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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.
The Shell Answer Man was a series of television advertisements from the 1960s through the 1990s sponsored by Royal Dutch Shell in which answers were provided to common questions from the public about driving, with advice on vehicle maintenance, repair and safety, as well as guidance to users of home heating oil.
Himbo, a portmanteau of the English masculine pronoun him and bimbo, is a slang term for a sexually attractive, sexualized, naïve and unintelligent man. The first known use dates back to 1988; the word gained renewed popularity and attention in the 2010s and 2020s. [1]
Better jobs earn more SA and more B$. Players can secure better jobs for their bimbo by accumulating Fitness, Vanity, and Superficiality points, which can be earned by spending time in the city or bought with B$. Most activities require players to leave their bimbo or himbo to complete a task for several hours, earning one attribute point per hour.
The ESAPI Rev G, the latest model of such armor plates, will protect the wearer against two rounds of .30-06 M2AP at 868 meters per second and will stop multiple hits of lesser threats such as 5.56×45mm NATO, 7.62×51mm NATO, and 7.62×39mm. This is opposed to Rev A versions, which would stop M2AP 1.6 times, once with complete confidence, and ...
The Improved Outer Tactical Vest (IOTV) is an enhanced version of, and a replacement for, the older Outer Tactical Vest (OTV) component of the Interceptor multi-threat body armor system, as fielded by the United States Army beginning in the mid-2000s.
A fully loaded vest with armor plates can prove quite heavy, and is typically used only in high-risk direct action (DA) missions. The Combat Integrated Releasable Armor System (CIRAS) suite of equipment manufactured by Eagle Industries is currently the new FSBE II system, and has replaced the FSBE AAVs.
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 ...