Well, here is it in all its, uh, glory. Not.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Foh7ldq_G64

Guess the Russians watched Back to the Future III too many times?

wonder if it stops a .380

Probly decent in a fist fight. I wouldn’t want to punch a guy wearing that. At least it kinda stopped the handgun. Maybe some soft backers would help?

Russian military quartermasters and officers are so notoriously corrupt the good stuff if they have any was probly sold off for hard cash. Russian Conscripts are known to have to buy their own gear. It’s a good thing American body armor vendors can’t ship overseas due to ITAR

I LOL'ed a little when the 7.62 cut through x2 of them stacked like butter.

The heart, Ramon. Don't forget the heart. Aim for the heart or you'll never stop me

I liked the Ukrainian's morale patches.

Guess he is a fan of US Airborne troops.

HK Ag

What pistol was it that he used?

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Originally posted by HRK:
The heart, Ramon. Don't forget the heart. Aim for the heart or you'll never stop me

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Originally posted by HK Ag:
I liked the Ukrainian's morale patches.

Guess he is a fan of US Airborne troops.

HK Ag

U.S. and NATO troops have been training the Ukrainian military for years, including deployments shortly before Russia invaded Ukraine, and it wouldn't surprise me at all if the troops traded military morale patches.

Given that there have been reports of Russian soldiers and Command Posts targeted by their smart phone use, I'm mildly surprised to see the Ukrainian soldier using a wireless earbud, but maybe they figure the Bluetooth connection signal is too weak for Russian SIGINT to capture it??

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Originally posted by thumperfbc:
What pistol was it that he used?

Looked like a Tokarev to me

In Soviet Russia armor vests ATTRACT bullets.

The 2-1 means the soldier's odds of dying wearing that.

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Originally posted by arfmel:

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Originally posted by thumperfbc:
What pistol was it that he used?

Looked like a Tokarev to me

I haven't seen the video yet, but note that the 7.62 Tokarev round has better than average penetration capabilities, due to its relatively high velocity (for a handgun), especially in some of the surplus ammo loadings that can approach 1800 fps. This results in it being able to defeat much of the handgun-rated soft body armor.

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Originally posted by Edmond:
Guess the Russians watched Back to the Future III too many times?

Wasn’t it “A Fistfull of Dollars” that Doc Brown was imitating? It was one of Eastwood’s spaghetti westerns, IIRC.

Looks like they stole the mud flaps off of an International Harvester tractor, or maybe a Farmall.

^ Probably so.

There is no way that is standard issue body armor.

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Originally posted by sigcrazy7:

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Originally posted by Edmond:
Guess the Russians watched Back to the Future III too many times?

Wasn’t it “A Fistfull of Dollars” that Doc Brown was imitating? It was one of Eastwood’s spaghetti westerns, IIRC.

"Aim for the Heart, Ramon, Don't forget the Heart"

Those aren’t protective plates, they are acoustical plates.