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AmericanSpiritArms (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
ok,... except for the forward release, and adaptable rail systems, collapsible stock they really are. Performance wise they are the same gun. Its time for a change. I am not saying they arent good rifles. There are just better ones to be made.
billybobpeach (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
they arnt the same guns they were 40 years ago they change them
Kenzofeis (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
The Kevlar would not be a problem with regards to temperatures below, say, 150°C, the ceramics, well, hey - it's ceramics, it takes ten times that over time.
Which leaves the resin.
Which can be exchanged for a better one in a matter of hours or days.
So, I fail to see why Dragonskin should be a failure.
Only one thing: they should make the disks with slanted sides so as to better deflect sideways incoming projectiles.
Just my 2 cents.
irishrage590 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
wow. go back and read my post, because that is exactly what i was arguing
CosantoirArmach (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Dragonskin weighs more than IBA.
It doesn't hold up to high temperatures or exposure to diesel fuel.
It's being pushed by a corporation that wants millions of dollars in government contracts and is pissed off that it failed the military tests, and a liberal media organization that thinks jihadi "insurgents" are swell people just like George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.
Stop drinking the Koolaid.
IBA has saved hundreds of lives.
Dragonskin is a scam being pushed by douchebags.
CosantoirArmach (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Try not to be publicly stupid, 'kay?
hwahwa5 is correct: Dragonskin failed the environmental tests when exposed to hot conditions (no hotter than inside a vehicle in Iraq) and when exposed to diesel fuel (like used in every fighting vehicle in Iraq).
Dragonskin is shit. The only reason anyone has ever heard of it is because the corporation that makes it is pissed they couldn't get contracts, and NBC thought they could get ratings with a "military corruption" fantasy.
CosantoirArmach (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
That's just fucking stupid.
The scales are going to overlap BETTER on a "flat board" than on a curved human torso.
Did you drop out of school before they got around to teaching geometry?
Amadan.
deadwood223 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
People will believe anything on news these days...
Dragon Skin was not adopted by ANY US military branch because US DoD tested it and it did not provide the goods it says it does. Dragon Skin can be penetrated more easily than current armors when shot at an angle (which is where most shots come from, not frontally) and the "scales" came loose in high temperature environments. For the most part, if US DoD doesnt accept something, they usually have a good reason for it.
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Dudtz (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Yeah, the FN SCAR seems to be good. |
