere that that test where they shoot at the breastplate is where the term "bullet proof" comes from.
Is that true?

[adorabomber]

One of the few situations where a dent in something actually ENSURED quality

[SomeGuy-gczs]

I've heard that "bulletproof" comes from this practice, because it was a proof mark made by a bullet; in others words it was proof that the armor could stop a bullet.

[endhunter]

Plated armor is still effective against bullets up to a certain caliber

[RichyArg]

a lot of people assume that firearms immediatly rendered armor obsolete, but that was never the case.

it did render full body plate armor obsolete, but not because of it's penetration, but because it changed the way armies were equiped and the way they engaged, the type of weapon heavy plate was meant to counter became increasingly sparser in the battlefield, and so did the melees and chargest it was originally meant for, so the cumbersome armor stopped being worth the weight to carry to battle.

[stevez]

Some less trustworthy armorers would sometimes even hammer the dent in to sell a low-quality cuirass for more money. The buyer, of course, would never find out the truth until it was too late.

[Someguy]

Ned Kelly was an Australian bush ranger who, in his last stand against the police force, equipped himself with a makeshift full metal suit of armour which apparently did well to protect himself from gunfire. The only problem with it to my memory was that he still felt the concussive force of the bullet and was thus wounded. After he was wounded he tried to escape but was found by a a few men who managed to catch Ned given that had sustained injuries and that his armour was incredibly heavy which left him immobile.

[hyenascreech]

Late age samurai had the same methods and I forgot what they were called but the armor was called "tested" in Japanese and it always had 3 dents in it from being tested for being bullet proof

[ConnorSinclairCavin]

Oh, im so using the testing mark thing in my d&d game… for many uses… “you never asked if there were any acid marks on the armor i see” •looking at dm notes• “interesting, carry on.” •player panic ensues•

[carsonjones]

I think half plate was also popular with the cuirass in the 16th-17th century. It would cover the hips and thighs as well

[wizardofthedumb]

could you do a video on Zheng Yi Sao? to me they're very interesting

[BHuang]

Also blacksmiths had the concept of sloping the armor which helps by deflecting the projectile while minimalizing the thickness of the metal hence why alot of examples are sloped not just to fit the torso.

[Byrdbeblazin]

My man's got that Italian hand movement

[Will-bokg]

It also helped that only having the curass helped with the earlier weight issues when people tried to just make thicker full plate armour. This pretty heavy armour requiring far stronger war horses that really eat into your finances 😂

[noblesicks]

Girl: I need a knight in shining armor.
Me: A knight in shining armor never had his armor truly tested

[matteblack]

Not just that but when you take into account the layers you're wearing underneath and the angle you might be standing at when hit, armor would definitely stop or deflect a round