Bulletproof cars have been around for a while.

Today we're going to see how durable a bulletproof car really is.

We have governments, we have the president of the United States, we have famous people,

and a lot of them use bulletproof cars for protection.

And today we're going to see how durable the glass is, how durable the paneling is inside

those doors, and we're going to do it in real life with real guns.

Now if you don't like guns, that's fine, we're also going to focus on the construction of

the bulletproof paneling Let's get started.

[Intro]

Before we destroy anything, let me show you what we're working with.

A company called Armor Max here in Utah was nice enough to donate some glass panels for

us to shoot.

And we have two glass panels here today.

One is for a smaller caliber gun, like a little pistol, like a 9 millimeter.

And the other piece of glass is for a larger caliber rifle like the one I used in my bump

stock video, the AR 15.

So it really just depends on how much protection you want for your vehicle.

This is the 9mm that we'll be shooting at the glass.

And this is the thinner pane.

And then over here we have the AR 15 with the bump stock attached.

We're just going to be shooting single rounds today though.

You can see the larger caliber here, and how thick the pane of glass is compared to the

lower caliber.

But really all of this stuff is completely customizable.

Like the president's motorcade here in the United States uses about double this thickness

of glass inside.

It really just depends on how much protection you want, and how much you're willing to spend.

As far as weight goes, when they're bulletproofing a car with the smaller caliber, you know,

bulletproofing it for a hand gun, it usually adds anywhere from 400-500 pounds give or

take the protection you want.

But if you're going to fully rifle proof your car, you can add anywhere from 500 all they

way up to maybe 12 or 13 hundred.

Your gas mileage might go down slightly, but sometimes that's a good trade off for the

protection it offers.

So gun ranges are actually pretty cool.

So right here we have different slots.

Gun safety is a pretty big thing when you're at a gun range.

Each of these little cubicles keep, you know, the bullets that are ejected out of the gun,

they keep it from hitting your neighbor.

And then as we walk down range...right now it's safe because there's no one out shooting

in here.

This is one of the pieces of glass that we're going to be shooting at.

So we have it propped up.

We have some of these little green targets right here just so we have something to aim

at while we're shooting.

And then we also have one little melon right behind it.

So if the bullet goes through the bulletproof glass, which it shouldn't, we'll know for

sure.

Now down here at the end of the range is something that not a lot of people see.

This is what directs the bullets into this channel down here at the end so that they

can recycle all of those bullet tips because there's a lot of metal in a bullet and it's

always good to recycle.

So you can see here all of these little markings are little bullets that have hit this metal

panel right here and then rickashayed up there into that little slot so they can collect

them and recycle them.

Alright, so we're going to start with the 9mm hand gun first.

We're going to shoot that pane of glass right down there.

Let's do it.

[Gunshot] Oh man!

That looks sweet.

Let's go take a closer look.

Check this out!

Oh man, that's so cool.

You can see the impact point right here.

You can see a little bit of remnants of like the metal in the tip of the bullet.

And then it like absorbed the impact and fractured all the way around this outside.

So here on the backside it's still 100% completely smooth.

My fingers aren't catching on any of the glass layers on the back of this.

If you are sitting inside of this car with this window, you would still be totally fine.

Now these layers of bulletproof glass are actually layers of glass and plastic stuck

together.

So it will actually be interesting to see what kind of penetration we can get when we

start shooting the rifle on the AR 15.

But half an inch stopping a bullet...that's pretty impressive.

So we have the cameras set up and our safety gear on.

We're going to shoot that same piece of glass a couple more times with the 9mm and see how

well it stands up to multiple shots.

Alight, so safety gear is on.

I imagine if you're being shot at inside of a car it's not going to be just one bullet.

There are going to be multiple.

So I'm going to empty this full magazine into the glass and see what happens.

Ready?

[Gunshots] Sweet!

That was fun.

Okay, so check this out.

It looks like I hit this part multiple times.

I think there was an impact point here, here, here, here and here.

