It's so nice to see somebody trying 5.56 on armor at conversational distances with a 20" barrel, instead of half a football field with a 14.5 (or shorter!). Yeah, yeah, I know your SBR is real cool, but I'm here to learn the limits of the ARMOR.
Now i know how well I could rely on it if I ran out of ammo and failed to close the distance with a bayonet. I would be bruised from the blunt force trauma but that wouldn't be enough to stop me from closing the last 11 feet.
@@rachdarastrix5251 No if you are able to take multiple rifle rounds to the chest with steel armor on and still make it to the target to be able to bayonet then you are beyond human. Watch videos of police officers taking PISTOL rounds to the vest, it sends them on their ass, and that's likely with them wearing soft armor which won't transfer energy as well as steel.
@@StockedShelves There are people who are beyond human. There are records of people who have taken a full blast with a shotgun without armor and it did not slow them down. As well as people who were taking rounds from pistols and rifles without armor and have still managed to stab several people before bleeding out, the latter of which were actually trying to die.
@@StockedShelves To be fair you can't achieve the level of adrenaline that requires unless you lack enough sanity the police probably won't hire you anyway, for..... obvious reasons..
@@StockedShelves The kinetic energy will be spread over a greater surface when wearing steel armor. Soft armor will be like taking a 90MPH fastball to the chest wearing a thick coat! That is why trauma plates are used with soft armor.
Thank you kind sir. 30-06 is the shit. If that armor stood up to that round, I would layer my bathroom with um. So the good lord wouldn't see me batein.
Great job on the video, guys! I have two of Spartan AR550 11"x14" plates, and I can surely tell you that they are beasts! I keep the plate carrier in the trunk of my Lincoln Continental along with my Sig Sauer MPX 2nd gen. Also with the plate carrier are six (6) 30-round mags with handloaded 147gr. JHP ammo that are about 95% max loads. I am always ready to intervene a threat if needed in an active shooter situation. I have 100% confidence in Spartan!!!
Some of the guys i deployed with that took 762 rounds to the plate had massive blood splats all over the inpact area that the plate stopped... it def works some we're lucky enough to walk off w not a bruise but to most it looked like a huge blackeye ....good vid i still rock my iv8888 shirt and hat...love you eric. Been a big fan since our man passed away..
Using the clay was an awesome way to get an idea of the force felt. Good shit. Is there any way you could run the same tests with same clay setup but with a trauma pad between clay and plate? That would show how well the non-newtonian pad work.
My husband bought this armor for work as a police officer. The customer service was great and he got them within a week of ordering. He loves the plates.
@@6236003 right. Everyine complains but who the plans on getting shot 10 times and getting up. Ud be down for the county and someone walks up and double taps u
@@6236003 Although it's hearsay, I've heard of stories from military personnel about the security forces in the ME using steel armor. Even though the steel plate saved them, the spalling would end up going upward into their neck and they would bleed out. After a lot of research, I would personally only trust soft armor or ceramic plates.
@@RoGuExPaNcAkE The 06 is my preferred hunting round. I will work just as good against anyone in a SHTF scenario. I have an AR and AK, a few different PDW's all will kill and I love shooting them, but for raw power and easily obtainable, the 30-06 is a serious killer. I bought a set of this armor. I put it in a Condor MOPC carrier. Good stuff.
Awesome video! Level 3+ plates seem like the go-to! Someone said once that if someone is coming at you with 30-06 armor piercing rounds, you have MUCH bigger problems
I really like the clay idea!!! It actually puts how the armor works into perspective. A lot of people think that "bulletproof armor" either just absorbs the energy or it just glanced off. Great work guys!!!
Your video was great as always: precise and informative. My only problem with it was that you had a great resource at your disposal, the gentleman from Spartan Armor Systems , and didn't "pick his brain " about their testing and problem solving methods. It seems like a missed opportunity for the camera (us). Maybe next time... Still really enjoyed the video
Just a random comment on Eric's intros, I personally like how he says, " Alright, welcome back everybody..." I feel like you were waiting for me to get there. It just adds a more personable experience for me as a viewer. Just my two cents.
I wanna see what a regular 3006 will do. The availability of black tip makes me think it wouldn't be much of an issue. Also would like to see 243 and 270. 7mm would be interesting as well.
