enow.com Web Search

  1. Ads

    related to: female body armor bulletproof vest ballistic

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Bulletproof vest - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletproof_vest

    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 armor designed to absorb impact and prevent the penetration of firearm projectiles and explosion fragments to the torso.

  3. Improved Outer Tactical Vest - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Improved_Outer_Tactical_Vest

    The new vest eliminates gaps between the material and the body and can be fitted with smaller side ballistic inserts for small waist sizes. The vest has a lighter feel because it does not rest on the female soldier's shoulders like the male vest. The first female soldier vests were given to soldiers deploying for Afghanistan in September 2012. [10]

  4. List of body armor performance standards - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_body_armor...

    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.

  5. Second Chance (body armor) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Chance_(body_armor)

    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.

  6. Dragon Skin - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Skin

    X-ray of Dragon Skin Body Armor. Dragon Skin is a type of ballistic vest first-produced by the now-defunct company Pinnacle Armor, and was subsequently manufactured by North American Development Group LLC. [1] The vest manufacturer claimed that it could absorb a high number of bullets because of its unique design involving circular discs that ...

  7. Body armor - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_armor

    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.

  1. Ads

    related to: female body armor bulletproof vest ballistic