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Old 06-09-2006, 11:51   #60
skeeter8654
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Originally Posted by DefRev
It's also my understanding that the ESAPI's magnesium backing burns pretty intensely when it gets hit with an API round (The SOV-3000 Dragon Skin doesn't have this problem.). So, if the enemy is armed with PKMs and 7.62x54R API ammo, even if the operator's ESAPI plate stops the round, he's still going to get burned pretty severely, right? Magnesium burns pretty hot.
Having personally witnessed a nearly unfortunate incident where the wearer of an E-sapi plate was struck in the plate by a 7.62x54 API round, there was no burn at all and the plate stopped the round cold. I'm not sure how you find your sources, as I remember when you were called out on the carpet elsewhere when you erroneously reported that the USMC had purchased 10,000 GLOCK G37 .45 GAP pistols.
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