I've always wondered if body armor could stop a 50 cal, or how many plates would be required. The more interesting question was could you survive the shot even if the plates stopped it. Today on Garand Thumb science we put this all to the test. Stay tuned.

00:00 Can Body Armor Stop A 50 CAL?
01:36 Experiment setup
04:14 50 Cal vs 1 Armor Plate
08:04 50 Cal vs 6 Armor Plates
10:12 50 Cal vs 3 Armor plates
11:30 RAUFOSS 50 CAL vs Armor
13:23 EXPERIMENT CONCLUSIONS

For the purpose of this video, this semi automatic shotgun utilizes 10 round magazines

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