Chapter 236 - Everyone in position? (1/2)

I started to laugh at his outburst but I could still see him showing concern with his expression.

”Dude! I'm serious here! I have no idea where to start with this improvised bulletproof thing! I'm gonna use the best materials here and just pile it all several inches thick if that's what it takes! It won't go through as long as it's thick enough, right?! Why did I even volunteer?! Shit!” he exclaimed.

”Hah! Come with me then. I'm not too sure either but we have a place we could start with. We already know the materials he used before and we pretty much have everything here to experiment. We'd need to build on his idea first and proceed with trial and error. If we make something really good we could use it for future projects.” I replied.

”Shit dude, I thought we'd go into this blind. Hah! Where are we going?” he asked.

”In my room it's better to show you a few videos so you'd have a general idea.” I replied.

I led him to my room while Kaley went to her parent's house to check on them. I turned my laptop on and started to play one of the videos.

”What are we watching dude?” he asked.

”What? You don't know this guy?” I replied then the video started.

”Okay Demolitia! Today we're gonna know if a boyfriend could stop a .50 cal!” the voice said.

*CH-CHHCK*

*Slugs rolling over*

*GUNSHOTS*

”HAHAHAHAHA!!! The f.u.c.k is this guy up to?!” he started to laugh.

Raphael got engrossed in watching each of the videos and I accompanied him on watching everything that has to do with making improvised bulletproof armor. There's a few more videos from other people and he started to write down things on a piece of paper. He's really great at making things and all that's needed to be done is an introduction.

”What?! That piece of crap actually stopped that?! Well, materials that are too hard will sometimes be too brittle... softer ones would do the trick sometimes...”

”Oh...”

”Oh!”

”Interesting~”

”If I start with a metal sheet then add...”

”Could I even weld those two together? Hmm...”

”What?! FlexSea-”

He started to talk to himself out loud as he tries to figure out what he wanted to use to make the armor plating for the Komatsu.

”Hold up, dude. One question.” he looked at me.

”Shoot.” I replied.

”Before I start to plan what I'm gonna use, what guns would you be using? Are you gonna use that big sniper thingy he uses? I think I won't be able to make something to stop that unless we have Titanium that is several inches thick.” he asked.

”Oh, hahahaha! No, we're not using the Barrett for that but the jeep we got from the camp has that Browning M2 attached to it. However, it would also be far from where you're supposed to be. As long as it could stop a .308, you're good. Add to that only a few people would be using that round and there would be a very low chance to hit in the same spot consecutively.” I replied.

”Can you show me what that .308 you're talking about looks like?” he said.

”Sure.” I said then I opened my armory.

I showed him the round and he started to ask about the different cartridges. He asked about how fast each bullet travels, stopping power, penetrating power, and etc. We spent a bit of time discussing things and I showed him the different cartridges as examples.

”The f.u.c.k?! This bullet from the Barrett is f.u.c.k.i.n.g huge!” he exclaimed when he saw the boxes that contained several pieces.

”Why are you looking at that? The bullets on this pile here are what we would be using not that on the other side. Let's start on making a small plate first so we could shoot it and try if what we're gonna make could stop it.” I replied.

”That sounds great. We should test what we make first. We could theorize and make computations all day but a physical test could give us the answer too, much faster if we're lucky.” he said.

A huge smile is plastered on his face and he seemed excited to work on a new project. We got a f.u.c.k ton of resources to blow through so we started to make several plate designs. A metal sheet was always the first thing up front and several materials would be in the back. It could be anything from a piece of tile, cement, steel, ceramic, kevlar, Plexiglass, FlexTape, cast iron, and etc. but we made sure it is even all throughout so there would be no weak spots.

Anthony and my uncle are busy making the fences for the other entrances so we two are the only ones working on it. We made several 5-inch square plates one after the other inside the workshop. We copied the existing design first to check them as well before we proceeded with our own.

We tried using different materials on top of each other and I prepared the guns for use to test the ones that are finished first.

We first started on using a .22 Long Rifle cartridge first and we slowly moved up until the plate we made had a bullet hole from a failed attempt. The pistol rounds are easy enough to block but when we started to get into the rifle rounds, things started to get a tad difficult for the design we wanted. Making it thick as much as possible is the way to go if you want nothing to pass through but we wanted to find the sweet spot where it would be easy to make and not as thick, yet, it could stop the bullets with ease.

*BSSHEW*

”Shit. It went through.”

*BSSHEW*

”...again.”

*BSSHEW*