Not to be confused with combat uniform or military uniform.
For the beverage, see Bodyarmor SuperDrink.
United States Marines in July 2010 assist a Sri Lanka Navy sailor in trying on a Modular Tactical Vest
Body armor, personal armor (also spelled armour), armored suit (armoured) or coat of armor, among others, is protective clothing designed to absorb or deflect physical attacks. Historically used to protect military personnel, today it is also used by various types of police (riot police in particular), private security guards, or bodyguards, and occasionally ordinary citizens.[1] Today there are two main types: regular non-plated body armor for moderate to substantial protection, and hard-plate reinforced body armor for maximum protection, such as used by combatants.
Japanese warrior in armor
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Bodyarmor, personal armor (also spelled armour), armored suit (armoured) or coat of armor, among others, is protective clothing designed to absorb or...
Ranger BodyArmor (RBA) is a US military-issue ballistic vest that was designed for, and used chiefly by, US Army 75th Ranger Regiment operators ("Rangers")...
Bodyarmor performance standards are lists generated by national authorities, of requirements for armor to perform reliably, clearly indicating what the...
older Outer Tactical Vest (OTV) component of the Interceptor Multi-Threat BodyArmor System, as fielded by the United States Army beginning in the mid-2000s...
Skin bodyarmor, they also produced reinforced materials for use on vehicles and buildings, along with related training materials. Pinnacle Armor began...
officially issued bodyarmor in the shape of nickel and silicon armor plates that was called sappenpanzer (nicknamed 'Lobster armor') from late 1916....
The Brewster Body Shield or Brewster BodyArmor was the first effective bodyarmor developed for the United States Army in World War I, designed by Dr...
The Modular BodyArmor Vest (MBAV) is a bullet-proof vest made by Eagle Industries and used by the United States military. The vest is standard issue for...
University of Delaware's innovation". BodyArmor News. 2015-03-10. Retrieved 2018-07-11. "How the U.S. Army Uses Liquid BodyArmor". The Balance Careers. Archived...
Ceramic armor is armor used by armored vehicles and in personal armor to resist projectile penetration through its high hardness and compressive strength...
(LWH), Modular Integrated Communications Helmet (MICH), and Interceptor BodyArmor (IBA) respectively. Designed in the mid-1970s as a replacement for the...
the Ratnik program and in 2015, the 6B45 combined arms bodyarmor was adopted as standard armor. 6B45 differs from 6B43 in a few aspects, most important...
wearing bodyarmor. The bounty hunter Boba Fett wore modified bodyarmor fitted with various gadgets like his predecessor, Jango Fett. This armor has multi-purpose...
A flak jacket or flak vest is a form of bodyarmor. A flak jacket is designed to provide protection from case fragments ("frag") from high explosive weaponry...
they had little effect on the heavy bodyarmor used by the two perpetrators. The SWAT team also commandeered an armored car to evacuate the wounded. Several...
Brassey's Book of BodyArmor. Potomac Books, Incorporated. ISBN 1-57488-465-4. Dean, Bashford (28 February 2018). "Helmets and BodyArmor in Modern Warfare"...
(Russian: 6Б2) is a Soviet ballistic vest. It is the first serial mass issued bodyarmor of the Soviet Armed Forces, designed on the eve of Soviet-Afghan war....
Russian Federation. Introduced in 2003, it had been the standard issued bodyarmor of the Russian army until the adoption and mass production of 6B45 in...
8×51mm SIG Fury cartridge in response to concerns that improvements in bodyarmor would diminish the effectiveness of common battlefield rounds such as...
The MTV was designed as a solution to shortcomings in the Interceptor BodyArmor (IBA) and was selected after a rigorous proposal and examination process...
soft bodyarmor Hard armor plates and soft bodyarmor Carrier with ballistic plates and soft armor Carrier with ballistic plates and soft armor as well...
vikingsword.com. Retrieved 2024-02-23. Dean, Bashford (1920). Helmets and bodyarmor in modern warfare. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 133. Retrieved...
webbing. These vests are sometimes also included in Zabralo armors. They are non-standard bodyarmor - for supernumerary (instead of standard) provision of...
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