JP>Would you clarify this, please?  Are you talking about a kevlar bullet
JP>resistant vest that ALSO protects against edged weapons, or a vest
JP>designed to protect ONLY against edged weapons?
WD> A Kevlar vest with the trauma plate will stop an edged
WD> weapon there are level 4 kevlar vest with ceramic rifle
WD> plates that will stop a 166gr 30-06 armour percing bullet
WD> at 2800fps. so I guess that our rifle bullets are safe
WD> from the terrorist bill.  I fully expect to be told that
WD> I'm full of crap.
True but...The only bullet resistent vest I have seen
only offer plates for the chest/heart area.  Therefore
it offers very little protection from edged or point
weapons.  Also a vest with a trauma plate it a pain to
wear and is next to, if not, impossible to wear
concealed.
Then you have the fact that you can be killed even if
the plate stops the bullet.  The energy of the round is
transferred and a hard blow to the chest can stop the
heart.  AFAIK, this has never happened but it IS a
possibility.
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--- timEd-B11
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