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	Tactical Vest \| Interceptor Body Armor
		The Interceptor Body Armor consists of an outer tactical vest lined with finely woven Kevlar KM2 that will stop 9 mm round from a sub machine gun (up to 1400 feet per second) and other, slower moving fragments, and is also equipped with removable neck, throat, shoulder and groin protection.
		The plates are the most technically advanced body armor fielded by the U.S. military, and are constructed of boron carbide ceramic with a Spectra/Dyneema shield backing that breaks down projectiles and halts their momentum before reaching the wearer.
		This is considerably lighter than the previous body armor fielded in Somalia weighing 25.1 pounds (11.4 kg) that most troops complained was too heavy and unwieldy for combat operations.
	www.511tacticalequipment.com /tactical-vest.html (481 words)

	Interceptor body armor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Interceptor body armor in woodland camouflage with groin and neck protector.
		Interceptor is a type of body armor fielded by the U.S. military.
		The plates are the most technically advanced body armor fielded by the U.S. military, and are constructed of boron carbide ceramic with a Spectra/Dyneema shield backing that breaks down projectiles and halts their momentum before reaching the wearer.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Interceptor_body_armor (1246 words)

	Concealable Body Armor -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Interceptor is a kind of body armor fielded by the U.S. military that is more effective than traditional bullet-proof vests.
		The plates are the most technically advanced body armor fielded by the US military, and are constructed of boron carbide ceramic with a Spectra shield backing that breaks down projectiles and halts their momentum before reaching the wearer.
		This is considerably lighter than the previous body armor fielded in Somalia weighing 25.1 pounds (11.4 kg) that most troops complained was too heavy and unwieldy for combat operations.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/34/concealable-body-armor.html (902 words)

	Navy SEALs.com - Articles: Viewing Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Interceptor body armor was initially fielded about four years ago and is intended to protect its wearers against Level III threats presented by some small arms projectiles and shrapnel.
		Armor Holdings, the current darling of the Pentagon's body armor acquisition process, has been awarded $443.4 million since March 15, 2005 to produce Interceptor OTV body armor and ballistic helmets for the Armed Forces.
		Although Interceptor body armor is remarkably good armor compared to what war fighters were issued thirty years ago, it is generations behind body armor conceived and produced by a civilian company that is already available on the open market, the DefenseWatch inquiry revealed.
	www.navyseals.com /community/articles/article.cfm?id=8354 (2054 words)

	Body Armor
		Officers were wearing body armor in 30 of the 50 deaths due to firearms.
		Body armor is one of the more riveting individual equipment successes, especially from the ongoing conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, with reports of dozens of saved lives directly attributed to the bullet and shrapnel-halting ability of the helmet, flexible vest and rigid chest plate combination worn by troops.
		Body armor technology has advanced in the past century to protect the head and torso against high-velocity handgun bullets and fragmenting munitions, such as those from artillery shells, mortar shells, mines and grenades.
	simindia.org /articles/category/body-armor (4356 words)

	U.S. MILITARY BODY ARMOR INTERCEPTOR
		Interceptor Body Armor stems from the 1994-vintage 24-pound Ranger Body Armor (RBA) designed by the U.S. Army Soldier Systems Center (Natick, MA) at the request of the 75th Ranger Regiment.
		The new Interceptor body armor is being worn by soldiers and Marines in Iraq and Afghanistan.
		In Afghanistan, some soldiers reported the loss of circulation in their arms in situations where they had to wear the Interceptor Body Armor with the ALICE rucksack frame or the current Load Bearing Vest instead of the MOLLE pack for which it was designed.
	www.olive-drab.com /od_soldiers_gear_body_armor_interceptor.php (906 words)

	Marine Corps Times - The Marines’ flawed body armor
		The military rushed to field the Interceptor armor to all its troops, not just those typically involved in close combat, pushing the vests to the field as quickly as they were produced.
		Patricio noted in a memo dated Feb. 2, 2004, that the urgent need for body armor in the war zone and the time it would take to find out for sure why the vests were failing outweighed his concerns with the vests.
		Army officials in charge of equipping soldiers with body armor said in an interview that the service has never issued a waiver for ballistic performance and not one of the more than 680,000 vests fielded since 1998 is from a failed production lot.
	www.marinecorpstimes.com /story.php?f=1-292925-832873.php (3449 words)

	Defense Tech: Armor Archives
		Most existing body armor systems use a hard plate to protect against ballistic threats to the torso, and some also contain a softer fabric system to provide protection from fragmentation, but there is nothing available to today's warfighters that addresses issues of limb separation.
		The article, Body armor saves U.S. lives in Iraq, was about the great performance and the acute shortage of the Interceptor Body Vest and ceramic plate inserts during the first year of the campaign in Iraq.
		Armor Works of Tempe, Ariz., which is making the plates for the marines, said it shipped 250 sets in November 2003.
	www.defensetech.org /archives/cat_armor.html (11774 words)

