Related: Army to Test Out Lighter Body Armor Plates This Year Potts said the new design offers slightly less coverage in the upper chest closest to the shoulder pocket.

Safariland’s PROTECH 2120-5 plate is one of three certified PROTECH Tactical Level (Type) III hard armor plates to successfully complete the National Institute of Justice’s updated ...

Detective Dustin Clark said the kit, 16-pound vests with pockets includes hard armor face plates on the chest and back to protect vital organs, much like SWAT teams wear. "You have a front panel ...

Ballistic Rounds. Impacts Per Plate. Test Velocity (fps) (Rounds tested on separate plates) Speer .357 Sig, 125 gr. FMJ. 3. 1470 ± 30 fps. Speer .44 Mag, 240 gr. SJHP ...

The ceramic plates in vests now worn by the majority of troops in Iraq cover only some of the chest and back. In at least 74 of the 93 fatal wounds that were analyzed in the Pentagon study of ...