From: "Steve Ewing" 

On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 14:18:30 -0500, Rich Gauszka  wrote:

> Yep - it depends were they where when they go the fatal upper body
> wounds.
> If part of a truck convoy passing roadside bombs then pile the armor on.
> I would assume that the Pentagon study would have taken that into
> consideration.

The article mentioned mobility as a consideration, but also says the troops
in the field were requesting it, and hanging their crotch guards under
their arms to fill in the gaps (I guess if a round hits you in the
'nads you are not going to care if there were a layer of kevlar in front).

 From the article:
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"As the information became more prevalent and aware to everybody that
in fact these were casualty sites that they needed to be worried about,
then people were much more willing to accept that weight on their
body," said Major Wendell Leimbach, a body armor specialist with
Marine Corps Systems Command, the marine procurement unit. [...]
Almost from the beginning, some soldiers asked for additional protection to
stop bullets from slicing through their sides. In the fall of 2003, when
troops began hanging their crotch protectors under their arms, the Army's
Rapid Equipping Force shipped several hundred plates to protect their sides
and shoulders. Individual soldiers and units continued to buy their own
sets.
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Steve 
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