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Under most circumstances, no. The .50 cal BMG was designed to shoot through early armored VEHICLES. A flak jacket- properly called soft body armor, is intended to stop fragments from grenades, mortars, and artillery shells- not bullets. Especially not BIG, HEAVY bullets like the .50.

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