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  2. North Hollywood shootout - Wikipedia

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    The robbers wore homemade body armor which successfully protected them from handgun rounds and shotgun pellets fired by the responding officers. An LAPD Metropolitan Division SWAT team eventually arrived with higher-power weapons, but they had little effect on the heavy body armor used by the two perpetrators. The SWAT team also commandeered an ...

  3. Armour of the Kelly gang - Wikipedia

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    The helmet resembled a tin can without a crown, and included a long slit for the eyes. The suits' separate parts were strapped together on the body while the helmet was separate with internal leather straps that straddled the head, keeping the massive weight off of the collar bones and the shoulders, also allowing it to be removed easily.

  4. Dragon silk - Wikipedia

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    Dragon silk is a material created by Kraig Biocraft Laboratories of Ann Arbor, Michigan from genetically modified silkworms to create body armor. Dragon silk combines the elasticity and strength of spider silk. It has the tensile strength as high as 1.79 gigapascals (as much as 37%) and the elasticity above 38% exceeding the maximum reported ...

  5. Improvised vehicle armour - Wikipedia

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    Improvised armour added to a truck by railway shop workers for the Danish resistance movement near the end of World War II. Improvised vehicle armour is a form of vehicle armour consisting of protective materials added to a vehicle such as a car, truck, or tank in an irregular and extemporized fashion using available materials.

  6. Bomb-making materials found at home of New Orleans attacker ...

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    Jabbar was wearing body armor at the time of the attack, two sources familiar with the investigation told CBS News. He also had two weapons on him, which law enforcement sources described as an AR ...

  7. Doron plate - Wikipedia

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    Doron plate is a strong fiberglass-based laminate that was first used by the United States Marines as personal body armor for infantry in the Battle of Okinawa in 1945. [1] The plates were approximately 3.2 mm (1 ⁄ 8 in) thick and cut into 130 mm (5 in) squares, then inserted into pockets on a nylon vest that covered the front and back portions of the torso as well as the shoulders. [2]

  8. Bulletproof vest - Wikipedia

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    The Improved Outer Tactical Vest (IOTV) in MultiCam, as issued to United States Army soldiers. A bulletproof vest, also known as a ballistic vest or bullet-resistant vest, is a type of body armor designed to absorb impact and prevent the penetration of firearm projectiles and explosion fragments to the torso.

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