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Old February 4th, 2007, 19:37   #1
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Dragonskin

Is anyone wearing Dragonskin yet?
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Old February 4th, 2007, 19:40   #2
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You mean the actual armour?
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Old February 4th, 2007, 19:43   #3
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You mean the actual armour?
What is dragon skin? Is this a joke or should I click search?
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Old February 4th, 2007, 19:45   #4
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http://www.pinnaclearmor.com/body-armor/dragon-skin.php

Crazy body armor without the need of plates...

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Old February 4th, 2007, 19:50   #5
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that dragon skin is awsome. saw it on discovery channel
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Old February 4th, 2007, 20:06   #6
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That episode of Future Weapons that showed the Dragon Skin armour was on twice today, watched it both times.
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Old February 4th, 2007, 20:09   #7
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that stuff is awesome, it took a genade! i wish they showed it getting shot by armor piercing rounds
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Old February 4th, 2007, 20:14   #8
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that stuff is awesome, it took a genade! i wish they showed it getting shot by armor piercing rounds
They did on the discovery channel when the host of the show shot it numerous times with 5.56 and 7.63x39mm steel core ap ammo.
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Old February 4th, 2007, 20:35   #9
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is steel core ammo armor piercing?
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Old February 4th, 2007, 20:40   #10
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now go look into how some of these things have failed in taking what it was suppose to claim it could.
there's reasons why the US army doesn't allow it's troops to wear it, and why the PMC community tends to stay away from it.
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Old February 4th, 2007, 20:42   #11
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it looks like it weighs a ton
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Old February 4th, 2007, 20:48   #12
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apparently it's about the same weight as wearing regular plates.
I've heard it was lighter, but I can not confirm that right now.
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Old February 4th, 2007, 20:58   #13
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I read that at $5,000US per vest was the reason few are using it, not because of flaws in it. Benefits over plates is it's more flexible for the user, unlike the stiffness with plates. Add in that a plate can only take so many rounds on it bfore it starts to weaken, dragonskin seems to keep going far beyond what plates can do.
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Old February 4th, 2007, 21:09   #14
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Ditto to what CDN_stalker just noted. Its the price of the vest that drove the military away from purchasing it for use.

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Old February 4th, 2007, 21:12   #15
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Same as choosing multicam as the new camo, price. Would have been more than ideal for aviators at a minimum. Instead the army went for "baby blue tuxedo camo" instead.
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