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Did they test breaking it with all sorts of things or just bullets?

WHY THE HELL ARE YOU BUMPING?!

>.< This thread was no where near the bottom or anything, so there was no need for a bump.
ALSO. There's no bumping in this guild. Read the goddamn rules >.<

*grumble grumble*

It's just a side-effect of trapping quality members, Rol.

@frankenbobber — While we appreciate your enthusiasm, this is a bumpless guild. We would rather you participate in the discussion than simply spam the thread. Thank you.

@Invis — Is the physics getting you down a little? eek

Hmh, well the glass is layered specifically so that it won't crack and shatter from bullets hitting it. So here's my theory: you get a sheet, set it in a frame up on some bricks about a foot off the ground, climb up and jump down into it from about five feet exerting with the intention of breaking it upon impact (slamming as much of the surface area of your boots into it on impact, for greater effect, and just to look totally awesome).

I'm thinking that the glass will shatter. But the plastics that make up the other layers will keep it intact and in one piece. So you get more of a cardboard effect like when you jump on a box: It's no longer usable as a box, but it's also not destroyed.

However, I dunno when this situation would be plausible. If we are talking about a car window, you wouldn't be able to build up the force to do anything but hurt yourself hitting a horizontal surface like that. And if you did break it, it would still be sort of a jagged, flaccid, rubbery sheet stuck on the inside of the window-frame.

Also consider other factors besides thickness, such as the curvature of the glass, and it's total surface area. You're not going to break anything if you're hitting a five inch thick, curved piece of glass that's only about as big as the total surface area of the bottom of your boots, if it got a little bigger though it might suddenly become more possible.