Bulletproof Vest

Bulletproof Vest

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 * Azzizzi: This troper]] witnessed more than one person in Iraq leaving parts of their protective equipment off of their uniforms, most notably, the shoulder attachments and side attachments on the protective vest. Other times, I've seen people take out the ceramic plates that contribute greatly to the vest's effectiveness in stopping bullets. Without the plates, the vest has slightly better stopping power than a thick Christmas sweater.
 * You have impressive sweaters. Without the plates, the Kevlar on Interceptor armor is rated to Type II (.357 Magnum soft points at 1340 ft/s). Of course, when dealing with rifle fire, knives, or shrapnel, leaving the plates out is seriously stupid.
 * It all depends on what you expect to deal with, of course. If the guy in Iraq spends his deployment working at an office inside a base perimeter, he probably doesn't need the bulletproof codpiece so much. If he spends much of his time doing patrols in heavily contested areas, that armor becomes rather handy to have.

BAM!* wow, that BulletproofVest came in handy, didn't it?

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