Body Armor or Not?

[JDS556762]

What carrier is that?

An Eagle Industries

 

[GAgunLAWbooklet]

Soft body armor (Kevlar or similar, level II up to IIIA) seems to offer significantly more square inches of protection than hard plates in a regular plate carrier with only front and back pockets.

I have not studied the actual dimensions of any specific product, though.
I’m going by visual estimate.

 

[BangBang]

The good stuff
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Nice!

What size/thickness/weight are those plates?

 

[eightnsand]

and lets remember that armor makes a feller look awful big when worn under clothing. a psychological edge but big never spelt bad especially against supersonic rounds.

 

[Lazarus]

An Eagle Industries

Can't buy off their website, that must be some elite kit.

 

[GAgunLAWbooklet]

Supersonic ammo?

No problem.

Level 2 or 2A or 3 soft armor will stop many supersonic handgun rounds in the 1100 or 1300 f.p.s. ballpark.

Steel or ceramic plates will defeat high velocity rifle rounds, .308 or .223, 7.62 x 39, even lead core big game rounds like the .30-06, I would expect.

Here is a steel body armor plate, curved and “shooter’s cut” around the shoulders, forc$70.
It’s 10” x 12” and a quarter-inch thick (plus a spray-on anti-spall coating).
Weighs 8.4 lbs.
A ceramic plate of the same size and threat protection level would weigh 7 lbs, but it would cost twice as much as steel.

 

[Bear44]

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Supersonic ammo?

No problem.

Level 2 or 2A or 3 soft armor will stop many supersonic handgun rounds in the 1100 or 1300 f.p.s. ballpark.

Steel or ceramic plates will defeat high velocity rifle rounds, .308 or .223, 7.62 x 39, even lead core big game rounds like the .30-06, I would expect.

Here is a steel body armor plate, curved and “shooter’s cut” around the shoulders, forc$70.
It’s 10” x 12” and a quarter-inch thick (plus a spray-on anti-spall coating).
Weighs 8.4 lbs.
A ceramic plate of the same size and threat protection level would weigh 7 lbs, but it would cost twice as much as steel.

Level III is not rated to stop the 5.56. Not even the 193FMJ.

 

[RiverBend]

Sounds good - what is cost of this rig? Got pics?

cost was less than $200, got the ABA vest on here for $150 and the vest, (ACU) for $25, and used 50 lb. test monofilimiment fishing line to sew it into a slip on one pc. array. took mags out for pic. weighs about 20lb. loaded up.

 

[Bear44]

Interesting! On level 4 armor the 7.62x39 is the only one that did not penetrate with three rounds or less in the same spot. So much for the myth of superior penetration of the AK47.

 

[Necrosis]

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Supersonic ammo?

No problem.

Level 2 or 2A or 3 soft armor will stop many supersonic handgun rounds in the 1100 or 1300 f.p.s. ballpark.

Steel or ceramic plates will defeat high velocity rifle rounds, .308 or .223, 7.62 x 39, even lead core big game rounds like the .30-06, I would expect.

Here is a steel body armor plate, curved and “shooter’s cut” around the shoulders, forc$70.
It’s 10” x 12” and a quarter-inch thick (plus a spray-on anti-spall coating).
Weighs 8.4 lbs.
A ceramic plate of the same size and threat protection level would weigh 7 lbs, but it would cost twice as much as steel.

Ceramic plates are closer to 5lbs or less each in my experience.