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2. Second Chance (body armor) - Wikipedia

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   Davis started his company out of his garage. In early sales demonstrations, he would put on one of his vests and then shoot himself, [1] usually with a firearm provided by whatever agency he was demonstrating for. In 1998, Second Chance introduced Zylon-based body armor (bullet-resistant vests), as a lightweight alternative to kevlar. The Zylon ...

3. 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 armour designed to absorb impact and prevent the penetration of firearm projectiles and explosion fragments to the torso.

4. Interceptor multi-threat body armor system - Wikipedia

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   The Interceptor vest was tested to stop a 9×19mm 124-grain FMJ bullet at 1,400 feet per second (430 m/s) with minimal backface deformation, and it has a V-50 of roughly 1,525 feet per second (465 m/s). This means that the bullet in question must travel faster than 1,525 feet per second (465 m/s) for it to have more than a 50% chance of ...

5. NYPD detectives’ new lightweight bullet-resistant vests fit ...

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   More than 1,000 lightweight bullet-resistant vests designed to be easier to wear will be distributed to detectives before the end of the year, fulfilling a promise the department made three years ...

6. Howell man worked OT at Ford plant to pay for Wayne Co ... - AOL

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   Earlier this year, Cadez applied for a custom-fitted ballistics vest for Gunner from Brady's K-9 Fund, a nonprofit started in 2018 by a then-8-year-old boy in Ohio that provides bulletproof vests ...

7. Body armor - Wikipedia

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   Another fiber used to manufacture a bullet-resistant vest is Dyneema ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene. Originated in the Netherlands, Dyneema has an extremely high strength-to-weight ratio (a 1 mm (0.039 in) diameter rope of Dyneema can bear up to a 240 kg (530 lb) load), is light enough (low density) that it can float on water, and has ...

8. OLV (anti-fragmentation vest) - Wikipedia

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   It protects against 9 mm Parabellum bullets (2nd class of bullet resistance according to the PN-V-87000:1999 standard), and there is also the possibility of using a steel plate at the front, which also protects against 7.62 mm bullets fired from the AKM kbk (4th class of bullet resistance according to the PN-V-87000:1999 standard).

9. Panic buttons, Kevlar vests and bulletproof glass: Election ...

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   (This story was updated to add new information.) BRIGHTON, Colo. ‒ Bulletproof glass. Security cameras. Panic buttons. As the elected county clerk and recorder in a suburb of Denver, Josh ...