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2. USS Delta (AR-9) - Wikipedia

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   USS Delta (AK-29/AR-9) was the lead ship of her class of repair ships in the United States Navy during World War II. She was originally built as the merchant ship SS Hawaiian Packer before her requisition by the U.S. Navy in 1941. Before conversion to a repair ships, Delta briefly served as a U.S. Navy cargo ship.

3. Interceptor multi-threat body armor system - Wikipedia

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   DAPS consists of two ambidextrous modular components, the Deltoid (upper arm) Protector and the Axillary (underarm) Protector, and provides additional protection from fragmentary and projectiles to the upper arm and underarm areas. With the OTV, E-SAPI plates (10.9 pounds (4.9 kg)), ESBIs (7.75 pounds (3.52 kg)), DAPS (5.03 pounds (2.28 kg ...

4. 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.

5. Body armor - Wikipedia

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   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.

6. Auxiliary armour (Japan) - Wikipedia

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   Manju no wa, ( also manjunowa or manju nowa) are a combination of shoulder pads, collar and armpit guards in one that protected the upper chest area.Manju no wa were covered with different types of armour including kusari (chain armour), karuta (small square or rectangular armour plates), or kikko (hexagon plates), these iron or leather armours or a combination of them were sewn to a cloth ...

7. List of Delta Force members - Wikipedia

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   Served with Delta Force as Squadron Commander during Operation Urgent Fury in 1983. Former Deputy Commander of Delta Force from June 1990 to July 1991. Eric L. Haney: Served with the unit from 1979 to 1986. Wrote the book Inside Delta Force, upon which the television series The Unit is based.

8. Improved Outer Tactical Vest - Wikipedia

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   The IOTV is the standard issue torso protection component to the United States Army. The IOTV is designed to take the weight of the vest off the shoulders and move it to the lower torso, and made to permit maximum freedom of movement. The vest is also equipped with a mesh inner cover that is designed to improve airflow inside of the armor.

9. Delta Force - Wikipedia

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   Delta Force's founder Charles Beckwith in 1980 Delta Force bodyguards in civilian clothing providing close protection to General Norman Schwarzkopf during the Gulf War, 1991. Delta Force was created in 1977 after numerous well-publicized terrorist incidents led the U.S. government to develop a full-time counter-terrorism unit.