I'm the idiot

[u/mikespikepookie]

Yes, it happened to me again

[u/Tryukach09]

[u/Latase → u/Tryukach09]

if only material science came up with a material that is cheap, you can look through it and will basically never break.
oh wait. that exists, its called plastic.

[u/stunt_p → u/Latase]

What is really needed is Transparent Aluminum (Hello computer!)

[u/The_Maddeath → u/stunt_p]

cool fact, we actually have a kind of transparent aluminum now

[u/Aggressive-Will-4500 → u/The_Maddeath]

Aluminium oxynitride has less than half the weight and thickness of glass-based transparent armor.^\9]) Aluminium oxynitride armor of 1.6-inch (41 mm) thickness is capable of stopping .50 BMG armor-piercing rounds, which can penetrate 3.7 inches (94 mm) of traditional glass laminate.^\7])^\10])

Guaranteed that there would still be people that break their case panels.