2023 I have made the purchase. I am former military and 7.62 protection is absolutely necessary in the current state of affairs. I need defense for me and my wife, this was our choice. Good pricing, good products.
Because shooting AR500 plates at 50+ yards with handguns and various rifles is just for show and entertainment and nothing was really learned. People have known they would stop that. Now the Level III AR500 plates would fail at 5-15 yards with M193 and for some reason noone would show that on youtube.... especially when the budget non steel plates were stopping it.
sik59rt Also in addition to my other reply, The Target Man gained a lot of notoriety on AR15.com before he or his products ever showed up on this channel. He promised us all kinds of close up tests with the Level III plates, because at the time the AR500.com plates would fail at those distances... He never showed us those tests and made a lot of people lose faith in his plates.
I accidentally got a plate set with just the base coat (no splatter protection). I’m wondering how effective a Kevlar insert added to the battle side of the plates would be? And how does it compare to Spartan’s spall containment sleeve?
The comments are all about the 30-06 piercing it, it is NOT rated to 30-06 it specifically says that on a rating chart. As well he mentioned it in the video. You need level 4 special threat plates for that
Spartan Armor is really good plates. Get a set and you'll be good to go especially if your have III + kevlar soft armor behind it in your military style carriers. (Ie: BDA or IOTV)
Out of curiosity, are Spartans' Level III+ plates rated to resist 7.62x51mm M61 steel core/black tip? I assumed so, since Level III+/special threat plates from other manufacturers are rated for it. Spartan Armor notes that they resist loads up to 3,100 feet per second, which is well above the velocity of the M61 AP round. I've looked at the literature online, but I haven't been able to find an answer.
I'm thinking, the slight chance you do live getting shot by a 30-06 without steel armor, would actually be greater than the slight chance you do live getting shot wearing steel armor, because all that steel armor would now be in your chest.
Shot a AR 500 steel plate with 60 rounds of 7,62 ×51 NATO standard ammunition in green tip steel core amor piercing and you got a few pass through, take any bigger ammo in green black or silver tip amor piercing and it will penetrate at every shot the amor, especially black and silver tip, i imagine you get no depleted uranium ammo, also that will be the best case to blow a away such an amor. With a 50 Bmg with depleted uranium ammo, shot in the right spot, you stop a tank.
sadf fdsa look up the specs, the bullets are the same, but a lot of .308/7.62x51 is loaded hotter than the old military .30-06. of course with modern powders and a strong gun, the greater capacity of the .30-06 case allows for much higher velocity loads when fired from a longer barrel. I'm not sure what the military standard loads are for .308, but if i have to guess, the AP 7.62mm NATO will be the same or slightly higher velocity., and i'd expect it's the same bullet put in a .308 case and with a newer powder. why change what ain't broke?
sadf fdsa At least I'd say. For an example Lapua 7,62x51 Nato AP round is 162gr and 2852fps at the muzzle and giving 4163 Joules of energy. My guess is that's pretty standard since Lapua makes rounds for Nato and the FDF at least for sniping purposes. So basically the same but with 100fps or so more velocity.
googIesux FWIW, the standard military .30-06 and .308 loads chart identical velocities with the same bullets. Factory ammo and variations on the standard military stuff is where the larger case capacity of the '06 comes into its own.
You should use the same set up and test with a ballistic jell torso that has a skeleton in it to see,Tsince the plate did not deform ! then we can see if any ribs were brokenor the jell skin rips even the slightest ! Thank you !
Not quite the way that hard plates work is level 3 is for non armor-piercing of 5.56 7.62x39 and 308 Level 3+ is for armor-piercing 5.56 in addition to stated above And level 4 is designed to stop threats mentioned above in addition to armor-piercing 30-06
Great video,especially since I just order this exact set of plates with buildup coat, side plates with buildup coat & trauma pads for all. Cant wait to get it just the lead time is going to suck.
i know you guys probably have a good partnership with spartan armor, but i was wondering if you could do a comparison with some soft body armors. i currently carry level IIIA for work and i want to see how it reacts against various calibers. no one has anything worth while on that type and i figure you guys would do it right
That 30.06 round would probably stop your heart, but I imagine it could be survivable if you had a teammate to drag your ass out and start CPR. What do you guys think?
