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About Full Body Armor Suit
Choosing
excessive weight and the wrong fit of your full body
armor suit causes
discomfort and ease of mobility to users. Thus, demanding customers and
designers to agree and compromise by having an acceptable balance between cost, weight, mobility and protection will
pave way to better and affordable body armor. Aiming to achieve the best
possible protection of this gear doesn't seem sensible with regards to overall weight, because the higher
the level is makes the armor also heavier.
Sometimes or rather most of the time the weight needed is beyond what the user can carry. The immensity of danger a person may face to encounter, the higher level of full body armor suit he needs. Good for those who are built with the correct height and weight because carrying heavier load may be manageable, but what about those who’s built is smaller? US troops are choosing the Interceptor Body Amror (IBA) which has gone through several enhancements because it was introduced and used in the Iraq and Afghanistan combat. The outer vest is made by Point Blank, as the add-on card inserts are made by a number of companies, including Honeywell, Ceradyne, Armor Holdings, Armor Works yet others. The Armor Holdings introduced the Braches system and Lightweight Integrated Mobility Body Armor System. The braches has provided enhanced protection in the shoulders, Bicep and Leg. Another advantage it brings is the 25 percent lesser weight it feature compared to existing systems. Its ergonomical design enhances mobility, comfort and gratifaction. The full body armor suit is combined with a shoulder-Bicep system. The modernized body armor designs are adapting advanced manufacturing techniques, such as new connecting materials, flexible steel fiber meshes, ceramic-composites matrixes and molded glass-ceramics to build up a lighter weight personal protection systems. It aims to have a better fit for the body, offering 'assault vests' integrated with a soldier's load-bearing vest. The common example of this new generation full body armor suit is the assault vest made by Kata Vitec, and integrated with the latest version from the IDF Hashmonai bullet-proof gear. The original design is improvised with a 'clamshell' formation produced from two High Density Polyethylene (HD-PE) composites created through pressing strategies to higher fit, permitting unrestricted movement but keeping its full protection gear. The most recent version of the 'Anatomic' assault vests combined with an advanced shoe inserts made from glass ceramic materials. The full body armor suit is molded to enhance the identical shape inside a reduced cost and weight. Presently offered by NIJ level III, producer in the new glass ceramic plate is presently concentrating on an enhanced version which will meet Level IV needs offering similar weight and value advantages. |
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