• StrongHorseWeakNeigh@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      They are technically bulletproof but only if you’re shooting subsonic .22lr iirc. It wouldn’t even classify for the lowest grade of personnel armor.

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        5 months ago

        The panels stop 9mm from a video not from tesla, but nothing hotter.

        Tesla has a video of it being able to withstand .45 but I haven’t seen anyone else verify.

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      5 months ago

      They use the same technology as in the personal shields in Dune (heavens forbid originality). Fast moving objects like bullets are deflected but slow moving things like knives or, as in this case, parking trucks get right through. This is also why the Cybertruck is equipped with an on-board air supply because when you are driving down the highway, the fast moving air is blocked. Without the on-board air supply a two hour road trip on the highway could mean death by suffocation. True facts.