Hey Eric, you guys should try getting a hold of Dragon Skin body armor they were working on a few years ago. Not sure if its still around or not but would be interesting to see your results.
1st off, great video! However, quick question. In one of the other videos you did testing the AR500 plate, that plate stopped 8 M2AP rounds, and the only way that armor was defeated was when 2 of those rounds hit in nearly the same spot. So is this AR550 plate actually weaker hence it only took one round straight to the chest to penetrate?
Pretty sure he wasn't actually using black tip AP rounds in that video. The ceramic plate stopped 4 of them, but it's only rated to stop 1 .30-06 AP round. Someone else pointed this out in the comments section of the previous video.
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It's so nice to see somebody trying 5.56 on armor at conversational distances with a 20" barrel, instead of half a football field with a 14.5 (or shorter!). Yeah, yeah, I know your SBR is real cool, but I'm here to learn the limits of the ARMOR.
Now i know how well I could rely on it if I ran out of ammo and failed to close the distance with a bayonet. I would be bruised from the blunt force trauma but that wouldn't be enough to stop me from closing the last 11 feet.
@@rachdarastrix5251 No if you are able to take multiple rifle rounds to the chest with steel armor on and still make it to the target to be able to bayonet then you are beyond human. Watch videos of police officers taking PISTOL rounds to the vest, it sends them on their ass, and that's likely with them wearing soft armor which won't transfer energy as well as steel.
@@StockedShelves There are people who are beyond human. There are records of people who have taken a full blast with a shotgun without armor and it did not slow them down. As well as people who were taking rounds from pistols and rifles without armor and have still managed to stab several people before bleeding out, the latter of which were actually trying to die.
@@StockedShelves To be fair you can't achieve the level of adrenaline that requires unless you lack enough sanity the police probably won't hire you anyway, for..... obvious reasons..
@@StockedShelves The kinetic energy will be spread over a greater surface when wearing steel armor. Soft armor will be like taking a 90MPH fastball to the chest wearing a thick coat! That is why trauma plates are used with soft armor.
Thank you kind sir. 30-06 is the shit. If that armor stood up to that round, I would layer my bathroom with um. So the good lord wouldn't see me batein.
the level 4 holds against 30-06, they claim
Go away im.batein
Bhahahaha
@@Darkpara1 actually they claim 30-06 with AP rounds
lol
the 30.06 will always be a quite impressive and time honored round.
Spoiler alert 🚨 😂😂
Your need level IV ceramic plates for that.
These thugs and looters aren't using 30-06. 3+ for me. The 30-06 users will be on our side.
@@shaunr5450 I sure hope so, I believe you are right though!
Will it though
Great job on the video, guys!
I have two of Spartan AR550 11"x14" plates, and I can surely tell you that they are beasts!
I keep the plate carrier in the trunk of my Lincoln Continental along with my Sig Sauer MPX 2nd gen. Also with the plate carrier are six (6) 30-round mags with handloaded 147gr. JHP ammo that are about 95% max loads.
I am always ready to intervene a threat if needed in an active shooter situation. I have 100% confidence in Spartan!!!
Given the state of affairs in 2020, I'm here!
Same
Same here friend, stay frosty out there.
Yep Same
Just ordered. Ill post initial impressions once they arrive.
I ordered on the 31st. I got an email for 6 to 8 weeks. Hopefully sooner lol
Some of the guys i deployed with that took 762 rounds to the plate had massive blood splats all over the inpact area that the plate stopped... it def works some we're lucky enough to walk off w not a bruise but to most it looked like a huge blackeye ....good vid i still rock my iv8888 shirt and hat...love you eric. Been a big fan since our man passed away..
Stayed for the AP. Was not disappointed.
Using the clay was an awesome way to get an idea of the force felt. Good shit. Is there any way you could run the same tests with same clay setup but with a trauma pad between clay and plate? That would show how well the non-newtonian pad work.
coxmanpeters agreed.
this is actually exactly how the NIJ measures back face deformation in its tests
Foam insulation behind plate
My husband bought this armor for work as a police officer. The customer service was great and he got them within a week of ordering. He loves the plates.
:D :D :D he'll get killed by fragments
@@fuzzX That's what the coating is for
We appreciate his service to the people.