As the outside structure of the glass is compromised, it removes the outer layer but the inner layers

are still fine.

You can see like this divot right here.

If the glass is an inch thick, this probably went through about half an inch of that but

it still survived...I mean how many shots was that, like 6?

So if we go back here to the back of the glass, you know, feeling the back of it, there's

nothing catching on my hand, but as I move my hand over this I can feel like a slight

indention and I imagine that's like the plastic layer bulging out just a tiny bit.

Ummm, agh!

[Dan] Yeah, careful, I just did that.

[Zack] I got glass in my finger.

Alright, so we're not going to touch the glass anymore.

When the bullet hits, there's so much energy in that bullet, it impacts the glass obviously,

and the glass distributes the impact over the whole thing.

So not everything you see in Hollywood it truthful because if a bullet hits a car it's

going to shatter the exterior layer of the ballistic glass at least.

Alright, so we have a new glass in place and this one is an inch and a half thick, so it's

going to need the AR 15, the higher caliber bullet.

And we'll see if that melon survives.

Alright, so the safety is now off.

And full disclosure, I have not sighted this gun, so if I miss first shot...

[Gunshot] Oh wow!

Okay, so that was pretty sweet.

So the impact of that bullet hit right here in the center and we can already see...like

this is an inch and a half thick.

You can also see the divot from the glass, you know, separating from the point of impact.

The energy, instead of going forward, it immediately stops the forward energy and disperses it

in the outward glass.

And these cracks look freaking incredible.

And this is the size of the bullet that hit that center impact part, right there.

And I think this is one of those plastic layers inside.

Let's see if we have any damage on the back.

That's sweet.

There's no damage on the back of this thing.

So if you were sitting inside of this car, you would be completely safe from someone

shooting an AR 15 at your window.

So everything that's manufactured has like a rating to it.

So this piece of glass is certified for 5 bullets, but Armor Max has shot this thing

20 times and it still survived which is pretty darn impressive.

So we just finished shooting the ballistic glass.

We're still going to shoot some of the ballistic armor panels here in a second, but let's check

out the laboratory of Armor Max first and see how all of this stuff is put together.

And there's actually quite a lot that goes into this.

So this stuff right here, this is like a little bomb proof blanket that can actually sit down

underneath the carpet inside of the car.

So like if a grenade or something is rolled underneath the vehicle, you know, it's full

of kevlar and stuff and stops the explosion from coming up inside of the cab.

Now normally, when you're sitting inside of a car, you're hidden and protected by the

door and the window.

So that's like one of the most important parts of bulletproofing a car is the glass and the

door panels.

So this is a land cruiser right here, and this is the bulletproof glass, the same stuff

that we were shooting at earlier.

You can kind of tell how thick this panel is.

But because of the weight of the bulletproof glass, they actually have to stick new motors

inside of the door.

So these are specialized motors that can lift the 60 pound slab of glass.

So the slab of glass will protect the top half of the person, and the rest of the door

is fitted with these bulletproof panels here inside.

We haven't shot any of these panels yet, but I'll make sure we get a chance before we leave.

So we talked about how to protect the driver inside, and now here in the front, protecting

the engine is another important concept.

So here we have bulletproof panels that are set at an angle and go all the way down in

front of the radiator cuz the radiator is what keeps the engine cool.

And if you're radiator is bleeding out then your car is not going to go very far.

So these bulletproof panels right here are pretty important.

There's also the same bulletproof panels that we have inside of the metal panels here inside

of this, as well as protecting the firewall between the engine and the passenger compartment.

And then here we have a few more bulletproof panels protecting the battery, cuz also without

the battery you're not going to be going very far.

Another bulletproof panel here protecting the air intake.

And inside of the tires they have something called a run flat, which is basically a metal

band on the rim of the tire that sticks up past the rim.

So even if there's no air in your tire and the tire's technically flat, you'll still

be able to drive on that metal rim inside of the actual tire.

So like I mentioned before, there are a couple different packages that Armor Max offers.