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Subject:
RE:Question on body armor
Horsesoldier
2/28/2004 7:19:41 PM
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The Interceptor OTV "exceeds NIJ level IIIA." Addition of the SAPI plates boosts this to Level IV, and resistance is supposed to include stopping assault rifle type rounds (i.e. 7.62x39mm) at 0 meters, to include armor piercing AK rounds, 5.56mm SS109, etc. I'm not sure what the performance is supposed to be against more powerful 7.62mm armor piercing rounds, but I think ball 7.62x51 and 54mm are also supposed to be stopped at 0 meters (I may be mistaken on that, however).
Prior to Interceptor troops were issued the PASGT vest which was only rated for low-velocity fragmentation protection. Some non-combat reserve units (may have been some active also) deployed to Iraq and Kuwait with them. We've also been handing them out to the new Iraqi military -- any news footage I've seen recently of Iraqi troops in woodland-print body armor vests have been PASGT.
Vehicle crews got the lovely CVC body armor, which was light to the point of absurdity, but I guess it was designed to protect against spall inside a vehicle (or as a former squad leader of mine put it -- "it holds things together and makes sure you don't make much of a mess when they have to scrape you out of the vehicle").
The Rangers also fielded Ranger Body Armor (well illustrated in the film Black Hawk Down), with performance generally similar to Interceptor but heavier, if memory serves correctly. I'm not sure on the exact chain of ownership, but I know some non-Ranger units in XVIII Airborne Corps also used RBA before getting Interceptor. |
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