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2. Flak jacket - Wikipedia

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   A flak jacket or flak vest is a form of body armor. A flak jacket is designed to provide protection from case fragments ("frag") from high explosive weaponry, such as anti-aircraft artillery ("flak" is a German contraction for Fliegerabwehrkanone , "aircraft-defense gun"), grenade fragments , very small pellets used in shotguns such as the ...

3. Oakley, Inc. - Wikipedia

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   Oakley, Inc. is an American company headquartered in Foothill Ranch, California, which is an autonomous subsidiary of Luxottica. The company designs, develops and manufactures sports performance equipment and lifestyle pieces including sunglasses , safety glasses, eyeglasses , sports visors, ski/snowboard goggles , watches, apparel, backpacks ...

4. Interceptor multi-threat body armor system - Wikipedia

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   The Interceptor multi-threat body armor system (IBA) is a bullet-resistant body armor system that was used by the United States Armed Forces during the 2000s, with some limited usage into the mid-2010s.

5. 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.

6. File:Flakjacketparts.png - Wikipedia

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   This image is submitted to illustrate the two components an average flak jacket. On the left is the carrier without the side laces that ensured it was wrapped securely around the abdomen. On the right, is the internal ballistic nylon armor sealed in unknown plastic material most likely to prevent the several layers of the nylon from absorbing ...

7. Osprey body armour - Wikipedia

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   A soldier from 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, wearing Enhanced Combat Body Armour during Operation Telic. British forces first began using body armour on a widespread basis when combatting terrorist activities in Northern Ireland during Operation Banner, [1] with this initially consisting of M52 and M69 flak vests and then the Individual Northern Ireland Body Armour vest which could be ...