Originally Posted by bcp
If anyone shot at a North Korean Commie and he didn't go down, it was because they missed him. Because frozen clothing sure won't slow down a .30 Carbine.
Exactly. The idea of it bouncing off clothing is absurd. What happened was that they wore many layers of this fluffy clothing, and it made the soldiers look twice as thick as they really were. Soldier shot at enemy soldier, saw the puff of dust kick up off clothes, it was a glancing shot, soldier (feeling the pain from the shot) goes down, realizes he's not badly wounded, gets up again.