Thread by @6Voodoo

Couple things
1. Body armor is > than “fitness” in a gunfight
2. Fitness is > than body armor for long term survival.
3. Buying good body armor is the single most important thing you can do today to increase survivability by tomorrow
4. Don’t listen to C/Is. Especially idiots

Body armor can save your life. Once a gunfight starts, it is chaos and random. Anyone telling you “body armor only covers 9% of your body”, “I can be a harder target to hit if I’m fast” or “I can only stop one round” have no idea what they are saying.

You absolutely can not dodge bullets, and you will absolutely never be “too quick” often enough. That is insane. Listen to yourself

“It doesn’t cover my head”…. You don’t have a brain anyway you’ll be fine

Don’t believe me? I wonder if we would have any takers if we went back to Omaha Beach and asked if they’d trade a minute slower mile time for some ESAPI plates

If you are talking about some sort of long term “Rogers Rangers Guerilla Band of Extraordinary Forest Fighters” then yes, cardio and fitness are more important.

But cardio and fitness take time. Body armor is immediate. Also, it is hard to run with a gaping hole in your chest

Cardio and fitness help you take the fight to the enemy. It helps you close with, or break contact with, the enemy. But that last 50m to the objective you will pray for a plate.

Buy one. Do cardio in it. If your plate carrier doesn’t have sweat stains you NGMI

Lastly… there is absolutely no one of literally any value saying you ONLY need a plate carrier. If you are arguing with someone who says that, or more likely than not, making it up, then you are the idiot same as them.

There are people here who invent fake problems

They want to sell you their “training” or be a “thought leader” when really they are just idiots. They have absolutely no idea what they are talking about, and try to convince you by posting some malapropos poverty induced counter-think straw man.

Don’t be dumb. Be smart

The hell did I say?