What makes Captain America's Shield so special?

Why is Captain America's Shield So Special?

If you are a fan of Captain America or Avengers, you would have noticed how the cap uses his shield to overcome every threat he is subjected. Have you ever wondered what makes his shield so wonderful, so strong and powerful? Read on to know the exclusive details about the shield used by Captain America.

Captain America has used multiple shields throughout his history. The most recent one is a virtually indestructible disc-shaped shield made from an experimental alloy. This alloy was an accidental discovery, the formula of which was not available even to the inventor Dr. Myron McClain. an US metallurgist. In fact, he was working on a government project during world war 2  to create an impenetrable alloy for the US military tanks under the orders of President Franklin D. Roosevelt

The accidental alloy was found to be an alloy of steel and the fictional vibranium. This alloy was never successfully duplicated, although efforts to reverse-engineer it resulted in the discovery of new metal adamantium.

Specialities of Shield:

Captain America's shield is virtually indestructible under normal conditions. It has been proven strong enough to absorb Hulk's strength, and repel an attack from Thor's mystical hammer Mjölnir without any major damage. It is said to absorb all kinetic energy from an impact, thus captain America does not experience transferred impact forced from inertial blocking.

However, it has been vulnerable to cosmic and magical energies, evident from the fact that few  cosmic or godly opponents have broken the shield.

These physical properties also means the shield can bounce off of most smooth surfaces, ricocheting multiple times with minimal loss in aerodynamic stability or velocity. The shield can also absorb the kinetic impact of a fall, allowing Captain America to land safely even when jumping off of several stories, as can be seen in Captain America: Winter Soldier movie when he escaped from the S.H.I.E.L.D.'s STRIKE squad by jumping off an elevator.

A common misconception:

Many believe that the shield can "magically" return to Captain America once he throws it. But the shield has no magical powers, but the trick lies in the physical and sensory attributes of cap. The "superhuman serum" that enhanced Captain America's physical attributes also improved his mental faculties—such as cognition, perception, balance, aim, and reflexes—to near genius-level. This allows him to instantly calculate ballistic-physics and predict the probable trajectory of objects in motion. This makes him a perfect shot.