Friday 2010-07-23 Dev. update and Discussions

[swiss]

Originally Posted by Feuerfalke

2. your windscreen is most likely not armored to withstand birdstrike or small arms fire.
3. Your windscreen is reinforced class that is designed to splinter on impact to not cause any large, sharp fragments. A canopy is designed to not splinter.
(If you lose your windscreen at 80km/h you just stop. If you lose it at 500km/h at 30,000ft you're in trouble.)

Now I'll do some research, I indeed think it was bullet proof glas, several inches thick.