	Body Armor -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Interceptor armor also has attachment loops on the front of the vest which accommodate the same type of pockets used in the Modular Lightweight Load-carrying Equipment (MOLLE) backpack/carry vest system.
		It has some superficial similarities with Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers (such as the military use of exoskeletons and insect-like alien enemies.) but concentrates more on the psychological effects of violence on human beings rather than on the political aspects of the military, which were the focus of Heinlein's novel.
		Armor is the story of humanity's war against a certain race that uses insects against its enemies, who these creatures are or why the war started is not discussed.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/19/body-armor.html (686 words)

	Body armor: Murdoc Online
		Body armor, and the shortage of it, has been in the news off and on lately.
		The Interceptor is one of the most successful pieces of military equipment used in the Iraq campaign, but if there aren't enough to go around, somone must have dropped the ball.
		Another story notes that the body armor hasn't actually arrived yet as all available vests are going first to troops already in Iraq, but that the troops will get it before they ship out in a few months.
	www.murdoconline.net /archives/000720.html (581 words)

	Bulletproof vest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For these reasons, development of infantry body armor was discontinued and attention was diverted to the development of "flak jackets" for aircraft crews.
		Although it was the first modern body armor that was able to stop rifle caliber rounds and still be light enough to be worn by infantry soldiers in the field, it still had its flaws: "it was still heavier than the concurrently issued PASGT anti-fragmentation armor worn by regular infantry and...
		According to Canadian legislation, it is legal to wear and purchase body armor such as bullet proof vest, however their are current proposals to the legislation to make it illegal to wear such body armor during the commission of a criminal offence.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Body_armor (2433 words)

	ISAAC NEWTON AND THE ASSAULT RIFLE: Body Armor
		If you were to compare today's high-tech battle armor to its ancestors, you would see a world of difference: vests compared to full-body suits, relatively lightweight Spectra and ceramic compared to bulky plate armor.
		The introduction of balloons, aircraft, and dirigibles in the 18th and 19th centuries saw the return of body armor in the form of steel strips sewn onto fabric, which was then sewn into layers and then tailored into a modern type of breastplate.
		In addition, the armor reduced torso wounds by 60-70 percent, while those inflicted in spite of the armor's protection were reduced in severity by 25-35 percent.
	www.military.com /soldiertech/0,14632,Soldiertech_Armor,,00.html (1181 words)

	Eat The Press \| Michelle Pilecki: Soldiers Prevented from Using Better Body Armor \| The Huffington Post
		Of course a soldier can collect when not wearing body armor as long as it is not shown in court (and it would probably not go to court anyway, the DOD wouldn't want that aweful press) to be due to the soldier failing to use authorized equipment at an appropriate time (like a patrol).
		Body Armor has saved numerous lives in Iraq and Afghanistan and it will continue to do so, especially as it is modified to better meet the threat we face.
		Body armor in fact proved this because it enabled people to be shot at point blank range without being injured.
	www.huffingtonpost.com /nellie-b/soldiers-prevented-from-u_b_13938.html (4088 words)

	Online NewsHour: Equipping U.S. Troops With Armor -- January 11, 2006
		A recent study revealing that vulnerabilities in body armor accounted for around 300 of 2200 deaths of U.S. soldiers in Iraq has sparked a debate over the armor's durability and effectiveness.
		But it's hard to tell from the study whether or not all of them were wearing the same body armor and a lot of the other details that you'd want to have in trying to make this decision.
		We were told by several independent consultants who work for the Pentagon that cannot be named because of fear of losing their jobs that this was probably the best available body armor.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/middle_east/jan-june06/armor_1-11.html (2135 words)

	Bake Sales for Body Armor » Blog Archive » Army secretary: Troops to get more armor
		Officials announced last week that the Army would send more than 230,000 side-panel inserts for soldiers’ interceptor body armor and that the Marines already had begun shipping 28,000 inserts for their vests.
		Commanders requested the extra armor in September after it became clear that servicemembers were dying from wounds to their sides, mostly inflicted by roadside bombs and other such devices, Collins said.
		A British soldier died in Iraq because he was not wearing the enhanced body armour he had had to give up because of shortages, an Army report has foun...
	www.bakesalesforbodyarmor.org /?p=4 (728 words)

	Point Blank Body Armor - Point Blank Concealable Body Armor - Point Blank Tactical Body Armor
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		Point Blank Body armor, such as concealable body armor and tactical body armor is designed for law enforcement, and military personnel.
	www.securityandsafetysupply.com /products-body-armor/body_armor.htm (234 words)

	USATODAY.com - Troops getting better body armor, generals testify (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		But adding more heavy armor is hitting its limits, he said, at least until technology allows further reduction in the weight of components, such as the ceramic inserts that stop high-velocity rounds.
		The armor's weight is a serious issue for troops in Iraq, who often fight in temperatures above 100 degrees and in urban settings in which they have to jump through windows or climb over walls.
		Last month, the Pentagon said some of the Army's delays in getting the latest armor out to troops were caused by shortages of some of the materials needed to make ceramic armor plating and the absence of one big company to make large amounts of the body armor.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/iraq/2006-02-01-body-armor_x.htm (692 words)

