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2. List of body armor performance standards - Wikipedia

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   The VPAM scale as of 2009 runs from 1 to 14, with 1-5 being soft armor, and 6-14 being hard armor. [1] Tested armor must withstand three hits, spaced 120 mm (4.7 inches) apart, of the designated test threat with no more than 25 mm (0.98 inches) of back-face deformation in order to pass.

3. Ichcahuipilli - Wikipedia

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   Ichcahuipilli armor was a lightweight, multifunctional garment worn on the torso of the warrior, designed to provide blunt-force trauma protection against clubs and batons, slash protection from obsidian macuahuitl, and projectile protection from arrows and atlatl darts. [3]

4. Proofing (armour) - Wikipedia

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   In the early Middle Ages, armour would be classified by the blows it could withstand, being certified as proof against swords, axes, and arrows. As firearms emerged as battlefield weapons, armour would be tested against them, as well, from which came the modern term "bulletproof".

5. 6B23 ballistic vest - Wikipedia

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   Steel armor panel (level III protection, variant called 6B23-1) is 6.3 mm thick and made of “44S” steel providing protection against bullets from an AKM assault rifle with a heat-strengthened core (cartridge 57-N-231) from 10 m, an AK-74 rifle (cartridges 7N22, 7N24), M16 rifle (M193 and M855 cartridges) from 25 m, and SVD rifle (57-N-323S ...

6. Body armor - Wikipedia

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   The first record of body armor in history was found on the Stele of Vultures in ancient Sumer in today's south Iraq. [2] [3] The oldest known Western armor is the Dendra panoply, dating from the Mycenaean Era around 1400 BC. Mail, also referred to as chainmail, is made of interlocking iron rings, which may be riveted or welded shut.

7. 1,300-year-old armor — with bow, arrows and sword — found ...

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   Its only the second time a complete and intact set of this kind of armor has been ... 1,300-year-old armor — with bow, arrows and sword — found under war horse remains ... The 10 best places ...