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Originally Posted by Martti
Some of you might have visited the site box of truth where the guys running the site shoot stuff up to see how the rounds penetrate different layers of different materials, trauma plates and ballistic vest for one. They use Ballistic? clay as a background. Some rounds do leave a huge dent to the clay even if the round doesn't penetrate the armor. If I'd punch the clay or even hit it with a bat I'd barely leave a mark.
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When you hit with a fist or a bat, it will spread out the force over a larger area. The force giving that dent through a vest is still hitting a much smaller area.
The body is very flexible; and to my understanding, ballistic gel doesn't bounce back when it is hit. The person will most likely have large bruises and perhaps a cracked rib or two. But hey, you tend to get those from getting hit by a fist as well
Cracked rib and things giving large bruises are things that can go unnoticed while being high on adrenalin.
Now, how you feel the next day is a completely different story.
If that dent takes at the right spot I assume we might have the wind knocked out of us so we can't breath for a while, heart flutter, or any other area that would give us problem if hit by a good punch.