@@6236003 right. Everyine complains but who the plans on getting shot 10 times and getting up. Ud be down for the county and someone walks up and double taps u
@@6236003 Although it's hearsay, I've heard of stories from military personnel about the security forces in the ME using steel armor. Even though the steel plate saved them, the spalling would end up going upward into their neck and they would bleed out. After a lot of research, I would personally only trust soft armor or ceramic plates.
Great idea you had with clay! Interresting to see energy transfert from the plate to your body!
Alex Riva I agree. It is something that is usually lacking when people do armor tests.
test other calibers , to show the energy transfer, with and with out the trauma pad
Hey, there, it would be great if you would peel back the anti spalling coat and show us the damage next time, great video, cheers.
This should protect me on my daily trips on the CTA blue line in Chicago. Thank you for posting this!!
I was hoping the 30-06 would be a Garand but it doesn't matter,the thing went through the plate
Turn a corner and there’s a guy standing there with a full auto 40mm Mk19, he’s got a plate for that 😂
I qualified on the Mk19 back in 2012 lol
That armor took 6 shots before you shot the Springfield.
AP still would have defeated it.
@@humansvd3269 yeah that's why they have a level 4
OUCH! That 30-06 round would ruin your whole day!!
I'd say life would be the correct term.
That’s why i have been stocking up on 30-06 for when Korea attacks. Or who ever wants to try and take our land/freedoms
@@RoGuExPaNcAkE The 06 is my preferred hunting round. I will work just as good against anyone in a SHTF scenario. I have an AR and AK, a few different PDW's all will kill and I love shooting them, but for raw power and easily obtainable, the 30-06 is a serious killer. I bought a set of this armor. I put it in a Condor MOPC carrier. Good stuff.
Reel Fishing I wonder if .270 is comparable in this use?
Clayton Atkinson good question. I would imagine the results would be very close to the same.
Just bought some armor from Spartan, very good protection for the money!
Awesome video! Level 3+ plates seem like the go-to! Someone said once that if someone is coming at you with 30-06 armor piercing rounds, you have MUCH bigger problems
My thoughts exactly
Sir, you are my best youtube channel of all time, always enjoying watching them!
Thx alot for your great videos!
Great review!
I just got me some Level IV Spartan Armor from Tanners Army Surplus. Shipped out within an hour.
That would be the scariest thing possible turn the corner and see grandpa with his old service rifle aimed at you
I got mine back in March. I've got mothing but good things to say about these plates. Fantastic product, now all I need are the trauma pads
how much extra are the trauma pads?
Thank you for doing it on the 550 i have this exact armor always wondered what would happen. I also got the one with spalding.
I really like the clay idea!!! It actually puts how the armor works into perspective. A lot of people think that "bulletproof armor" either just absorbs the energy or it just glanced off. Great work guys!!!
in the days of old under chain mail and plate, they still wore quilted clothing to soften the blow
And reeking of urine an feces because of the time it took to put everything on..the chainmail was the hard part.
I would like to see this same test in the clay with the trauma pad
Your video was great as always: precise and informative. My only problem with it was that you had a great resource at your disposal, the gentleman from Spartan Armor Systems , and didn't "pick his brain " about their testing and problem solving methods. It seems like a missed opportunity for the camera (us). Maybe next time...
Still really enjoyed the video
Like all of the armor test, would like to see more of them and more fun with the canon. As always great job!!
Trevor Deavers I would not mind seeing the cannon wheeled out as a overkill benchmark at the end of all these vids.
I almost never have all of my questions answered by a gun video but this one did it. Good work!
When you mentioned "armor piercing 30-06 ammo" I knew you were thinking like I do.
ARMOR TEST! (gets snacks).
Just a random comment on Eric's intros, I personally like how he says, " Alright, welcome back everybody..." I feel like you were waiting for me to get there. It just adds a more personable experience for me as a viewer. Just my two cents.
0:16 the face you make when you think you forgot to lock your front door
😄
I was hoping to see a Before and After with the Trauma plate on how well the Trauma plate absorbs the hit
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I'm digging your videos, keep up the good work!
Shoot the same sequence with a trauma pad behind it and let’s see the clay.
That cannon makes me smile in every video I see it in
Pj was excited he was back from an assignment and could finally see hailey
Love this channel. The variety of content is great.
