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  2. Bulletproof vest - Wikipedia

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    Ballistic nylon (until the 1970s) or Kevlar, Twaron [92] or Spectra (a competitor for Kevlar) or polyethylene fiber could be used to manufacture bullet proof vests. The vests of the time were made of ballistic nylon & supplemented by plates of fiber-glass, steel, ceramic, titanium, Doron & composites of ceramic and fiberglass, the last being ...

  3. Casimir Zeglen - Wikipedia

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    Casimir Zeglen, CR (Polish: Kazimierz Żegleń; 4 March 1869 – before 1927 [citation needed]) was a Polish Catholic priest who invented a silk bulletproof vest in the late 19th century. [1] [2] [3] He was a vowed member of the Resurrectionists.

  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. Myeonje baegab - Wikipedia

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    Myeonje baegap (면제배갑, 綿製背甲) was a soft bulletproof vest invented during the Joseon in 1867. [1] [2] It was invented following the 1866 military French expedition to Korea and used in battle during the United States expedition to Korea in 1871. It was made of between 13 and 30 folds of cotton fabric and covered the upper torso.

  6. Flak jacket - Wikipedia

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    The vests used by the U.S. Marines (Vest, Armored M-1955) weighed more than ten pounds, the exterior of the vest was made of a heavy duty Cotton Poplin, with the third revision of the vest the material was changed to nylon fabric, and the interior were a combination of ballistic nylon layers and fiberglass plates known as Doron. [3]

  7. Kevlar - Wikipedia

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    After 24 hours, one goat died and the others had wounds that were not life threatening. [12] [13] [verification needed] Shubin received a $5 million grant to research the use of the fabric in bullet-proof vests. Kevlar 149 was invented by Jacob Lahijani of Dupont in the 1980s. [14]

  8. Second Chance (body armor) - Wikipedia

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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.

  9. Lester Shubin - Wikipedia

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    [6] [1] Shubin received a $5 million grant to research the use of the fabric in bullet-proof vests. In 1975, the federal government distributed 5,000 Kevlar vests to 15 police departments. In the first year of deployment, two police officers wearing the vests were shot with handguns and two others were attacked with knives.

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