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Protection classes of body armor

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  Shot confirmation vests contrast regarding application prospects, just as in assurance classes. Homegrown grouping as indicated by Russian GOST R 50744-95 incorporates 10 classes: unique, 1, 2, 2a, 3, 4, 5, 5a, 6, 6a. Also, the higher the class, the better and higher the degree of security. Classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6a address the degree of insurance against gun and rifle shots of rifled weapons. Simultaneously, assurance of a specific class infers security against implies controlled by more modest classes, that is, insurance against any lesser danger comparative with that for which the body defensive layer is planned. PSCs fundamentally utilize 3, 4 classes of security.   0-th class  (or "special") - defines the protection against edged weapons. 1st class  c - protects against 5.6-mm soft shellless bullets, 6.35-mm Browning pistol bullets, PM - point-blank, from buckshot and small fragments weighing up to 2-3 g, from cold steel such as a bayonet knife, dagger, s...

Tactical vests. The continues race

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  In addition to Russia, where the unloading vest (RV) is included in the standard equipment of an infantryman, vests are used in many armies of the world.  Turkish mountain riflemen, gendarmerie and rangers are working against the Kurds in "unloading".  Having a large selection of different equipment, the fighters of these units still prefer unloading vests.  They are worn by the "unloading" in the Presidential and Republican Guards of Iraq.  As an element of equipment, vests are typical for airborne assault, light infantry and reconnaissance units of the armies of the developed countries of the world. From my point of view, accusations about the  unloading vest  (as a type of tactical equipment) in narrow focus, found in some publications, are not substantiated.  At the same time, it is said that “... the unloading vest is a very specific piece of equipment and is used only for short-term actions, it is inconvenient for long marches, during tran...