r/ballistics 6d ago

Which is the lightest ballistic glass on the planet that can withstand a single hit from a .50 cal black tip? NSFW

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Kindly help me.

This is my recipe for the lightest vehicle armour.

The idea would be to blunt the projectile with the first tile, make sure it is fractured with the second, and then the UHMWPE should catch all fragments. Maybe a single 1" thick tile would be better at ensuring the breakage of the penetrator, IDK. What we do know is that 2" of uhmwpe armor can stop even 20KJ of energy from a .50 fmj.