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Osprey body armour. Osprey Mk 2 body armour next to an L85A2 rifle. CQC Limited. Osprey body armour is a system of body armour used by the British Armed Forces. The system is in its fourth iteration following extensive development and engagement with front line users.
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 Mark VII combat helmet without camouflage cover. The Mark 7 helmet is a former general issue combat helmet of the British Armed Forces, which was replaced by the Revision Batlskin Cobra Plus as part of the Virtus programme. Officially known as the GS (General Service) Mark 7 combat helmet, it replaced the previous Mk 6 and Mark 6A helmets.
Personal load carrying equipment (PLCE) is one of several tactical webbing systems of the British Armed Forces. [ 1 ] Dependent upon the year of design, and the decade of introduction, the webbing system was named and is commonly referred to as the 85 Pattern, the 90 Pattern or the 95 Pattern webbing. [ 2 ]
Soft Armor Fragmentation 9×19mm FMJ: US Army soft armor inserts adhere to standards specified under FQ/PD 07–05. [18] They are required to stop the following ballistic and fragmentation threats: 2-grain (0.13 g) RCC (Right Circular Cylinder) at a velocity (V 50) of 2,710-foot-per-second (830 m/s) when dry and 2,575-foot-per-second (785 m/s ...
Future Soldier (British Army) Future Soldier is a reform of the British Army resulting from the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy ("Global Britain in a Competitive Age") published in March 2021. The aim of the reform is to create a more lethal, agile and expeditionary force, able to fight and win wars and to ...
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force. As of 1 January 2024, the British Army comprises 75,166 regular full-time personnel, 4,062 Gurkhas, 26,244 volunteer reserve ...
As part of the Future Commando Force programme, the standard issue combat body armor / plate carrier is the C2R CBAV (Commando Ballistic Armour Vest) Plate Carrier, which forms the core of the Commando Modular Assault System. The Scalable Tactical Vest component of the earlier Virtus programme remains in limited use. [2] [3]