Westworld - 1x03 "The Stray" - Post-Episode Discussion

Yes and I didn't fall down. I was hit 5 times in my body armor and 2 rounds hit me. 7.62 from an AK47. The guy in the video was definitely caught off guard and hit in some part of his armor, either his Kevlar or his IBA. You are far more likely to be knocked down like that if you are wearing armor because the energy is dissipated much quicker because the armor stops the round. Shooting someone and hitting flesh/bone decelerates the round very quickly, which is why many rounds wont pass through a persons torso.

So to answer your question instead of your many uninformed, and frankly dumbass speculative answers, NO most rounds aren't going to knock you down. That is Hollywood stuff done with a yank harness for movies.

F=MA so even with the incredible F/sec that some rounds travel at... they don't have the mass to knock you off your feet. Same with the old story of dropping a penny of the empire state building would kill someone. No it wont because it doesn't have enough mass and it reaches terminal velocity before it hits the ground. Despite how far it fell it wouldn't hit you any harder than someone with a good arm throwing at you.

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