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Aim for the gut.
None of those will stop a glass bottle filled with a gasoline/ dish detergent mixture
What about energy weapons? Like laser/microwave/radiation/plasma/anti matter?
Unreasonable to use microwaves as weapons against people, but they could be used to disable cop cars, radios, and any other piece of electric they might rely on.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54187961
Not feasible for regular people to make. Also, a "heat ray" would probably use IR, not Microwaves.
What about a sword? If someone hypothetically tried to stab a wakizashi through the body armor, would it punch through? It's always been my understanding that "bulletproof" armor functioned by dispersing the force of the bullet, but is it designed to do the same for bladed weapons?
Not sure about it but aren't swords like wakizashi, katana and Co not primarily for cutting and slicing? Cutting is not really effective against body armor. Probably an old Zweihänder or longsword would be more effective, since they're made for stabbing. But again, I could be wrong, misremembered something or both.