UltimateBawb 1 Posted April 24, 2014 .45 ACP and 9mm rounds both penetrate without any deflection, questionable as to whether the glass even exists or it's just fake glass like in the shit tier tempest. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beagle 684 Posted April 24, 2014 Usually in the real world curved cockpit glass is not made from heavy mineral glass but light high density polymer. No problem to penetrate those 5mm of plexiglass with a .22 cal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UltimateBawb 1 Posted April 25, 2014 Usually in the real world curved cockpit glass is not made from heavy mineral glass but light high density polymer. No problem to penetrate those 5mm of plexiglass with a .22 cal. Do you have a source? I'm not doubting you, I'm just interested, never knew this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WolfeUK 1 Posted April 25, 2014 being in the glass industry all my life i can tell you Beagle is correct, glass couldn't cope with the extremes of being a canopy, bird strikes being one factor that glass couldnt cope with, extreme fibrations from fast jets would constantly crack the glass, plus like Beagle said trying to mold laminated glass into a canopy shape would be nearly impossible http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_canopy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darkhorse 1-6 16 Posted April 25, 2014 As the OH-6 had a canopy that could be broken by tree limbs (Source: Low Level Hell by Hugh Mills.) I see no problem with sidearms shooting through the canopy of it's grandchild. :p Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JestersDead 2 Posted April 26, 2014 (edited) Most heli windows are plexiglass. THIN plexiglass, at that. The only ones that are heavier glass are the main windshields on the bigger heli's, and the attack heli's. The light scout aircraft are all thin plexi. IIRC, they are 1/8" thickness. You could shoot a BB gun through them. That big bubble on the AH-9 (AH-6 in real life) is certainly plexi. Source: I did helicopter structures in the army. Edited April 26, 2014 by JestersDead Share this post Link to post Share on other sites