Posted: 6/14/2005 10:37:40 PM EDT
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It was B&W so hard to tell but I noticed some of them were wearing what looked like shiny Ballistic Nylon bullet proof vests, At least they said they were bullet proof vests in the movie. Did they have that type during the Korean War? I thought it wasn't till Vietnam. The movie was made in 1959 |
The movie was made only several years after the Korean War. The vests are accurate. Before nylon they were made out of fabric which held ballistic "plates". What they were made out of (steel or plastic) I do not recall. |
Actually, the vests used in Vietnam weren’t bullet proof either. In reality, the term “bullet proof” is a misnomer anyway – I seriously doubt there’s a wearable vest available even now that’ll stop a .50 BMG. I do vaguely recall the No. Koreans or Communist Chinese using of some sort of ballistic vest in the Korean War that would defeat (or at least really slow down) .30 M-1 carbine rounds |
Nothing more than the M1 carbine being used beyond it's effective range and the underpowered bullet being stopped by the heavy wool padding of the Chicom clothes. |