On Sat, 19 Dec 2020 07:25:23 +1300, Rupert Boleyn <xxxxxx@gmail.com>
wrote:

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>On 19Dec2020 0551, xxxxxx@gmail.com wrote:
>> My questions: Given most slug thrower penetrations vary from 0 to
>> 7... isn't cloth armour (AV 5) pretty amazing? For the majority of
>>slug throwers, penetration is 2 to 4. AV 5 cloth is nigh impervious.

>Armour in MT does tend to be a bit excessive. 'Cloth' is TL6 armour, and
>I'm not sure what in the heck it's supposed to be made of, because it's
>better than anything we've managed to make until quite recently. The
>penetration values of slug-throwers probably all need to be bumped up a bit.

I think that notionally "cloth" is supposed to be something like a
ballistic vest - basically, a cop's "bulletproof vest", which is a quilted
nylon canvas with kevlar inserts. TL6 is maybe a bit early; kevlar wasn't
used until the 1970s. Prior to that, the inserts were made of steel, or
occasionally aluminum.

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