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Re: Alex: If You Become President . . .
In Response To: Alex: If You Become President . . . ()

Normally Limos are protected B7 level. So AK47 with mild steel core.

5 inches are much. I guess they have a composite liner inside to protect from spall (spall liner). Howver a RPG-7 will go through 50 cm of tank steel like butter. Spall liner protects from fragments (spall angle will be reduced; lesser fragments). However still a very dangerous weapon: slow = 250 km/h but also cheap (50 usd in afganistan).

I would protect the car by:

ceramic outside from Boron-Nitride, than ballistic alumina and a dyneema spall liner: this is light and may be the best what you can get for money.

So doubt they have used "only" ballistic steel.....

rgds
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