Nowadays, bulletproof shield is very common equipment, and anti-terrorism special forces and police have a large number of equipment and applications, which is not a rare thing. But there have been plenty of skeptics about the shield’s bulletproof properties, and the reason for their skepticism is simple: if it’s bulletproof, why not give it to every soldier? Wouldn’t it be great if nobody got shot? That’s a bit paranoid, but bulletproof isn’t a given.
The attackers use shields to protect themselves from the bullets of pistols and shotguns, which are the weapons most commonly used by criminals (it is easier to manufacture, modify and buy them than submachine guns and rifles), so shield protection is very necessary.
In addition, the bullet-proof shield is equipped with a high-brightness flash, which can cause terrorists to be blinded in a short period of time through an instant flash. The effect is obvious in narrow indoor spaces, especially at night, when terrorists are blinded by the shooting accuracy will be significantly reduced or even directly start shooting randomly, which can significantly reduce their own casualties.
If shields are bulletproof, why not give one to every soldier? It was actually quite simple. Many of the advantages of a shield could only be demonstrated in close-range indoor combat. However, the field conditions were not as good as indoor combat, and the targets were completely different. In the security and anti-terrorist wars, targets are less heavily armed, but on the battlefield, everyone has heavy firepower, in the face of heavy machine guns, machine guns, grenade launcher bombs, and even cloud bombs, cluster bombs, and other weapons that can cause casualties, bulletproof shields simply are not enough.
Modern warfare is all about rapid reaction, rapid deployment, and Beyond-visual-range missiles, with dozens of kilometers between the two sides, precision-guided bombs dropped by aircraft, and self-propelled gun bombardment, the infantry may not even see the target.
They can’t keep up with the pace of the Air Force, so they need to move quickly and expand the occupied area. What’s an infantry doing with a heavy shield when they can’t see their target in a troop carrier?
If the two sides are evenly matched and start a positional battle, and the heavy and small firepower becomes the main event again, the infantrymen need to spread out quickly and use anti-tank bazookas and heavy machine guns to suppress the fire. It’s too late to hide, isn’t it suicide to raise a shield? Moving slowly, it was soon riddled with 30mm machine guns from infantry fighting vehicles. Bulletproof Shields, no matter how powerful, can not defend against heavy machine guns or even heavier firepower, just as plate armor, no matter how heavy, can not withstand bows and arrows.
A bulletproof shield is such a piece of equipment that can only be used in certain tactical conditions and mission environments, this is why only Swat and counter-terrorism forces will be equipped with shields and use CQB tactics, while field forces without special operations mission requirements do not need it.
