Yes, John, I've used windshield tinting material to achive the affect with good results.
I remember the old "A" Model Chinooks had the gold laminate windshields, which made them look like gold mirrors from the outside:
...and on at least one occassion, was responsible for an enemy bullet
missing it's target!
Ed Zaber was copilot for Carl Vertrees answering a call to go to Soc Trang for troops to help defend Can Tho during the first wave of ground attacks of the 1968 Tet Offensive. Ed was leaning slightly to the left to monitor engine starting, when a bullet came through the center of the windshield! (note the label-maker tape message along the panel lip... including the "cost" to replace the windshield! [:0])
Ed Zaber, 31 Jan 68.
Here is a man who is happy to be alive, and a little lucky too! Note the bullet hole in his helmet and the blood just right of his mouth, where a piece of plexiglass from the windshield made a small cut. Photo taken in the Hillclimber Can Tho Ops.
The tinting material is what I would recommend,
take care,
Frank