ORDNANCE LAB CHALLENGE: Armored Mobility vs. Claymore, Grenade, M855, Explosives & Molotov Cocktail
Ordnance Lab goes to town on Armored Mobility Inc.'s TAC3S body armor with a Claymore, M26 grenade, M855, .308, a shaped charge, a Molotov Cocktail, more M855, and finally 1lb of high-explosives.
Our expertise is in international arms dealing and explosives (plus oddball historical trivia), not body armor. So none of these tests should be taken as "scientific" or whatever else. Also reviewing the video, we need to yammer on camera less and get to the point quicker (ADHD isn't all fun, games & legal meth). So we'll work on that for future videos to keep them a bit shorter.
As always with everything we do, don't do this at home. Explosives and explosive weapons can have Darwinian effects. Plus making explosives without "bootlicker" accessories like a Federal Explosives License, is a great way to meet your local law-enforcement officials and get an insider look at the criminal justice system.
If you want to see more of this type of stuff, donate to our Patreon account here / ordnancelab
If you are an armor manufacturer interested in taking the Ordnance Lab Challenge and putting your products up against explosives and explosive weapons, hit us up on Facebook or email us at info@ordnance-lab.com. We can also do R&D on all types of weapons and explosives, and recreate threats found on the modern battlefield such as IEDs, landmines, RPGs, EFGs, and improvised mortars.
You can find more info on this plate and Armored Mobility's other products here: www.armoredmobility.com/Produ....
If you're interested in purchasing some of Armored Mobility's fine products, please contact:
Michael Berritto
512-417-4700
mike4@armoredmobility.com
Our thanks to Jen with Texas Tactical Gear for helping us to 3D print the Claymores.
Also thanks for Cody with Weapon Genetics, who we use for all our gunsmithing beyond a hammer and Dremel, and engraving needs. Please visit him at: / weapongenetics
Music credits:
Samurai Patrol
by TeknoAXE
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This channel is like Mythbusters, but taken to a whole other level.
*_Awesome video aside from how Jake pronounces "linear" shaped charges lol._*
@jlambuth
4 жыл бұрын
There is a solid reason why my radio career died before it started.
@jacobkeary6740
4 жыл бұрын
@@jlambuth An ill fated dream, F's in the chat for our brother
@roryross3878
4 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed Cintim...eter
@a1locc25
3 жыл бұрын
Fun fact, he pronounces it correctly. Here in America we actually pronounce it incorrectly. We stole the English language and made it different and added slang. Using the word aluminum and the pronunciation is different from American English to say British English. You know the British kind of were the originators of the English language so we actually pronounce a lot of words incorrectly. It's ok common core is a crap way to have kids learn, I'm sure you didn't know better.
You guy's are killing it. I hope this channel blows up 😏
"It looks like the plate survived but the man using it doesn't have any limbs left and is burnt to a crisp" - Some reporter in Baghdad.
This body armour company stock just tripled over night Lol
just cause the plate survived doesnt mean a person would. that shock wave would cause massive internal trauma
@TucsonHat
2 жыл бұрын
It's better than being scattered everywhere I guess
If you did that while on your knees, the Marines would have promoted you to General in no time at all! 😂🤣
Nah but nah. As a paramedic, that individual with the first blast was experiencing cardiac tamponade and heavy lung contusions and hyperbaric injuries. Human bodies are not made of rubber. Almost certainly intestinal, liver and spleen lacerations and spinal injuries too. So not survivable.
@Aaron-zu3xn
3 жыл бұрын
the military doesn't care if you survive they just wanna be able to pass the gear on to the next guy without spending money on buying another
@splewy
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah exactly what I was thinking. It’s not just about penetration. That’s still a lot of energy being absorbed by the body. No way the grenade blast would be survivable.
This is great! I have muggers trying to linear shape charge me every week.
there once was a US soldier (vietnam) who jumped on a hand grenade, saw another and pulled that one under himself to save his squad members, he survived, but barely, and he then jumped off of a plane at higher than 1000 feet and his parachute (was still in military) failed to open, he hit the ground and survived.
