PDWs...and other small arms.

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Article on the NATO PDW standard. Requirement was to penetrate Soviet body armor at 150m.

I had read the PDW article by one of our members several years back. The Brugger & Thomet MP9 (TP9 is full auto) seems to be setting the standard. The 6.5x25 ammunition may be the next generation of pistol ammunition. http://www.sadefensejournal.com/wp/?p=625

I think the NATO CRISAT target is badly outdated. As best I can tell from the limited research I've done, the CRISAT target was created to simulate Soviet-era body armor.

Protection level of Russian body armor has reportedly been improved several times since the 1980s. The latest 6B43 and 6B45 vests have ceramic inserts that reportedly provide protection comparable to Western hard armor. http://www.armyrecognition.com/weapons_d...05162.html

Below: 6B43 body armor shot with 7.62x54R SVD sniper rifle @ 10 meters.

[video=youtube;SXvgDfE8g2w]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXvgDfE8g2w[/video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXvgDfE8g2w



If it is desired to prepare for possible future war against the Russians, will any proposed PDW round be adequate to defeat their latest body armor?

Or will it be necessary to use the standard rifle/machine gun caliber?