US Military Body Armor
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With body armor being sold here and all over the internet, how do we ensure that it is perfectly fine? How do they test, even the US military body armor? Let us find out.
Shoot it. This is probably the simple way of explaining on how the National Institute and the Army test the body armor. Each type of body armor must pass a set of ballistics tests before it is distributed to soldiers. The exact requirements for passing these tests – how strong the armor must be and in what conditions are classified. However, according to the reports by the NIJ, the armor is measured, weighed and photographed. It is then taken a series of x-rays. The armor is then subjected to a series of gunshots at different angles and from various weapons. There are two phases of the shooting. In the “penetration and back face signature” phase, testers set the vest against a clay tablet and fire six rounds at specified locations, including spots over the heart and on the sides. After each round, they examine the dented clay to measure how deeply the bullet impacted the armor. The test for lighter armor requires shooting at four vests—six bullets to the front of each, six to the back—which makes 48 bullets in all. If any of them penetrate the vest or dent the clay more than 44 millimeters, the armor will be deemed unsafe. Military testers shoot more than just bullets; they also use "fragmentation simulators" to launch pieces of metal at a vest. The second phase of testing measures the armor's ballistic limit, also known as "V50"—the velocity at which a bullet will penetrate the armor 50 percent of the time. The tester shoots the vest 12 times, adjusting the bullet's velocity each time depending on whether the last one penetrated. This is how the body armors, even the US Military Body Armor, are being tested to ensure that proper protection is being brought to the army and people who use it. |