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Originally Posted by Rick Lee
How heavy a plate do you need to stop a rifle round? I had one of those steel spinner targets from Cabela's that was rated for up to .44 mag. I hit it with a .223 and it looked like I had poked my finger through a balloon. And that was heavy with just three hockey puck-sized discs.
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10" by 15" Level IIIA panel weighs "less than a bottle of water", so I'd say roughly a pound.
The Same in III weighs about 3.5 lbs.
My system will add about 2.5 to 3 lbs to a backpack. It will stop all handgun calibers.
The heavy version will about 6-7 lbs, But it will stop 5.56 and 7.62 Nato FMJ.
http://www.bulletblocker.com/bulletproof-backpack-panel-large.html