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Bulletproof vest company boss makes an employee shoot him with a KALASHNIKOV assault rifle from just 33ft away to prove his product works
2018-03-18
[Mail] When it comes to having faith in your products, few business people can match Vyacheslav Nalyvaiko, head of military equipment company Ukrainian Armor.

He showed off the capabilities of the firm's bulletproof vests by taking a shot from a Kalashnikov AKM rifle and smiling.

Nalyvaiko, in his mid-50s, stood in a snow-covered field and let a marksman shoot a round at him from about 33 feet away.

The two-year-old company's website boasts that: 'Our mission - is to create qualitative, durable, safe and reliable equipment for each customer'.
Posted by:Skidmark

#13  Risky business :-)
Posted by: European Conservative   2018-03-18 16:22  

#12  In other words, Tennessee p = m*v
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-03-18 15:45  

#11  I saw an officer take a .38 round in the vest during a shooting. He acted as if the round penetrated and started digging at his skin under the vest. Apparently the vest stops penetration but the vest punches a couple of inches into the skin while slowing the round. The officer said it hurt like hell but glad round didn't penetrate. I would NOT want to take an AK round while wearing a vest...it would have to knock you on your azz.
Posted by: Tennessee   2018-03-18 15:40  

#10  During WWII, my dad was a B-24 ground crewman. Sometimes,when he reported a plane ready to fly, he'd tell the pilot. The pilot would say - "OK, Sergeant. Hop aboard and let's take a test flight"
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2018-03-18 12:56  

#9  Literally standing behind his product. Respect.
Posted by: Regular joe   2018-03-18 12:08  

#8  The Russians do this all the time as a confidence building measure for their spec ops people.
Posted by: badanov   2018-03-18 11:28  

#7  And who amongst us hasn't had a desire to shoot their boss one time?
Posted by: Raj   2018-03-18 09:18  

#6  The concept for QA is valid. Now how many pres of companies doing business with DoD are willing to do something similar. And while we're at it, I'd like a vid of CEOs and pres opening those damn plastic clam shell containers they seem so keen on with our domestic products.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2018-03-18 09:04  

#5  Not impressed as the shooter was not blindfolded
Posted by: Airandee   2018-03-18 08:22  

#4  p = mv Skidmark.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-03-18 07:52  

#3  The hole in the plate suggests not.
The cleverly edited video showing a strike to the vest is torso only. There may not be a body behind it.
Posted by: Skidmark   2018-03-18 07:51  

#2  Blanks?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-03-18 07:36  

#1  Employee safety as applied to firearms sales and equipment training is a bit less restrictive there.
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-03-18 06:30  

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