Project "Algorith" Armor Plating Test

<This Document is Level [3 S.O.C./3 Research] Required to View>

<Validating Clearance Level...>

<Clearance Level Validated... Welcome authorized user>

Area-36 Research Division
________________________________________________________________________________________
Project "Algorith" Armor Plating Test ; 11/23/2022
Conducted by: Dr. McAllister
Authorized by: Dr. Natsume (Head Researcher) (As part of my project)
________________________________________________________________________________________
Equipment/Material(s) Used: 1x Colt 1911, 1x 12 Gauge Shotgun (I Forget which one), 1x AUG, 1x Kriss Vector, 1x plate Diamond Boron, 1x Plate Titanium, 1x Plate Carbon Nanotubes, 1x Plate Vanadium, 1x Heavy Kevlar helmet (For the Engineer in the event of a Ricochet)

Personnel Involved: Dr. Mcallister (Me), SID Lt. Brannon (Authorized the usage of Armory weapons), Dr. Golzar (Supervisor), Engineer Smoke

SCP(s) or UA(s) Involved: N/A
 ________________________________________________________________________________________ 

Purpose of Test:

To determine a suitable armor material for Project "Algorith" (See File: Project "Algorith" for more details)

Hypothesis:

I hypothesize that all of the materials will stand up to all of the weapons we test with, due to the fact that these are all used on modern day tanks (Possibly with the exception of carbon nanotubes which is still being tested with body armor)

Test Procedures:

1: I will request Security to Lower R wing (They'll bring the weapons listed above)

2: Security will arrive with weapons, the plates will be stood up on the opposite side of R wing Testing chamber

3: SID and the Engineer will enter the test chamber and fire a round from each gun at the material

4: The SID and Engineer will observe the results, Relaying it back to me

5: After testing, The weapons will be returned to the armory and the plates will be repaired and reused.

Observations:

The SID and Engineer reported the following happened when firing 1 round of each weapon into each plate:

• The Colt 1911 at close range to the Diamond Boron: No Penetration, Scratch where the bullet hit

• The Colt 1911 at close range to the Titanium: No Penetration, small divot where the bullet hit

• The Colt 1911 at close range to the Vanadium: The Bullet Ricocheted into the ceiling

• The Colt 1911 at close range to the Carbon Nanotubes: No Penetration

• The Kriss Vector at close range to the Diamond Boron: Embedded into the material, small cracks around the affected area

• The Kriss Vector at close range to the Titanium: Embedded into the material, slightly larger dent compared to the 9mm

• The Kriss Vector at close range to the Vanadium: Embedded into the material, small dent

• The Kriss Vector at close range to the Carbon Nanotubes: Embedded into the material, no major damage

• The AUG at close range to the Diamond Boron: Embedded into the material, larger cracks compared to the Kriss Vector

• The AUG at close range to the Titanium: Embedded into the material, Larger dent compared to the Kriss Vector

• The AUG at close range to the Vanadium: The Bullet flattened on impact with the metal

• The AUG at close range to the Carbon Nanotubes: The Bullet Ricocheted directly at the Engineer's head, Sidenote from Engineer Smoke: "OW FUCK!"

• The 12 Gauge at close range to the Diamond Boron: Due to range and type of weapon, fragments from the material came off on impact, pelting the SID

• The 12 Gauge at close range to the Titanium: Embedded into material, Larger dent compared to the AUG

• The 12 Gauge at close range to the Vanadium: The bullet Ricocheted to the ground near the SID's feet

• The 12 Gauge at close range to the Carbon Nanotubes: Embedded into the material, there was a small dent in the back but nothing else

Analysis:  

It's clear that 9mm doesn't have an effect on any of the plating. The .45 ACP round constantly embedded into the material, The 5.56 NATO round embedded into the material on both the diamond boron and titanium, but not against the vanadium or carbon nanotubes. The Buckshot did a lot of surface damage to the Diamond Boron, Dented the Titanium, Ricocheted on the vanadium and embedded into the carbon nanotubes. Keep in mind for the buckshot this was at very close range, where shotguns are most effective. We didn't do any long range testing but its safe to assume that all of the rounds would have a similar (or weaker) effect on the material.

Conclusion:

I think our clear winner as far as plates are concerned would be the Vanadium Steel alloy, with the Carbon Nanotubes coming in at 2nd, the titanium in 3rd and the Diamond Boron coming in last. I want to do at least 1 more test trying layers of the plating, teaming them up and testing something heavier (With permission of course)

Additional Notes:

If we ever test more weapons like this, I'll have the engineer setup sandbags, that was way too close. The plates were returned to R wing without incident, the guns were returned to the armory without incident, and Engineer Smoke received medical attention for a cut he received when the bullet hit him.

Another thing to note was what the weapons are loaded with:

Colt 1911: 9mm

Kriss Vector: .45 ACP

AUG: 5.56 NATO

12 Gauge: Buckshot
 ________________________________________________________________________________________
Signed, 

Dr. McAllister, Level 2 Researcher
// RP Mod: Endbringer (Admin) (Sidenote: If a higher level staff deems it necessary, this test will be voided and tried again)