And I'll bet the soviets would have had a lot more casualties if they'd not bee wearing the armour.A lot of the killing was done by LMG. A 40s era vest would just make you a slower target for a MG42 team to pick off.
I saw the Future Weapons test of Dragon Skin, and I have to say, I was impressed, multiple AK-47 rounds (including steel cored) failed to penetrate, even when fired from well inside of 50m (and rounds were fired at both the front and back of the vest). In fact the most damage was done by a grenade that was placed under the vest (ie, the grenade was placed on the ground, and an armoured mannequin was placed on top of it), and even that failed to penetrate fully. Just a pity it tends to come apart at high temperatures.It's fairly ludercris to have bulletproof vests around then. Even modern ones aren't much good against anything by pistol fire at range, and rifle fire can still permiate them at closer ranges.
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