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In 2015 SOURCE was awarded a multi-year contract by the British MoD to supply an initial quantity of 9000 personal protection and load carriage systems to the British Army. SOURCE Virtus Soldier System is a new fully integrated personal protection and load carriage system. [2] First units are supplied from Fall 2015. [3] [4] [5] [6]
The British Army uses two main combat body armour systems; Soldier in CRBN equipment wearing Virtus helmet and vest with the General Service Respirator. The Virtus Scalable Tactical Vest (STV) is the primary body armour system used on live operations, LFTT, and firing ranges and has replaced the previously used Osprey body armour. It is 10 lbs ...
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 ...
SIG MCX VIRTUS United States: Assault rifle: 5.56×45mm NATO.300 AAC Blackout: Used by the Special Operations Command's units and the Mountain Commando Group SIG SG 553 Switzerland: Assault rifle: 5.56×45mm NATO: Used by the Special Operations Command's units and conventional diving units M16A2
The previous Mk 6 and Mk 6A combined with the Osprey Body Armour system in use at the time made it difficult for soldiers to maintain this firing position, as the helmet rim would tip over the user's eyes. [7] The helmet weighs one kilogram (35 oz), significantly less than its 1.5-kilogram (53 oz) predecessor.
It is mainly issued for body armor used by the German police, but also for the German armed forces and civilian available body armor. Producers have to meet the criteria of the TR, if they want to participate in open competitive bidding made by German agencies. The TR specifies different Schutzklassen (SK), which translates to protection ...
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 ...
The Improved Outer Tactical Vest as a whole is an improvement over previous US body armor systems, with the fragmentation vest from the Vietnam War being limited to fragmentation protection, the PASGT vest being limited to pistol rounds, and the previous Outer Tactical Vest being unable to stop armor piercing rounds.