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2. List of body armor performance standards - Wikipedia

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   The VPAM scale as of 2009 runs from 1 to 14, with 1-5 being soft armor, and 6-14 being hard armor. [1] Tested armor must withstand three hits, spaced 120 mm (4.7 inches) apart, of the designated test threat with no more than 25 mm (0.98 inches) of back-face deformation in order to pass.

3. Ranger Body Armor - Wikipedia

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   Ranger Body Armor (RBA) is a US military-issue ballistic vest that was designed for, and used chiefly by, US Army 75th Ranger Regiment operators ("Rangers") in the 1990s and 2000s. The RBA system has since been replaced by other specialized body armor systems adopted by the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) .

4. Body armor - Wikipedia

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   Body armor, personal armor (also spelled armour ), armored suit ( armoured) or coat of armor, among others, is armor for a person's body: protective clothing or close-fitting hands-free shields designed to absorb or deflect physical attacks. Historically used to protect military personnel, today it is also used by various types of police ( riot ...

5. 6B1 ballistic vest - Wikipedia

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   6B1 body armor was developed by All-Russian Institute Of Aviation Materials (VIAM). The body armor was designed to protect primarily from fragments of artillery shells and mortar mines, which resulted in rather original construction. Development started in 1954 and lasted 3 years. In 1957 it was accepted into service with the Soviet Army. [1]

6. Stalnoi Nagrudnik - Wikipedia

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   Stalnoi Nagrudnik. Steel breastplate, breastplate of steel in Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle museum. Steel breastplate, or Stalnoi Nagrudnik (Russian: Стальной нагрудник) is a type of body armor similar to a cuirass developed by the Red Army in World War II. The native Cyrillic abbreviation for the vest was "СН", the Cyrillic ...

7. List of United States Marine Corps individual equipment

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   The Family of Improved Load Bearing Equipment (FILBE) is the latest load bearing equipment to be issued to Marines. It replaced the previous ILBE because of incompatibility with body armour systems. The FILBE system is a solid coyote brown color. It is a modular system that allows its users to configure the system to individual/mission need.