853 isn't exactly bombproof
No material is bomb proof, but of all the cycle steels, 853 is probably the second most ballistically resistant (after 953), and it will certainly be much better than RHA
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No material is bomb proof, but of all the cycle steels, 853 is probably the second most ballistically resistant (after 953), and it will certainly be much better than RHA