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2. 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 ...

3. Interceptor multi-threat body armor system - Wikipedia

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   The Improved Modular Tactical Vest (IMTV) and Improved Scalable Plate Carrier (ISPC) are the new models. "The IMTV will be the main body armor system for Marines, the Corps plans to order about 70,000 of the improved plate carriers, far more than the estimated 10,000 to 14,000 plate carriers in use today". [30]

4. 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 ...

5. List of United States Marine Corps individual equipment

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   Brodie helmet worn in World War I Gulf War-era armor. The following items are obsolete and no longer issued: Armor. Flak jacket; Doron Plate; M1 Helmet; M1917 Helmet "Brodie" helmet; Load-bearing equipment. MOLLE; M-1956 load-carrying equipment; Modernized load-carrying equipment; Various types of haversacks were issued in World War I. Other. M ...

6. Modular Tactical Vest - Wikipedia

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   The ESAPI Rev G, the latest model of such armor plates, will protect the wearer against two rounds of .30-06 M2AP at 868 meters per second and will stop multiple hits of lesser threats such as 5.56×45mm NATO, 7.62×51mm NATO, and 7.62×39mm. This is opposed to Rev A versions, which would stop M2AP 1.6 times, once with complete confidence, and ...

7. Ceramic armor - Wikipedia

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   Most ceramic plates used in body armor provide National Institute of Justice Type III protection, allowing them to stop rifle bullets. Ceramic plates are a form of composite armor. Insert plates may also be made of steel or ultra high molecular weight polyethylene. A ceramic plate is usually slipped into the outer layer of a soft armor vest.