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U.S. Marines in MOPP 4 gear during the 2003 invasion of Iraq U.S. Army soldiers test MOPP 4 gear at the Yuma Proving Ground's Tropic Regions Test Center in Hawaii. MOPP (an acronym for "Mission Oriented Protective Posture"; pronounced "mop") is protective gear used by U.S. military personnel in a toxic environment, e.g., during a chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear strike:
This environmental chamber study compared physiological responses of volunteers exercising in MOPP 0, MOPP 1, and MOPP 4 with equivalent SIPE configurations, including SIPE 4 with and without ambient air microclimate cooling (MCC). Responses to all uniforms were compared over 100 minutes of continuous treadmill walking at 30.0 deg C, 50% rh.
Armor Level Protection PM 1.22 Long Rifle: This armor would protect against three hits, fired from 10±0.5 meters, of: 2.6±0.1 g (40±1.54 gr) .22 Long Rifle lead round-nose bullets at a velocity of 360±10 m/s (1181±33 ft/s) PM 2 9×19mm Parabellum: This armor would protect against three hits, fired from 5±0.5 meters, of:
In 1993, command groups from the Marine Corps, Navy, Army, and Air Force signed an agreement that created the JSLIST program, to replace the Chemical Protection Overgarment used by the U.S. Navy. The JSLIST program worked on creating, testing, and manufacturing a better and unified CBRN protective suit for a reduced cost.
Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops (PASGT, pronounced / ˈ p æ z ɡ ə t / PAZ-gət) is a combat helmet and ballistic vest that was used by the United States military from the early 1980s until the early or mid-2000s, when the helmet and vest were succeeded by the Lightweight Helmet (LWH), Modular Integrated Communications Helmet (MICH), and Interceptor body armor (IBA) respectively.
In the late 1970s, ILC Dover, LP, developed a special garment, the Demilitarization Protective Ensemble (DPE), to fulfill the U.S. Army's need for an off-the-shelf, positive pressure, totally encapsulating suit for use by maintenance personnel at a chemical weapons site. The DPE was delivered to the Army in 1979 and is still currently in daily ...
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MOPP (chemotherapy), a combination chemotherapy regimen used to treat Hodgkin's disease MOPP (electrical safety) , a concept introduced in the standard for medical electrical equipment MOPP (protective gear) , protective gear used by U.S. military personnel in a toxic environment