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DKX MAX III Rifle Armor – extreme test

Gary — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 21:34:03 +0000

Ravelin Group Tests DKX Rifle Armor MAX III

DKX MAX III Rifle Armor

Questions Surround SOF Body Armor Recall

Gary — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 23:03:32 +0000

From: Military.com – U.S. Special Operations Command is recalling thousands of body armor plates after discovering a manufacturer’s defect that could put operators at risk. At the same time defense industry experts are questioning whether SOCOM may have added to the risk by searching for the lightest plates possible.

Shrimp Is Inspiration For New Body Armor Design

Brian — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 13:43:18 +0000

From Gizmag:

Marines’ Body Armor Requirements Questioned

Brian — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:13:59 +0000

From Military Times:

“It is dumb to have a requirement to stop armor piercing ammunition at muzzle velocity, and for multiple hits, when the probability of encountering that is almost zero. The probability of working your ass off and becoming fatigued and injury-prone and totally angered by the amount of weight you carry is 100 percent,” Solhan told Marine Corps Times in an interview May 3.

Liquid Body Armor

Brian — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:31:40 +0000

From Guns.com:

The next generation of body armor might be liquid. Both BAE Systems and the Army Research Laboratories along with the University of Delaware are working on turning shear-thickening fluids (STF) into body armor. The concept of using the non-Newtonian fluids as a means to enhance armor while staying flexible at other times is not new but actually putting it into action is a separate and more difficult problem.

Gear Set Up Tips for Plate Carriers

Gary — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:27:32 +0000

Brian Hartman and Sean Hendickson from Progressive FORCE Concepts talk a little about where you should locate magazine pouches on your plate carrier kit. One potentially life saving tip is to position your pistol magazine pouches on your belt in the same way you’d wear them without your carrier. This means you’ll be consistent in locating your pistol mags under stress rather than hunting for where you located them on your vest.

Future Body Armor

Brian — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 23:58:43 +0000

According to Defense Media Network, the Army’s PEO Soldier program is working on new lighter designs for body armor.

The next generation of body armor development will be focused on the need for a multi-functional, modular, scalable protection system that improves soldier physiological performance while reducing system/component redundancy and logistic footprint…

ONR Driving Advances in Military Body Armor

Gary — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:50:05 +0000

From: IDGA

Naval Research Laboratory Driving Advances in Military Body Armor
Faced with the vital task of strengthening and improving the body armor of the Navy and Marine Corp., the Naval Research Laboratory is engaged in an ongoing effort to provide maximum protection to the warfighter, while trying to avoid the pitfalls of excessive weight or discomfort. Peter Matic, Ph.D., the branch head of the Multifunctional Materials Branch (Code 6350) of the Naval Research Laboratory….Read more

Rifle Plates from Bullet Proof Me

Gary — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:09:49 +0000

From: BulletProofMe.com

For rifle threats you need Level III or Level IV Rifle Plates
(either on top of a supporting vest, or Stand-Alone).

Soft Body Armor vests are excellent for fragmentation and pistol protection but will NOT stop rifle bullets. (Even Level III-A is only tested to stop pistol-caliber threats such as 9mm SUB-machine-gun or .44 Magnum.)

Plates, also described as Small Arms Protective Inserts or SAPI, are best deployed in Rifle Plate Pockets on the outershell carrier of Tactical Vests or, more discreetly, in our ProMAX Concealable with Rifle Plate Pockets.

Rifle Plates may also be used in a stand-alone configuration – as appropriate for the threat – with a stand-alone Rifle Plates Carrier Harness (very handy if your vest doesn’t have Rifle Plate Pockets).

We stock a huge selection of Rifle Plates – if you see too many options below – just call us, we are happy to advise!

We also have more expensive, specialized Rifle Plates not listed – if you have specific requirements – call us !

Ohio Officer Dies Decades After Shooting

Gary — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 20:23:35 +0000

From: Officer.com

Two weeks before he was to take the job of Columbus police sketch artist, Officer Tom Hayes walked into a Clintonville convenience store to check on a reported disturbance.

It was 2:25 a.m. Dec. 18, 1979. Court testimony later revealed that at least one of the two teenagers in the store had been drinking and smoking marijuana and had taken LSD. Hayes, 30, tried to arrest them on curfew violations.

During a scuffle, one of the teenagers pulled out a gun and shot Hayes in the back, permanently paralyzing him from the waist down.