	SurvivalBlog.com
		Essentially, to defeat soft body armor you need to be fast and/or pointy - a 22 LR Stinger round is plenty fast, but is blunt tipped and will not penetrate even the lowest level of soft armor.
		They are typically 10 inches by 12 inches (size varies with application) and slip into a carrier over your soft body armor, they are meant to be used in conjunction with the soft armor as some rifle rounds will fragment on striking the plate and the vest is supposed to catch those fragments.
		Body armor is uncomfortable to wear, but if you do it often enough it becomes less annoying.
	www.survivalblog.com /body_armor (3665 words)

	Hard Body Armor that saves lives 6 decades late
		It may safely be concluded that use of body armor coupled with rapid helicopter evacuation of casualties to mobile army surgical hospitals improved medical and surgical care, and extensive use of whole blood was responsible for the saving of many lives in Korea.
		The advantages gained through the wound ballistics studies and body armor test teams during the Korean War can only be perpetuated by an active and purposeful continuation of certain activities during peacetime and immediate, full reactivation of all units in the event of hostilities.
		Hard Body Armor was a low-priority and even then they ordered the wrong color knowing we are going to fight in the desert TAN middle east....the following email from a Soldier's wife is heart-wrenching....
	www.geocities.com /ecotat/ibaindex.htm (1794 words)

	USATODAY.com - Army bans use of privately bought armor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		WASHINGTON (AP) —; Soldiers will no longer be allowed to wear body armor other than the protective gear issued by the military, Army officials said Thursday, the latest twist in a running battle over the equipment the Pentagon gives its troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
		In January, an unreleased Pentagon study found that side armor could have saved dozens of U.S. lives in Iraq, prompting the Army and Marine Corps to order thousands of ceramic body armor plates to be shipped to troops there this year.
		It refers specifically to Pinnacle's armor, saying that while the company advertising implies that Dragon Skin "is superior in performance" to the Interceptor Body Armor the military issues to soldiers, "the Army has been unable to determine the veracity of these claims."
	www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2006-03-30-bodyarmor_x.htm?csp=15 (966 words)

	Body Armor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Body Armor - The History and How It Works.
		History of Body Armor and Bullet Proof Vests.
		"Body armor could be a technological hero of war in Iraq".
	www.mainesecurity.com /Body_Armor.htm (137 words)

	Body Armor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Avoid placing the interceptor body armor near open flames, as it is not flame resistant.
		In the event of an unexpected submersion in water remove all load bearing equipment, then immediately doff the body armor system.
		Wears must practice doffing in the darkness and with the gloves appropriate to each mission in the event that emergency doffing is necessary either on land or in water.
	www.hardwarz.com /personal/body_armor.htm (313 words)

	Interceptor vs. Dragon Skin: Body Armor Fight Gets Ugly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		If this were to happen, it could potentially prove fatal to the Interceptor body armor program—and Natick and PEO won’t allow that to happen.
		The only problem with the new armor, aside from up to eight pounds of additional weight (depending on how many of the small plates are used), is that it cannot be manufactured quickly enough to replace the hundreds of thousands of older type vests already in use.
		This company has made claims about this body armor that have been repeated and repeated, and have certainly raised expectations, you know, among families of soldiers that are deployed and among the soldiers themselves.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1609177/posts (5409 words)

	BCS I(Interceptor) body armor carrier
		BCS has designed a new carrier that converts the three piece front opening Interceptor into a two pieces body armor system.
		This new carrier design allows the individual to convert the the military's Interceptor soft and hard body armor into a more effective and efficient body armor carrier system.
		The carrier was designed to provide maximum amount of ballistic protection and increase range of motion for the upper body.
	beezcombatsystems.com /BCSIcarrier.html (178 words)

	Army, Marines Rushing Body Armor to Troops in Combat Zones (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Norwood said military body armor is similar to that used by police Special Weapons and Tactics teams.
		Specifications for body armor for Marines and for Navy and Air Force special operations personnel will differ, depending on specific requirements for their mission, he said.
		Very nice,seamole!I am glad they are getting armor that really stops the kind of bullets they are shooting!It's like this,it seems always,but I am sick all soldiers didn't have this armor.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1012259/posts (2254 words)

	Body Armor Rushed To Troops - THR
		They bought enough Interceptor body armor for contingency operations, not to equip a large force.
		Things like body armor and Strella Suppression kits are not things the Army will spend money on in peacetime.
		The other main cause of combat death was injury to the torso from bullets or shrapnel that penetrated between the ceramic plates or other gaps in the body armor.
	www.thehighroad.org /showthread.php?t=47674 (3461 words)

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