Apparently the new plates work well.
Posted on 02/27/2019 5:52:04 PM PST by Redcitizen
U.S. Army equipment experts plan to test lighter-weight, individual body armor plates by this summer, according to a recently released Defense Department test and evaluation report.
The Army's multi-component Soldier Protection System body armor features hard-armor plates designed to stop rifle rounds. They’re known as the Vital Torso Protection component of the system.
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Apparently the new plates work well.
We need to test them on democrats.
Just give them the placebos
I’m glad to read that our boys out on the front lines are about to get more protection in their battles with the people that HATE America!
I also like what I read about the JLTV.
It’s always a struggle to lighten the load of a soldier. However once you save weight in one spot, it’s a temptation to add another piece of gear. That said, lighter plates are a step in the right direction.
I always wondered how Eastwood managed to cut out that hunk of armor plating that could withstand Winchester bullets.
And even if the plate stops the bullet from penetrating, there's the blunt force trauma under the point(s) of impact, and high velocity bullet fragments coming off the plate parallel to the surface - either one of those can potentially kill you...
His poncho had room for a lot of things. Coulda had an acetylene cutting torch.
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