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Not only that btw, but the armor needed to stop a 30-06 is NIJ level IV rated, like these. Thick bois. Not only could it have taken out a moose at 5x the distance, at that distance it would have blown through level III plates, much less soft armor that'd be concealable. And none of that helps when the round hits your unarmored neck lol.
I have also seen videos of guntubers actually testing the same caliber and range, against a level 4 plate, and they aim the shot at the top edge of the plate, such that it could maybe kind of plausibly do the internet theorized 'it bounced off his plate into his neck' test.
Yeah, the top chunk of the plate breaks off.
Not even level 4 plate is guaranteed to totally stop a 30.06 at such a close range.
And we... would have seen a chunk of plate blowing off in the up close, higher res videos.
True, it'd have to pretty much be a square hit especially at that distance (but it is rated by the NIJ to stop two 30-06 black tips, supposedly at 15m.)
Lol, add a tactical phonebook, just to be safe.
They still make those?! Lol
Hah! I think so? Might have to rob a museum.