Hi Fredd
You guys are getting too technical with these scatter shields. - Over here
we put cricket pads on our legs before races, -or if your from the country
a pair of stout riding boots. To protect the ankle bone a 'cricket box'
should be srapped either side each ankle.- For ladies on the list like
'suepersonic,' a 'cricket box' is an essential piece of protective
equipment for a batsman. You slip it down the front of your trousers to
protect important lower regions against the onslaughts of fast bowlers. I
once had an 'unboxed' experience with an inswinging low ball I missed, and
no adjective in the British language can describe the agony.- I was walking
about for a week like a half closed pen knife.
Ever helpfully yours
Paul
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> From: fredd <fal@hiwaay.net>
> To: fot@autox.team.net
> Subject: SCATTER SHIELD
> Date: 28 September 2000 03:14
>
> A little more info regarding Kevlar matting as a scattershield.
> This based on my experience of building armored cars, mostly Suburban's
for
> gov agencies (your tax dollars at work :-)
>
> Kevlar CAN be a good shield, IF it is fully enclosed and protected from
the
> air.
> If the Kevlar mats are not protected, the ballistic value is ZERO, as in
> *0*.
> The biggest problem that deteriorates Kevlar is humidity.
> Kevlar exposed to the humidity in the outside air, will deteriorate in
less
> as a year, and have no longer any protective value.
> In a race car, it can also be exposed to the rain, and the process will
be
> quicker.
> One solution, as used in armored cars for the bomb blanket on the floor,
is
> to encapsulate the Kevlar in fiberglass.
> A typical bomb blanket will withstand two NATO DM-51 handgrenades
exploded
> at 250 mm (+- 10").
>
> Keep this in mind when using Kevlar as a scattershield.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> fredd
>
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