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Russian soldiers posted a video testing their bulletproof vests. All five bullets penetrated the armor plate completely. "Just f*cking great. Thank you, Ministry of Defense." (i.imgur.com)

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"Even in a gunfight, we'd just get our asses kicked by the simplest rifles."

Russian soldiers posted a video testing the "unparalleled" bulletproof vest "Module-Monolith," produced by JSC "Special Materials Research Institute" (St. Petersburg). During the experiment, all five bullets penetrated the armor plate completely. The soldiers expressed their dissatisfaction with the quality of the heavy and useless gear: "Just f*cking great. Thank you, Ministry of Defense."

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[-] superkret@feddit.org 82 points 2 years ago

My guess is, the institute developed a competent armor, showcased it and got the contract to build them.
Then several levels of managers and executives decided to use a bit less material, use a cheaper supplier and skip a few QC steps, pocketing the surplus contract money.
And then they re-used the vests taken off fallen soldiers several times, sewing shut the bullet holes in the cloth covering (or not).

[-] niktemadur@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The honest people were ran out of the organization or the country years ago - maybe through a window - until only parasites feeding off parasites remain.