Liquid armour invented by SG
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Singaporean invented liquid armour.Strait Times 12 JAN 2007 page H11--Home Section.
Tested before ST reporter in CISCO indoor range
2.Pl read full news posted by Randy Pratt on 12 jan 2007 in this thread....,9 mm bullets fired from MP5 submachine gun failed
to penetrate an armour panel when fired from a distance of 6m.
The untreated material had worked as advertised.
But the impact of the bullet punched a fist--sized indentation
about 20mm deep in a layer of plasticine placed
behind a piece of vest.
If placed on a real person,his vital organs could be
ruptured,injuring him severely or killing him.Entering Mr LIM ...armor,..witnessed by Strait Times and
several arms dealers,bullets fired from 6 m bounced
off the armour panel,while one shatttered on impact
into a shower of fragments.
Impact..?A moderate 10mm to 13mm depression.... -
A 20mm indentation is enough to at least fracture my ribs already.
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got watch fight science anot? 20mm depression in the chest can send the heart into shock and therefore killing the person...in the end still die wat...guess they need more research lor...but its still equally possible to use as secondary amour..
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Perhaps can add trauma plates and some for of gel so that can cushion the shock
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Jan 12, 2007
S'porean's liquid armour fires up defence giant's interest
Used on bullet-resistant fabrics to make them stronger, invention may lead to lucrative deal
By DEFENCE CORRESPONDENT, David Boey
A SINGAPOREAN car salesman-turned-entrepreneur has invented a 'liquid armour' that has attracted the attention of a European defence giant that makes ballistic fabrics.
The company - which Mr Norman Lim declines to name for commercial reasons - bought a trial batch of his liquid armour two weeks ago and, if things go well, he could land a supply contract said to be worth several million dollars.
The liquid armour, sold in 200kg drums, is used to treat ballistic fabrics such as Kevlar, to make them stronger.
The fabrics, sewn together to make bullet-resistant vests or laminated to make helmets, are soaked in the liquid armour. The secret concoction dries within minutes and strengthens the Kevlar substantially.
The deal could mark a breakthrough for Mr Lim, a 41-year-old inventor who chanced on the formula while experimenting with high-strength resins.
He has sunk about $200,000 of his own savings and money from venture capitalists into his experiments since 2004, and is now looking into filing a patent for his invention.
'I'm very pleased. It's like watching your child grow up,' said Mr Lim of the progress of his invention.
The entrepreneur made the news in November 2005, when The Straits Times interviewed him on his experiments. He has since been working quietly behind the scenes, courting defence companies worldwide.
Mr Lim holds a diploma in theology and has no formal training in defence science. His interest in composite materials and resins started in his teens, when he made dioramas, or scaled-down landscapes, for his plastic models of tanks and warplanes.
And as a young adult, he worked on composite materials, but graduated from model cars to the real thing, fabricating shock- proof body kits for rally cars and racing bikes.
His curiosity drove him to find out just how strong his materials were - so he tested them overseas with gunfire.
Though impressed with their toughness, Mr Lim's interest in composites took a back seat when he sold cars for a European brand. But he took a leap into the unknown in November 2004, when he left the car dealership.
On Wednesday morning, Mr Lim staged a firing demonstration to showcase how his liquid armour improves the performance of bullet-resistant material.
During the hour-long live-firing trial at Cisco's indoor range, 9mm bullets fired from an MP5 submachine gun failed to penetrate an armour panel when fired from a distance of 6m. The untreated material had worked as advertised.
But the impact of the bullet punched a fist-sized indentation about 20mm deep in a layer of plasticine placed behind a piece of vest. If placed on a real person, his vital organs could be ruptured, injuring him severely or killing him.
Enter Mr Lim's specially treated armour. In the demonstration witnessed by The Straits Times and several arms dealers, bullets fired from 6m bounced off the armour panel, while one shattered on impact into a shower of fragments.
And the impact on the plasticine? A moderate 10mm to 13mm depression. 'You may get a bad bruise, but you'll survive,' said Mr Lim.
An arms dealer, who sells body armour and guns, was impressed with the show.
'The discovery by Norman is unique,' said the arms dealer, who declined to be named for security reasons. 'It's changed the concept for defeating ammunition. His method and the way he does it can reduce the weight of body armour substantially.'
Apart from toughening body armour, Mr Lim's invention also makes armour stab-resistant - a capability most body armour lacks.
In field trials here, a bullet-resistant vest treated with liquid armour withstood a bayonet plunged into it from 2m with 90kg weight behind it.
The arms dealer added: 'He could revolutionise the way body armour is made worldwide.'
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Liquid Armour is best if the liquid is some type of metal.
Maybe add a lightweight titanium endoskeleton designed to fit the human body behind the Liquid metal to prevent the depresson and dmg from it? -
Why go through so much trouble? Just come up with adamantium can already what.
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Originally posted by Randy Pratt:
Jan 12, 2007
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By DEFENCE CORRESPONDENT, David Boey
The fabrics, sewn together to make bullet-resistant vests or laminated to make helmets, are soaked in the liquid armour. The secret concoction dries within minutes and strengthens the Kevlar substantially.
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Something for Singapore to be proud of. I wonder if Mindef did ask him to sell his invention to the local defence industry?
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wasn't liquid armor invented in the USA quite a while ago ? i remember watching a documentary a year back about this guy inventing liquid armor. its a mixture of glass particles and all kinds of rubbish. upon impact the glass particles supposedly hardens and block out the bullet or knife. So the person getting hit only feels the impact and doesn't get damaged. . If im not wrong it was used during the Iraq war. soldiers coated their uniforms with this liquid metal so they wont get shot in the legs and hands.
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but wat if u coat the weapon(knife or ammo) with the liquid?
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Sieow liao... i don't think they have that in Iraq.Originally posted by Rynax:wasn't liquid armor invented in the USA quite a while ago ? i remember watching a documentary a year back about this guy inventing liquid armor. its a mixture of glass particles and all kinds of rubbish. upon impact the glass particles supposedly hardens and block out the bullet or knife. So the person getting hit only feels the impact and doesn't get damaged. . If im not wrong it was used during the Iraq war. soldiers coated their uniforms with this liquid metal so they wont get shot in the legs and hands.
Lots of ideas floated around for liquid armour, from what I gathered our version does not really seem to be "liquid", but is some kind of resin like liquid that is applied to normal ballistic materials to render them stronger.
Saw this idea the DOD were floating about smart liquid armour that consist of suspended nanopartices in a liquid that would respond to an incursion by banding together (under a magnetic field?) at the location, effectively becoming solid at the point of attack to prevent penetration. -
Siao ah...then the soldiers all become jin gang? cannot get shot in arms and legs very the powerful leh..Originally posted by Rynax:upon impact the glass particles supposedly hardens and block out the bullet or knife. So the person getting hit only feels the impact and doesn't get damaged. . If im not wrong it was used during the Iraq war. soldiers coated their uniforms with this liquid metal so they wont get shot in the legs and hands.
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WAho! This technology is quite powerful!
Just imagine if the PLA use this tech, coat their soldier's uniform in this, they can attack taiwan with knives! haha! Miilions of them literally! haha