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2. Bulletproof vest - Wikipedia

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   In the European Union, the import and sale of ballistic vests and body armor is allowed. There is an exception for vests that are developed under strict military specifications and/or for main military usage; shield above the level of protection NIJ 4 are considered by the law as "armament materials" and forbidden for civilian use.

3. Interceptor multi-threat body armor system - Wikipedia

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   The OTV features a carrier shell, and three main (flexible) ballistic panel inserts (front left and front right panels, and a rear back panel), [4] which are made with a finely woven Kevlar KM2 fiber. These two parts of the vest are both bullet and heat resistant and offer protection similar to the earlier PASGT flak jacket.

4. 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.

5. Modular Tactical Vest - Wikipedia

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   The Modular Tactical Vest (MTV or MoTaV) is a ballistic vest originally adopted by the United States Marine Corps in 2006. The MTV was designed as a solution to shortcomings in the Interceptor Body Armor (IBA) and was selected after a rigorous proposal and examination process by the Marine Corps.

6. List of body armor performance standards - Wikipedia

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   This is identical to the ballistic protection provided by NIJ RF1, with the addition of 5.56x45mm M855. This level has no equivalent in obsolete NIJ Standard-0101.06. [10] NIJ RF3.30-06 Springfield: This armor would protect against: 165.7 (±7) grain .30-06 M2 Armor Piercing (AP) bullets at a velocity of 2880 ft/s (878 m/s).

7. Flak jacket - Wikipedia

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   Two types of protective garment from the American Civil War in the 1860s had a basic design similar to the flak jacket or ballistic armor of modern times in that solid plates were used as the main ballistic protection. The "Soldiers' Bullet Proof Vest" was manufactured by the G. & D. Cook & Company of New Haven, Connecticut.