Jeremy seems like a good guy and I just bought some to support your YT channel
I would have liked to see a non armor piercing round before the armor piercing one
Great video! thank you for putting this together! WOW that 30-06!
getting hit with dat 60 somthin grain must feel like an absolute lightsaber to the chest.
I wanna see what a regular 3006 will do. The availability of black tip makes me think it wouldn't be much of an issue. Also would like to see 243 and 270. 7mm would be interesting as well.
Thank u for the testing what it stops an what it won't, worse case scenario, keep up the great work
I love the iv888 player holder. Someone is a great metal worker and has a plasma setup I'm guessing
Now let me think, would I rather a hole in my chest or a couple of broken ribs.......
Great stuff guys, great info!!
Cheers from downunder.
AR550 good for regular home defense. I am going to get some!
I love how the guy that brings an M1 Garand to SHTF can defeat half the body armor on the market. Maybe I should be that guy and be a Absolute Hero.
I'm about to get the spartan omega ar500 active shooter kit
2023 I have made the purchase. I am former military and 7.62 protection is absolutely necessary in the current state of affairs. I need defense for me and my wife, this was our choice. Good pricing, good products.
Watching this in 2022, definitely satisfying and will be getting
Thanks!
Nice thanks. Just made my order.
Beautiful demonstration
Finally a good AR500(+) test. All the others that were 30-50+ yards were kind of useless.
Because shooting AR500 plates at 50+ yards with handguns and various rifles is just for show and entertainment and nothing was really learned. People have known they would stop that. Now the Level III AR500 plates would fail at 5-15 yards with M193 and for some reason noone would show that on youtube.... especially when the budget non steel plates were stopping it.
sik59rt Also in addition to my other reply, The Target Man gained a lot of notoriety on AR15.com before he or his products ever showed up on this channel. He promised us all kinds of close up tests with the Level III plates, because at the time the AR500.com plates would fail at those distances... He never showed us those tests and made a lot of people lose faith in his plates.
Mines on the way!
3284 fps = 2239 mph.
At 30ft it would take .009 seconds for impact. The human eye at it's fastest hits ~100ms, or .1 second, for a blink.
I'm adding "gettin' down at ___" and "this ___ is no slouch" to my toolbox...
I accidentally got a plate set with just the base coat (no splatter protection). I’m wondering how effective a Kevlar insert added to the battle side of the plates would be? And how does it compare to Spartan’s spall containment sleeve?
I thought the same thing. I'm in the same boat but I do have soft armor as well.
Good video, I liked the delivery.
The comments are all about the 30-06 piercing it, it is NOT rated to 30-06 it specifically says that on a rating chart. As well he mentioned it in the video. You need level 4 special threat plates for that
The worst case scenario is rounding the corner, seeing the guy with the gun, and realizing you don't have one.
Spartan Armor is really good plates. Get a set and you'll be good to go especially if your have III + kevlar soft armor behind it in your military style carriers. (Ie: BDA or IOTV)
I wanna see that cannon at the 440yd line and take some long range shots with it. That would just be awesome.
Good lord, that 30-06AP!! Not playing around!
Out of curiosity, are Spartans' Level III+ plates rated to resist 7.62x51mm M61 steel core/black tip? I assumed so, since Level III+/special threat plates from other manufacturers are rated for it. Spartan Armor notes that they resist loads up to 3,100 feet per second, which is well above the velocity of the M61 AP round.
I've looked at the literature online, but I haven't been able to find an answer.
"It was so hard it became brittle"
Task failed successfully
will it stop a 50 bmg
I ordered a set of omega plates and their ifak kit.... thanks for the video
Definitely gonna pick up a few of these and the price ain't that bad
I'm thinking, the slight chance you do live getting shot by a 30-06 without steel armor, would actually be greater than the slight chance you do live getting shot wearing steel armor, because all that steel armor would now be in your chest.
Shot a AR 500 steel plate with 60 rounds of 7,62 ×51 NATO standard ammunition in green tip steel core amor piercing and you got a few pass through, take any bigger ammo in green black or silver tip amor piercing and it will penetrate at every shot the amor, especially black and silver tip, i imagine you get no depleted uranium ammo, also that will be the best case to blow a away such an amor. With a 50 Bmg with depleted uranium ammo, shot in the right spot, you stop a tank.
