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  2. Bulletproof vest - Wikipedia

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    The Improved Outer Tactical Vest (IOTV) in MultiCam, as issued to United States Army soldiers. A bulletproof vest, also known as a ballistic vest or bullet-resistant vest, is a type of body armour designed to absorb impact and prevent the penetration of firearm projectiles and explosion fragments to the torso.

  3. 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.

  4. Liquid Armor - Wikipedia

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    These experiments visually showed that liquid armor has ballistic properties that are greater than neat fabrics. It was displayed that only four layers of STF-Kevlar offer the same amount of protection that ten layers of standard Kevlar offers. Additionally, it was discovered that STF-Kevlar has little to no increase in thickness and stiffness.

  5. 6B45 ballistic vest - Wikipedia

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    The basic issued variant of 6B45 has a weight of approximately 8 kg. The basic issued variant of the body armor includes: a body armor cover (with MOLLE system on front sides and back), a collar protecting against fragments, anti-fragmentation bags on the sides with a fairly large protection area, rear and front class 5A armor plates, an emergency release device and a removable ventilation and ...

  6. Improved Outer Tactical Vest - Wikipedia

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    Nearly all modern military body armor is designed to prevent penetration from bullets to vital areas of the body, in addition to protection against knives and fragmentation from explosives. Typically this is accomplished through both highly durable woven synthetic fibers such as Kevlar or Dyneema, and either metal or ceramic ballistic plates ...

  7. Second Chance (body armor) - Wikipedia

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    Second Chance is an American body armor manufacturing company. The company was founded in the early 1970s by U.S. Marine and pizza delivery owner/driver Richard Davis. Davis developed the idea of a bulletproof vest after shooting three armed robbers in self-defense during a delivery.

  8. Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Body armor - Wikipedia

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    Improved Modular Tactical Vest fielded by the US Marine Corps. 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.

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