several days into this modern war, vitali says he asked his mother-in-law to help sew armor when his son s godfather couldn t find a flak jacket before heading off to combat. this operation relies on donations and improvisation. this is some padding for the flak jackets to go around the armor plates. and they are made from the material they use for floor mats for cars. the armor plates come from scrap metal scavenged from old cars, welded and reworked by volunteer mechanics and field tested. so he s taken out a plate to a firing range. and this is 6 millimeters in width and they tried different kinds of firearms and rounds and he it was able to block some rifles. but a sniper s rifle punched right through, as did a machine gun. they re not using this width for their flak jackets.