Body armor, personal armor (also spelled armour), armored suit (armoured) or coat of armor, among others, is armor for a person's body: protective clothing...
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The Interceptor multi-threat body armor system (IBA) is a bullet-resistant body armor system that was used by the United States Armed Forces during the...
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Ranger Body Armor (RBA) is a US military-issue ballistic vest that was designed for, and used chiefly by, US Army 75th Ranger Regiment operators ("Rangers")...
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Body armor performance standards are lists generated by national authorities, of requirements for armor to perform reliably, clearly indicating what the...
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Improved Outer Tactical Vest (redirect from Improved Interceptor Body Armor)
older Outer Tactical Vest (OTV) component of the Interceptor multi-threat body armor system, as fielded by the United States Army beginning in the mid-2000s...
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Second Chance is an American body armor manufacturing company that was the first firm to use kevlar for body armor. The company was founded in the early...
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Bulletproof vest (redirect from Bullet-proof armor)
officially issued body armor in the form of nickel and silicon armor plates that was called sappenpanzer (nicknamed 'Lobster armor') from late 1916. These...
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Dragon Skin (redirect from Dragonskin Body Armor)
Dragon Skin from Armor Technology Corp in 2000. In addition to Dragon Skin body armor, they also produced reinforced materials for use on vehicles and buildings...
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Dilatant (redirect from Liquid body armor)
University of Delaware's innovation". Body Armor News. 2015-03-10. Retrieved 2018-07-11. "How the U.S. Army Uses Liquid Body Armor". The Balance Careers. Archived...
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The Modular Body Armor Vest (MBAV) is a bullet-proof vest made by Eagle Industries and used by the United States military. The vest is standard issue for...
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(LWH), Modular Integrated Communications Helmet (MICH), and Interceptor body armor (IBA) respectively. Designed in the mid-1970s as a replacement for the...
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Ballistic plate (redirect from Ceramic body armor)
Armour Plate - NIJ Level III (3) + AK47". "Soft Armor". AA SHIELD. Retrieved 2020-10-06. "Interceptor Body Armor". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2020-10-06...
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Ceramic armor is armor used by armored vehicles and in personal armor to resist projectile penetration through its high hardness and compressive strength...
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Armor (Hisako Ichiki (市来 久子, Ichiki Hisako)) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Joss Whedon and John...
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North Hollywood shootout (section Weapons and armor)
they had little effect on the heavy body armor used by the two perpetrators. The SWAT team also commandeered an armored car to evacuate the wounded. Several...
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the Ratnik program and in 2015, the 6B45 combined arms body armor was adopted as standard armor. 6B45 differs from 6B43 in a few aspects, most important...
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"Poland Developing Liquid Body Armor". 18 March 2019. "Fluid-filled cellular solids for controlled". "Advanced body armor utilizing shear thickening...
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bullet of the same weight, and thus is more capable of defeating body armor. Armor-piercing bullets typically contain a hardened steel, tungsten, or...
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Powered exoskeleton (redirect from Combat Armor Suit)
power armor, powered armor, powered suit, cybernetic suit, robot armor, robot suit, high-tech armor, robotic armor, robot armor suit, cybernetic armor, exosuit...
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Plate armour (redirect from Plate armor)
Brassey's Book of Body Armor. Potomac Books, Incorporated. ISBN 1-57488-465-4. Dean, Bashford (28 February 2018). "Helmets and Body Armor in Modern Warfare"...
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A flak jacket or flak vest is a form of body armor. A flak jacket is designed to provide protection from case fragments ("frag") from high explosive weaponry...
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Zabralo ballistic vests (redirect from Zabralo armor)
webbing. These vests are sometimes also included in Zabralo armors. They are non-standard body armor - for supernumerary (instead of standard) provision of...
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panoply (full-body armor) made of bronze plates uncovered in the village of Dendra in the Argolid, Greece. Several elements of body armour (body cuirass, shoulder...
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8×51mm SIG Fury cartridge in response to concerns that improvements in body armor would diminish the effectiveness of common battlefield rounds such as...
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Russian Federation. Introduced in 2003, it had been the standard issued body armor of the Russian army until the adoption and mass production of 6B45 in...
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(Russian: 6Б2) is a Soviet ballistic vest. It is the first serial mass issued body armor of the Soviet Armed Forces, designed on the eve of Soviet-Afghan war....
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plenty of other helmets, such as 6B27, 6B28, and high-cut helmets. Obereg armor vest is being supplied since 2023. "Новая форма Национальной гвардии РФ...
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Samyang Comtech (section Body armors)
Bulletproof body armor for special force SAV-IV Bulletproof body armor for riot police SAV-V Bulletproof body armor for police SAV-VI Floating body armor for...
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The Brewster Body Shield or Brewster Body Armor was the first effective body armor developed for the United States Army in World War I, designed by Guy...
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helicopters. On August 2, 2005, Armor Holdings acquired Second Chance, a body armor manufacturing company, for $45 million. In 2006, Armor Holdings obtained a $649...
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