"and slow pistol or submachinegun rounds aren't much threat to well-armoured modern soldiers"

By Anonymous Coward Posted Wednesday 25th March 2009 18:15 GMT

What?! For real?

Modern body armor worn by soldiers uses a combination of tightly woven fabric (Kevlar) and a series of ceramic inserts, These vests can stop just about anything including the infamous 7.62. Unless the shooter has some massive caliber such as the .338 or .50 but if your getting hit with one of those... your on the wrong team.

Then again you can't cover yourself head to toe in body armor and still fight effectively (unless your job is to disarm bombs)