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Originally the entire IBA system weighed 16.4 pounds (7.4 kg), [5] with the large vest weighing 8.4 pounds (3.8 kg), [6] and two plate inserts weighing 4 pounds (1.8 kg) each. This is much lighter than the previous Ranger Body Armor fielded in Somalia which weighed 25.1 pounds (11.4 kg), as well as the PASGT/ISAPO combination, which weighed ...
Hard vehicle armor is capable of stopping all fragments, but military personnel can only carry a limited amount of gear and equipment, so the weight of the vest is a limiting factor in vest fragment protection. The 2-4-16-64 grain series at limited velocity can be stopped by an all-textile vest of approximately 5.4 kg/m 2 (1.1 lb/ft 2). In ...
The starting point for this development were the ballistic-only offerings of that time using NIJ Level 2A, 2, and 3A or HOSDB HG 1 and 2, with compliant ballistic vest products being manufactured with areal densities of between 5.5 and 6 kg/m 2 (1.1 and 1.2 lb/ft 2 or 18 and 20 oz/ft 2). However police forces were evaluating their "street ...
The Marine Corps awarded a US$33,647,022 firm, fixed price contract to Protective Products International (subsidiary of Protective Products of America) in 2006 to produce 60,000 vests and began fielding them in 2007. [1] In 2008, the Marine Corps awarded a followup indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract for an additional 28,364 MTVs. [2]
The "Soldiers' Bullet Proof Vest" was manufactured by the G. & D. Cook & Company of New Haven, Connecticut. It consisted of two pieces of steel inserted into the pockets of a regular black military vest. Versions for infantry weighed 3.5 lb (1.6 kg) while a version for cavalry and artillery weighed 7 lb (3.2 kg). They sold for $5–7.
A call for a next generation plate, to stop even greater velocity threats than the ESAPI plate was issued by the U.S. Army in 2008. [5] The X Threat Small Arms Protective Insert plates are specifically allowed scalar or flexible systems, and asked for better coverage, with less than a pound of additional weight.