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No. Those are designed to stop rounds in the 30 caliber range (e.g., 7.62x51 or 7.62x54R). .50 will go right through them and keep on going.
If you mean the 12.7x99 cartridge, also known as the .50 BMG, and fired by weapons such as the Browning M2 machine gun and Barret sniper rifles, no.
1 1/2 inch heat-treated steel alloys. Most of them could stop .50 cal armor piercing rounds, and some tanks had sloped armour/armor, which could stop heavier shells by deflecting them.
The .50 cal Browning Machine Gun cartridge made for the US military with a silver painted tip is Armor Piercing Incendiary
well all materials are bullet proof,that is depending on the caliber bullet and how thick the material is,a .22 caliber can pierce a 2x4,and a .50 cal can pierce about 50 2x4's,even paper can stop a bullet,if ya take one sheet of paper its not going to do much,but get about 1000 sheets and nothing can get threw,not even armor piercing!
That probally would have to be the .50 cal. That's what is choosen by most snipers today and ontop of it, it is the largest caliber that a civilan can get ahold of. I mean sure there might be a longer shooting gun BUT a .50 cal is the only gun out there that does not need a armor peircing round. It is it's own armor piercing round. Matter of fact I don't even think there is a hollow point for a .50 cal.
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Under most circumstances, no. The .50 cal BMG was designed to shoot through early armored VEHICLES. A flak jacket- properly called soft body armor, is intended to stop fragments from grenades, mortars, and artillery shells- not bullets. Especially not BIG, HEAVY bullets like the .50.
If you mean the .50 cal BMG cartridge, used in the Browning machinegun, and in the Barrett sniper rifle, yes. The cartridge was originally created back in WW I as an antitank weapon- meant to shoot holes in armored vehicles. The armor is a lot thicker now, but the 50 can penetrate quite a bit, depending on the bullet used. (Hint- do some research on armor piercing ammunition)
a 50 cal sniper Standard body armor without any extra insert plates is generally rated as Type IIIA or less. This type of armor cannot withstand any real rifle bullet. At best, it can stop submachineguns and high-powered pistol round. Type III and IV armors usually have some sort of ballistic ceramic plate inserts. These inserts can stop a single (under ideal conditions 2-3) bullets per plate of up to 7.62mm Armor Piercing.
No. 10mm is close to .40 cal, smaller than .50 cal.
Depends on the load