@brighamruud5090
2 жыл бұрын
Who
@cheetahman515
2 жыл бұрын
@@brighamruud5090 Jacklyn Lucas I also made a mistake, it was WW2 Here is the video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/nqKsm6-Lh8bFkrw.html
@brighamruud5090
2 жыл бұрын
@@cheetahman515 thanks
@bring6not12
2 жыл бұрын
@@cheetahman515 when you just wanna die but god says you got unfinished buisness.
@cheetahman515
2 жыл бұрын
@@bring6not12 thats basically what happened
Why does he always look like Jim Carey of explosions and awesomeness?
I would 100% love to see y'all do a collaboration with Paul Harrell - I have no fucking idea what the topic would be but I think y'all would get along
We have always tested our armor against frag!! That TAC3S stopped (100) M855 green tips. In another test it took (4) 308s from 12 yards, then 338 Lap Mag from 100 yards and 338 Lap Mag from 50 yards!
Love the work y'all put in. Keep it coming.
@jlambuth
4 жыл бұрын
We aim to please!
Glad to see your channel exploding. Subscribed at 7k a couple weeks back now you've more than doubled that in no time! You're going to reach 50k in no time I guarantee it seeing how fast you're growing 👍🏻
After that dent in armor who wants to live longer ? every internal organ in your body will be misplaced .
Nope. You would not survive diving on a grenade. Even if the plate doesn't allow any shrapnel through, all that energy will still transfer through the plate and disrupt organs and cause internal hemorrhaging just with the force of the concussion.
@Leisosa
4 жыл бұрын
eh probably most of the time, but sometimes you'll get lucky. Just look at Kyle Carpenter.
@mrs.chandler9384
4 жыл бұрын
Kyle carpenter did. You are a moron.
@meadball1
4 жыл бұрын
@@mrs.chandler9384 Ok. Kyle Caprenter is lucky one guy. 99.9% of time anyone else would be killed. Jack ass.
@getl0st
4 жыл бұрын
Basically, your insides would get liquefied.....
The concussive blast of a frag grenade explosion would be lethal at that distance in all but the freak exception cases, whether or not you take fragmentation.
Do a modern US infantry helmet, as if trying to smother a grenade.
@gruntgearreview6490
4 жыл бұрын
That adds more pressure to the explosive which makes it more violent. All that force has to go somewhere.
@roryross3878
4 жыл бұрын
@@gruntgearreview6490 Yeah but I see why he requested it.
@gruntgearreview6490
4 жыл бұрын
@@roryross3878 oh for sure it would be a good video
Y’all should have way more subscribers. You need to collaborate with demo ranch to get your name out.
this channel needs more attention
that was very impressive up to the fire but for what was done in the first bit was impressive
if you get hit with a moltov or linear shape charge the armor will survive but you won't(the military would love it they can pass it on to the next guy and save money)
Please make the IRAs recoilless mcvities launcher, awesome video as always
Mold on Lab equipment, borthers!
@ChucksSEADnDEAD
4 жыл бұрын
Till Van Halen, börther!
Curious to see what m203 practice rounds would do. I’m sure the metal slug wound do some damage. Super impressed with that body armor.
@michaelberritto2400
4 жыл бұрын
Joe Christie I’d imagine it wouldn’t do much at all, being low velocity. It might dent it a bit, but that would be the extent of it. Oh, and the plate would be a pretty orange color!
You guys need to get with Matt from Demolition Ranch.
You should take one of those plates down to drive tanks, then hit it with a howitzer
shape charges vs body armor is awesome!!!
you guys are due to blow and be like them big youtube channels, really nice content
@jlambuth
4 жыл бұрын
Fingers crossed my man
dude im shocked you guys dont already have millions of views... advertise more. its amazing what you guys are doing
I hate being the know it all, but M855 is not an armor penetrating round, but rather a barrier penetrating round. It's made for punching through walls and other barriers to attack enemy personnel behind them. Against armor it's no different, perhaps even worse, than a standard cartridge.
@homefront3162
4 жыл бұрын
🖕🏻🤓🖕🏻
@jakep111
4 жыл бұрын
M193 actually works better out of a 20 in
@GenScinmore
3 жыл бұрын
Yep! Nailed it. 855 is piss poor against armor
It doesn't matter if it will stop a 12.7, 14.5 or even 20 mm shell. Even with uber comfort pad, you will have a terrible day:]
@einfisch3891
3 жыл бұрын
frankly, if I were to get hit in the chest with a 20mm I think I would be wishing it had penetrated the armor.
