if and when hits COM don't do it, failure drill should be instinctive. even a shot to the leg or arm can do wonders...
OldMarksman replied:Contrary to popular belief, someone hit while wearing body armor is going to be out of action for a while.
Where did you get that idea?
seriously.With knock down power, and getting the wind knocked out of you, a person should be out of commission, but only temporarily, as in less than a minute. Then I would imagine they would be back in the action or retreating.
While normally, taking a hit in your body armor is going to hurt like hell and probably at least stop you temporarily, ...
Look: that "knock down power" will entail no more momentum than the recoil of the firearm that fired the projectile. It will not have "knocked the wind out of " the shooter, nor will it do so to the shootee. That's extremely basic physics--Newton's third law of motion.With knock down power, and getting the wind knocked out of you, a person should be out of commission, but ....
In the extremely unlikely event...
That one is in the middle of an ISIS terror attack, is there any evidence that the terrorists ever wear body armor? I ask because I'm thinking of changing my carry ammo to something that can defeat lightweight body armor in case I have to engage a target so equipped. I have never heard or read of them wearing vests, but they are very military in nature, so I wouldn't be surprised. Anyone know anything?
What keeps the shooter from going down?I merely mean that the person receiving a hit or a blow will simply go down.
People have had multiple hits no vest , and did not go down and continued fighting.It does not mean they will stay down. It does not mean they are incapacitated, no more than momentarily. It just means they are down, like what happens to a boxer when he is knocked down.
I know saying that folks should train offends some but practicing a failure to stop drill is worth it.
Shoooting a rock at the ranch and being trained by "Daddy" may not be sufficient if you are serious.
Given that many people have discussed carrying extra magazines in the wake of the Paris attacks, one could always consider carrying a mag filled (partly or all the way) with armor-piercing rounds.