5.56 effectiveness data

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While I'm sure a crime scene investigation unit will analyse the heck out of it, a reasonable man can conclude (2)5.56/.223 will not penetrate a SWAT helmet.

Nonsense. Over the last couple decades, many people have tested 5.56 against Kevlar helmets. Given a good hit, 5.56 cuts through a helmet like the proverbial hot knife through butter.

Fast forward to 6:16 in the video below.

[video=youtube;AdYAC6ag6q4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdYAC6ag6q4[/video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdYAC6ag6q4



If the Orlando SWAT helmet was hit by a 5.56 bullet, it had to have either been deformed and moving at much reduced velocity due to passing through an intermediate barrier before hitting the helmet, or it was a ricochet that was already flattened and moving at much reduced velocity.