Okay I'm sold subscribed awesome video and now I have to buy some of that armor cuz dang
@chriskola3822
2 жыл бұрын
"Please note that our tactical plates are only available to authorized Concealed Carry Weapon (CCW) permit holders, Law Enforcement, Government Entities, and the Military."
I love y'all channel. I really love explosives and small diameter bombs but really all bombs. Hello from Texas
I’ve watched a lot of body armor test never have I seen one go through as much as you put this went through and still not fail impressive I’m gonna remember the name
@hogaboga314
4 жыл бұрын
Spoiler alert
this needs more views
You guys have great fireworks
It's not ceramic, it's Dyneema and Steel with a self sealing coating.
Cool channel but the shape charge test wasn’t that good in my opinion. Shape charges are supposed to have a gap between the object that you want to destroy and the charge
Why are you being so salty to a guy on the internet about .50 bmg
See if that plate carrier survives after a tactical nuke😍👍🏻
I'd like to see how well safelife's FRAS holds up. it's a flexible ceramic vest.
That armour is so powerful it deflects projectiles even before they hit! Seriously, it's like when you pick up a handful of rocks and throw them at something, and they all fall in a circle around it. Someone needs to teach that guy how to say "centimetre"
This is why you don't shoot at the armor on a dude, you shoot where the armor doesn't cover. Shit like the shoulders, the neck, the face, the groin
Damn, thats some strong stuff.
Maybe in future tests you could put the claymore way closer to the armor/randy as a "worst case scenario" test, that also gets most of the shrapnel on target. Real world would more like how you set it up though.
Seems to me like the plate will outlive the owner
308 hollow points might be dangerous to ceramic, but against steel they are near useless.
Man I'd absolutely love to see a vid on at4's
@Buddha23Fett
2 жыл бұрын
Good luck. They’re nearly impossible to get live.
You should do this with ballistic dummy lab
Use a perforating shaped charge
Are you guys making the claymores correctly with epoxied ball bearings?
@Buddha23Fett
2 жыл бұрын
Yes
@TucsonHat
2 жыл бұрын
@@Buddha23Fett the blast looked right, just wanted to know for sure. I dig the username btw
What in the god that plate literally would not die and I literally can't belive that that is wild
If you wanna be modern m4 correct, shoot it with m855a1. Haven't used m855 in theater for a decade.
Yep. You guys need to sell merch.
body armor doesn't necessarily keep you from getting shot, since depending on it's weight it negatively impacts agility and manouverability. but it does help keep you from getting perforated.
You guys have a pretty sweet job. Would love to join your team!
Thats super impressive armor. I've seen cheaper armor fail with m855 and no other stressors to prior to testing.
You have to hold off the shaped charge some distance for the jet to form
@LuisPerez-lz8xs
2 жыл бұрын
Go bc
I'm unsure... are you an expert on body armor?
looks like the claymore was faulty
No black tip AP .308 rounds?
@peterv1318
3 жыл бұрын
I wanted to see them use them. Black tips would definitely put it to the test.
Best content on CensorTube!! All my favorite channels have been deleted by the KZread overlords.
@brighamruud5090
2 жыл бұрын
Me too:(
Take a shot everytime green shirt says uh!!
who went on about the 50 give up you have more chance of being hit with an ied this is more realistic
Dang i wanted to see the claymore
BTW I like the EFP test on the plate.... let's go bigger next time.
"Not another Combat Carl" 🤣
Then that shape charge was defective. Try an EFP or a larger, newer shape charge. And as far as rifles go that plate will stop a 338 Lapua magnum round and it should be rated to stop 7 .308 AP rounds.
HEAT round from a Carl G?
Wow that's tough stuff
Have you tried. Brake fluid and chlorine shock pool cleaner with hypochlorite in it
So it finally blew up with high explosives wow...... you gonna call it a MAXI PAD!
Armor mobility you have a fine product these guys did everything to it finally destroyed it not saying what happened to the person behind it but armor mobility you guys have an awesome product thank you for making such a product to save the lives of our service personnel thank you so much and you guys are too much trying everything to mess up the reliability of Aamir mobility probably cringed watching your demonstration afterwards celebration you couldn’t do it thank you for the video and especially armor mobility’s fine product mighty fine product. From Ramona, Ca 🕶”
Your sister has an explosives company? Ooooh it’s a sister company
If never heard of liquid binary explosives, can you give me the brand name plz?
