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[–] Wakmrow@hexbear.net 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Chest plates are meant to cover your heart lungs and as much of your upper chest as possible. Stomach wounds are not as fatal as a neck shot.

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[–] RiverRock@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

That's true, but they are debilitating enough to hold you still for a follow up shot

[–] Wakmrow@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago

Almost any gunshot wound is. Plates are meant to stop, as my medic friend says, the off switch from getting flicked.

[–] dukatos@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago

too bad spine is in the way