[EchoMirage]

i know so. im a gun nut. any standard (non armor piercing) .223 round will slice through a standard bulletproof vest. if you add armor plating to the vest, then depending on what its rated for, it could still punch through. add in the SS109 round (armor piercing) and it will punch through. dont let what some morons say led you on. just because its a small diameter round doesnt mean its a toy. the round travels at what, something like 3000fps? being that fast, that pointy, and that small, it can easily rip through regular kevlar. only if you layer up the kevlar, or add in harded armor, will it stop the round. the vest i assume was a regular police issue, which is only rated to stop pistol rounds. military armor is different. and they were M16s.....M4s to be exact, if i saw correctly, which ARE M16s but shorter barrels and telescoping stocks.

again, this is just a movie, and you cant believe anything in movies. playing the other side, even IF the vest did stop the rounds (which were what, 15-20 rounds?) his arm bones would be shattered from the impact, not to mention being slapped back into his face and head from the force of the vest catching the bullets.