That was a beautiful rifle by the way!!
That 30-06 is not to be fucked with. Any bullet for that matter, goddamn they knew how to load some 30-06 in ww2.
Is 7.62x51 AP about that effective?
sadf fdsa Probably similar, but 30-06 does have more punch.
sadf fdsa look up the specs, the bullets are the same, but a lot of .308/7.62x51 is loaded hotter than the old military .30-06. of course with modern powders and a strong gun, the greater capacity of the .30-06 case allows for much higher velocity loads when fired from a longer barrel. I'm not sure what the military standard loads are for .308, but if i have to guess, the AP 7.62mm NATO will be the same or slightly higher velocity., and i'd expect it's the same bullet put in a .308 case and with a newer powder. why change what ain't broke?
sadf fdsa
At least I'd say. For an example Lapua 7,62x51 Nato AP round is 162gr and 2852fps at the muzzle and giving 4163 Joules of energy. My guess is that's pretty standard since Lapua makes rounds for Nato and the FDF at least for sniping purposes. So basically the same but with 100fps or so more velocity.
googIesux FWIW, the standard military .30-06 and .308 loads chart identical velocities with the same bullets.
Factory ammo and variations on the standard military stuff is where the larger case capacity of the '06 comes into its own.
Might be a dumb question but this would also stop handgun rounds right?
Do the test with a 22-250 on the level 4 plate. Those suckers cut through armor like butter.
Damn that is a cool rifle...
The armor is good too!
Awesome test video. Thanks
Do this test with some AR500 Armor plates. Would be interesting to see a comparison.
good video! That's great audio quality. are you using a boom mic or a shotgun mic?
Seeing that this video is several years old. What armor plates are you recommending these days?
You should use the same set up and test with a ballistic jell torso that has a skeleton in it to see,Tsince the plate did not deform ! then we can see if any ribs were brokenor the jell skin rips even the slightest ! Thank you !
Love you’re videos, man ! 😘
Yeah, the moment I saw the blacktip I knew it was going through.
Don't laugh I'm New two body armor, is 3+ body armor the same as a 4 rating?
Not quite the way that hard plates work is level 3 is for non armor-piercing of 5.56 7.62x39 and 308
Level 3+ is for armor-piercing 5.56 in addition to stated above
And level 4 is designed to stop threats mentioned above in addition to armor-piercing 30-06
Great video,especially since I just order this exact set of plates with buildup coat, side plates with buildup coat & trauma pads for all. Cant wait to get it just the lead time is going to suck.
Did u get it yet and how long was the wait?
@@rolex2800 Ordered September 3rd recieved October 30th
Really cool test!
i know you guys probably have a good partnership with spartan armor, but i was wondering if you could do a comparison with some soft body armors. i currently carry level IIIA for work and i want to see how it reacts against various calibers. no one has anything worth while on that type and i figure you guys would do it right
Enjoyed your video, Very interesting.
That 30.06 round would probably stop your heart, but I imagine it could be survivable if you had a teammate to drag your ass out and start CPR. What do you guys think?
I'm happy I spent a whole check on silver when it was cheap..now that it's 25$ I can afford me a vest an a helmet
Cool video Bro!
Hey Eric, you guys should try getting a hold of Dragon Skin body armor they were working on a few years ago. Not sure if its still around or not but would be interesting to see your results.
I got the AR550.. It great. Got the Shooters cut Front back and sides.. Only thing that sucks is weight.
1st off, great video! However, quick question. In one of the other videos you did testing the AR500 plate, that plate stopped 8 M2AP rounds, and the only way that armor was defeated was when 2 of those rounds hit in nearly the same spot. So is this AR550 plate actually weaker hence it only took one round straight to the chest to penetrate?
Pretty sure he wasn't actually using black tip AP rounds in that video. The ceramic plate stopped 4 of them, but it's only rated to stop 1 .30-06 AP round. Someone else pointed this out in the comments section of the previous video.
I noticed that you said XM196 but the popup info box thing said XM193.... which one is wrong? Oh and I've noticed this in a few other videos as well.
Whats everyone's opinion and experience with AR600 plates (c.a.t.i)?
Thanks for the video, it's greatly appreciated.
I wonder if they could make a Star Wars like "Storm Trooper" outfit with these armor plates?..
This armor is intense