SPECIAL REVIEW 2: Oaklander "Office Carrier 2000" - in the fire

Arising from the question of which everyday objects offer a certain degree of protection against weapon impacts, the "Office Plate Carrier 2000" is born. In the first part of this "Special Review," we exposed it to attacks with stabbing and slashing weapons.

This "plate carrier" consists of front and back parts made of two standard packs of copy paper (80g/m²) each with 500 sheets. Here is a man wearing it, looking good according to the Oaklander.

In the second part, we tested how the "Office 2000" protects its wearer from firearms in different calibers. It will now encounter the following projectiles:

1. .22lfB

2. 9mm Luger Hollow Point

3. 9mm Luger FMJ

4. .38 Special Lead Bullet

5. .357 Magnum Hollow Point

6. .223 Rem FMJ

7. .308 FMJ

Since we couldn't convince Günni from Test Series 1 to participate in further tests, we had to settle for a mannequin.

In this series, the "Office Carrier 2000" was tested for resistance and protective performance against the following calibers:

The ballistics test started with the classic .22 lfB, followed by other calibers...

... such as the 9mm Luger.

The mannequin did not remain upright when hit by the 9mm Luger, .38 Special, and .357 Magnum calibers. What does that mean?

Things got interesting starting with the .223 Rem caliber.

Suddenly, the mannequin barely moved after the shots - it stayed in place and did not fall over.

The Oaklander himself during the semi-scientific evaluation of the hits.

There is still something to be found in the copy paper.

Results of the test under safe conditions:

The calibers .22 lfB, .38 Special, and .357 Magnum with the mentioned bullet types were easily withstood by the "Office Carrier 2000." We reveal the secret: the mannequin fell over because all the bullet energy ended up in the paper packs.

No chance, however, was left for the cardboard cutout by the calibers .223 Rem, as well as .308 Win. These whistled through both the front and back plates. The doll remains standing as if nothing had happened. Bullets are so fast that they pass through like a hot knife through butter.

A questionable candidate is the 9mm Luger. It is not ruled out that individual fragments of the bullets could penetrate the front plate of the carrier. However, these did not completely penetrate the 500 sheets of paper. In further tests, it even happened that not only was the bullet completely stopped, but also no bullet fragments pierced through the 500 pages. It depends on the packing density of the paper, as well as the resistance behind the paper.

To answer the original question: "useful gear or just waste paper". A neologism created by us says: OLD PAPER GEAR

Postscript from the SPARTANAT editorial team: The dear Oaklander showed us an exciting experiment. Can one protect oneself with something as simple as a stack of copy paper? One can, but it would be life-threatening. Nevertheless, sometimes better than nothing. When it comes to the target area directly on the copy paper: you can easily survive a knife or tomahawk attack. When it comes to firearms, it depends on caliber, projectile, and energy. Very loosely and unscientifically put: small caliber stops the copy paper in our field test, 9mm is questionable, .223 goes through like nothing. Also interesting is the simple comparison between the performance of 9mm and .223 Rem.

And again: DEAR CHILDREN, PLEASE DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME! LIFE THREATENING!

Special thanks to Oaklander.

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