Bulletproof vest equipment is primarily intended to protect the chest, abdomen and back cons firing of Fire arms absorbing the impact. The vests are made of tightly woven fibers, mainly Kevlar. This type of jacket can protect the wearer against bullets of Handguns and the shrapnel some explosive devices such as grenades. You can drag plates of metal or ceramic in pockets provided there for in the front and back of vests to allow it to stop 5.56mm bullets, but by raising a few pounds weight vest. Forces police usually wear the vest alone, while the ceramic plates or metal are used by the national armed forces or special police intervention, such as SWAT U.S. or GIGN French.

Metal plates (steel or titanium), ceramic or Polyethylene provide additional protection in vital organs. They provide effective protection against all ammunition for handguns (with exceptions) and most rifles. These “body armor tactics” have become a standard in the military, because the body armor does not classic enough resistance against the projectiles of assault rifles weapons that the military might often face. The NATO CRISAT (Collaborative Research into Small Arms Technology-North Atlantic Treaty Organization) recommends Titanium plates.
Unlike metal armor of the World Wars II, the modern bulletproof vest does not deflect bullets, but rather halt the projectiles by absorbing kinetic energy they emit, and redistributing the largest possible portion of the body. It’s just the same principle of snowshoes in the snow, which distribute the weight of the person over a larger area so it does not penetrate the layer of snow. The kinetic energy of the bullet that is redistributed does not penetrate the body. Moreover, this phenomenon distorts a bit the bullet, which diminishes its power of penetration. Note that despite the fact of bulletproof vest prevented the bullets from penetrating to the body still absorbs the energy of the ball, which can cause internal injuries. Even though most of the time we get out with a blue. The impact can cause serious injuries such as internal bleeding, tearing at the fabric or even broken ribs.
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