@garmancathotmailcom
4 жыл бұрын
They made it. Probably fuel and peroxide or some other heavy oxidizer to get it going.
How 'bout trying to make a live replica PIAT round, shaped charge warhead'n'all and try it out against a plate-clad-Third-Reich-Rescue-Randy?
@jlambuth
4 жыл бұрын
A PIAT you say? I do believe we could work on that.
I don't have a 50 cal.
@justaguywhoplaysfalloutsom1104
3 жыл бұрын
Me either
What level plate is that? Level IV or III?
@Stenny833
4 жыл бұрын
3
anddddd I'm subscribing, good shit!
338 Lappula 45-70 extreme penetrator you got all kinds of rounds that could make it through didn’t even try any api rounds speed beats armor not mass
@BuggaBoy69
4 жыл бұрын
You’re more likely to get hit by a bomb than shot by a 338 lapua. 45-70 will not penetrate any hard armor plate btw
@FFEMTB08
3 жыл бұрын
It literally took a grenade... 😂
Y’all really wanna have sum fun get a 20mm cannon that’s serious fun
this guys sounds slike swaggersouls
Claymore, claymore, claymore.
Awesome
Keep up the shake weight training there's a promotion in the near future. LoL
Have you ever thought of making your own EMP charge? I mean it for real.
I don’t think they know what the purpose of the 50bmg cuz explosives might blow u up but those bbs and the explosion isn’t gonna go throw that armor
@f1rebreather123
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah but the fact that it survives direct explosions is extremely impressive. We know something like 50bmg api would tear that plate apart, but to survive a grenade and then get shot by armor piercing rounds is very impressive.
“Anybody and their brother’s got a .50 cal” if they’re that common then that’s why you should test it 😂. Frags are cool and all but between the shockwave and multidirectional shrapnel a single plate isn’t going to do all that much when the rest of your body looks like Swiss cheese. The plate being able to stop a .50 is more impressive since it’s a greater mass, spear point, and going as fast as grenade’s shrapnel. Overall, not really the most practical test, though I’m fairly certain you guys just wanted an excuse to blow stuff up lol 😂 which to be fair is great content for youtube.
@agermangoose4797
4 жыл бұрын
This just isn't what this channel is about, if you want a .50 go to demo ranch, these guys have the means to legally blow shit up so that's what they do
@claytonlachance4920
4 жыл бұрын
AGermanGoose plus we all know a .50 is gonna go through it. It’s an anti material round so that’s pretty lame
@uraniumpenetrator3844
4 жыл бұрын
This channel is best thing on the Tube right now. Explosions with a purpose. Going Ballistic is the go to channel if ya wanna see random 50 cal meyhem.
How about M193 from a 20"? 30-06 black tip?
@jlambuth
4 жыл бұрын
We can def do that. To be honest, it wouldn't do much as the plate survived the shaped charge which is a far more penetrating test. We can def try adding it to the testing though.
@PolynesianSaus
4 жыл бұрын
M193 from a 20” barrel only works against level III steel plates, from all the testing I’ve seen. UHWMPE, and especially if it has a ceramic strike face, defeats lead core rounds pretty easily.
@billgazza400
4 жыл бұрын
We shoot everything with a 20" barrel from 10 Feet
U need slow mo cam asap
you should test products available to the general public. F* armored mobility
@Buddha23Fett
2 жыл бұрын
They are available to the public…
@ashe1.070
Жыл бұрын
This is from their website: “Please note that our tactical plates are only available to authorized Concealed Carry Weapon (CCW) permit holders, Law Enforcement, Government Entities, and the Military.”
round shaped charge.
Claymore repellent body armor
im 100% on a watch list now
Oh, hey, I got a shout out.
Next time cal me ,I will bring the Raufoss . Enjoyed the video. Have always liked the bang Bang.
What material is this plate made of?
@dodoservicesxbox3608
4 жыл бұрын
i think he said some kind of hardened ceramic
@Stenny833
4 жыл бұрын
www.armoredmobility.com/Products_Tactical_Plates.aspx tac3s is non ceramic, so some kind of ballistic weave like hdpe or similar
19:58 ...in the Navy, you mean.... CO bukake.