Texas Armoring Corporation has released provocative videos before. After a much-publicized event where a man was dragged out of his car and publicly beaten in NYC, TAC released a video of their bulletproof cars withstanding similar breaching methods used by the attackers. They offered to armor the victim's vehicle for free—if their video reached 5,000,000 hits. (It didn't.)
This one is a bit nuttier. To prove the efficacy of their automotive armoring techniques, company CEO Trent Kimball gets behind the wheel of one of their modified cars—and has an employee fire an AK-47 at the windshield:
I thought the same as you, "No way that's real, he's not even moving!" To allay such suspicions, the company released an uncut version. This one looks pretty convincing, as you can actually see him flinch after the first shot. (I bet he's squeezing the HELL out of that steering wheel the whole time.)
So what the heck is that windshield made out of? The company refers to their glass as "transparent armor," and the short answer is that it's a combination of glass and polycarbonate. Here's the long answer:
TAC incorporates premium, lightweight glass-clad polycarbonate offering true, multi-hit protection (weighs approximately 10-15% less than traditional armored glass). All-glass is 100% curved and no flat glass is incorporated. All glass includes a premium interior hard-spall layer to prevent fragments/shards from penetrating the passenger compartment in the event of an attack. All glass is seamed, edged and finished using a proprietary quality process that provides unprecedented UV and delamination resistance. All glass features excellent ballistic protection and superior optical quality with very minimal distortion.
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I have to say, Texas Armoring Corp's Vehicles are highly priced. In fact, if you are buying an armored car from America, then you have to pay a large amount of money. When you compare other markets like Chinese and middle-east, you would find that armoring cost is way cheaper. The problem with the Chinese is this: You cannot trust their products!!! Better turn to Middle-East. There are like more than 20 car armoring companies in UAE!!! But choose wisely, though. I have always trusted Mezcal Security Vehicles (http://www.mezcalarmor.com/). They are good. There are others too, but be careful. Sometimes agents would disguise themselves as car armoring companies. Be sure to contact through official means, not just in the case armored cars...
First shot head shot (in case anything goes wrong).
Apple should put something like this in their iStuffs...