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2. Ceramic armor - Wikipedia

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   In body armor, where ceramic armor designers strive to make ceramic armor plates as light and as comfortable as possible, the backing material is typically a light-weight ultra high molecular weight polyethylene fiber composite, but may also be an aramid fiber composite – and, in low-end ceramic armor plates or in plates for stationary ...

3. Small Arms Protective Insert - Wikipedia

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   For ESAPI, a .30-06 Springfield M2 armor-piercing (AP) (.30-06 black-tip armor-piercing) cartridge. This performance is only assured when backed by the soft armor of the OTV (or any soft armor which meets military requirements for protection). The ceramic plate is backed with a shield made of Spectra, a material up to 40% stronger than Kevlar ...

4. Ballistic plate - Wikipedia

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   Granit ceramic plate for 6B45 body armor with hits from 7.62x54R SVD rifle. Ceramic armor plates, typically composed of boron carbide, silicon carbide, or other similar materials, are common place in military applications. The advantage of ceramic armor is that it is not only lighter than metals, but much harder as well, which enables it to ...

5. Bulletproof vest - Wikipedia

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   Broadly, there are three basic types of hard armor ballistic plates: ceramic plate-based systems, steel plate with spall fragmentation protective coating (or backer), and hard fiber-based laminate systems. These hard armor plates may be designed to be used stand-alone or "In-Conjunction" with soft armor backers, also called "plate backers". [32 ...

6. Interceptor multi-threat body armor system - Wikipedia

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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 ...

7. 6B23 ballistic vest - Wikipedia

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   They are located on the chest, back and sides. The 6B23-1 configuration has a steel chest armor plate, and the 6B23-2 uses a Granit-4M ceramic plate on the chest and steel on the back. Weight, depending on the panels used, ranges from 4 to 10.2 kg. [3] [1] The cover comes in several camouflage patterns, mainly VSR-98 Flora pattern and EMR ...