From: Jeff Shultz 

On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 19:44:49 -0500, Steve Ewing wrote:

> On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 20:06:47 -0800, Jeff Shultz
>  wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 21:33:08 -0500, Gary Wiltshire wrote:
>>>
>>> The day before he fed the question to the soldier and arranged with the
>>> sargent that was picking soldiers to pick his.  Yes I'd say the
>>> "journalist" asked the question.
>>
>> And, of course, most of the unit's vehicles were armored before the
>> question was asked - and the other 20 or so were completed, as
>> scheduled, the next day.
>>
>> http://powerlineblog.com/archives/008949.php
>
> What is "level-3" armor?

Something considered reasonable by the US Military...

These two sites seem to agree:
http://www.lascointl.com/levels.htm
http://www.cecodoor.com/bullrest.htm

Basically proof against a medium slug moving fairly fast.

One thing to remember - most of this stuff is designed for shrapnel &
frag protection. It isn't meant to protect against and RPG-7 - heck, the
Bradley needed product improvements to be proof against an RPG-7, and the
Stryker is dubious against it.

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