Re: Re : Potential new body armour

[Mike Fortey <forteymj@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

 --- "ILL.OMEN" <ILL.OMEN@wanadoo.fr> wrote: > >De : >
/SNIP/
> > The water-soluble fibers are worrisome for me
> though.
> > "Spray them down with water before you shoot
> them."

Normal Kevlar looses some of it's properties when wet,
so to meet class requirements (jackets are tested wet
and dry), they either need to be over-engineered when
dry, or the kevlar is sealed in a waterproof layer.
One assumes that they'd do the same with this.

Mike

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