body armor

防彈服 / Body Armor, Bulletproof, Ballistic Vest, Plate Carrier

A protective gear specially designed to protect the wearer from bullets/shrapnel. It is largely divided into military and civilian use.

Most of them are in the form of vests that cover the upper body, so they are also called bulletproof or ballistic vests. Because it covers the body, it is also called body armor in the sense that it is a descendant of armor .

Since 2010, bulletproof vests that are widely used for military and light use are called plate carriers because they carry a plate.

In the past, the focus was on blocking bullets, including blind bullets, pistol bullets, and fragments, but as technology has developed, it can also protect against rifle bullets and also serves as a platform for mounting various military components.

Tactical equipment/shooting YouTuber Garand Thumb summed up the role of plate carriers (and modern body armor) in three ways.

It can be said to have originated from the armor of the past when cold weapons were used, but if it is based on the purpose of blocking firearms, it is more correct to say that it has been inherited from the plate breastplate used by the Qireshier cavalry , and the silk shirt , or cloth armor , which wrapped the bullet while maintaining its shape due to the strong fiber strength and made it easy to extract the bullet from the wound . This type of armor can be found all over the world. The Aztecs, who could not handle metal, wore cloth hardened with salt water (which, of course, could not block Spanish steel swords), and among the armor of the Joseon Dynasty , for example, the wallet was designed to block arrows by layering Korean paper at the time . Of course, although it is an advanced form, armor and body armor are different concepts, and the final type of armor is a body armor . Additionally, there are records showing that hats made of pig hair were better at blocking bullets than metal helmets after the Japanese invasions.

Even after the development of firearms, cold weapons were needed on the battlefield due to problems with the rate of fire due to the loading method , so the armor was still developed in a form of heavy armor mixed with armor and bulletproof. However, as the official weapons were gradually replaced by swords , spears , bows , crossbows → all firearms , body armor appeared as armor that hindered mobility was eliminated. Heat-treated plate armor could also block musket bullets if made properly, but it was so expensive that only nobles and those with a little money used it.

The first body armor other than plate armor was developed in the 16th century and was utilized by Oliver Cromwell during the English Civil War . There is a record that there was a body armor made of silk in medieval Japan. Silk has been a material for high-quality armor since ancient times, and when an arrow or bullet pierced the armor and penetrated the body, even after removing the arrow-bullet, the armor fragments (especially metal) would cause sepsis. However, even if silk was embedded in the body, it was relatively less resistant to rejection, so the inner skin of the armor was often treated with silk.

In the 1870s, during the military reform of the Daewon -gun , Joseon developed an exemption for 13 layers of burlap for the purpose of responding to guns , and was used in Shin Miyangyo . Later, in 1901, during the period of the Korean Empire, the North Il -young military manufacturing center ( Samcheong -dong device window ) developed a kind of body armor called Yongun Gap along with cannons and Hwajeon. According to the Hwangseong newspaper article, which reported this, the performance test was also performed in front of the enemy's officials, but the bulletproof function was actually demonstrated by the fact that the bullet was not penetrated. However, it is not known whether it was practical or actually hired by the Korean Empire . There is no follow -up article or document, so it seems to have failed in the formation.

The first commercially available body armor was in Ireland in the 1840s. It was developed by a tailor in Dublin , and in the 1880s , an American doctor named George Emery Goodfellow made body armor using silk. This vest, made of 18 to 30 layers, is said to have been praised for being able to sufficiently block arrows.

Kazimierz żegleń, who was from Ukraine and sent to the United States, created the first modern bulletproof vest with the Polish inventor Jan Szczepanik. The bulletproof vests made by Joglene were 1/8 inch (3.175mm) thick, and the thickness was one inch thickness and two pounds of weight for every square foot. The pistols and rifle bullets that used the black gunpowder at that time were blocked.

Silk body armor, which existed before World War I, can block bullets, but due to its flexibility, it penetrates deeply upon impact, resulting in a strong enough blow to break a bone.[1] For reference, when fired with a rifle of the time, HP bullets were blocked at 400 yards and armor-piercing bullets were blocked at 800 yards. It is said that overlapping iron plates blocked armor-piercing bullets at 250 yards. But the price was 800 US dollars in 1914. Converted to 2008 value, it is about 17,000 US dollars. 20 million won in Korean money.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire 's Crown Prince Franz Ferdinand was wearing this bulletproof vest, but he was struck in the neck by a bullet and died, ultimately sparking World War I. However, when King Alfonso XIII of Spain was almost assassinated in 1901, Szczepanik's body armor was effective and was able to prevent the assassination.

Eventually, it could not be generally distributed to the military, and until World War I , the items described above, especially the breastplate, which was a simplified version of the previous armor, served as bulletproof vests, but by World War I, improvements were made to the fit, etc.
Chemico Body Shield and Dayfield Body Shield appeared, made of compressed fabric and steel. It is said that British soldiers liked to wear clothes given to them by their families, whether on leave or not.


Forgotten Weapons, German Army body armor from World War I[2] review


Body armor used during World War I

Of course, as there were no special strengthening materials at the time, everything was made of steel, and this continued until World War II . During World War II, it was issued to bomber crew protective clothing that had to withstand the barrage of anti-aircraft artillery or to soldiers who had to perform very dangerous missions, such as engineers and shock infantrymen of the Soviet Army. The Soviet-made SN-42 body armor is made of 2 mm thick pressed steel plate (36SGN steel), weighs about 3.4 kg, and covers only the chest and abdomen (there is no back plate). The right shoulder side is not covered with a steel plate to hold the gun, and the arm and chest connection is cut a little larger. The left shoulder side is covered up to the top of the shoulder for defensive power, and has its own ergonomics with the chest plate and abdominal plate separated for bending the upper body. It was a structure that took great care. It is often seen that fabric is added to the inside of the steel plate for comfort. It was able to block a bayonet and could block a 9×19mm Parabellum round fired from an MP40 at a distance of 100 meters. In fact, there is a case of a soldier who survived without being hit by three consecutive shots from an MP40 . However, if a close fight takes place within 100m, there is a high possibility that it will be penetrated even by 9mm, and it was helplessly penetrated by the stronger bullets used by the German military's standard rifle, so it was not very effective in a gunfight. Still, it worked well with expedients and bullets, and even if it penetrated when hit by a 9mm bullet, injuries were alleviated, significantly increasing the survival rate of the wearer, and according to the testimony of commanders, it also had a morale-boosting effect. According to modern body armor standards, SN-42 is NIJ Level IIA, and SN-46, which has an increased thickness of 2.6mm, is NIJ Level II. Although it is impossible to protect against a direct hit from a rifle bullet, it is a level that can greatly increase survivability when engaged in close combat with German soldiers holding MP40s.

According to the recollections of Otto Carius, the Soviet-made body armor issued to snipers and officers in the Soviet Army was impervious to rifle bullets, but provided significant protection against shrapnel and pistol bullets. As Karius suspected, from the point of view of the soldiers who had to crawl in the mud, it was considered only a heavy burden.


Soviet infantry performing a mission wearing SN-42 body armor[3]

During World War II, the United States attempted to replace iron protective clothing with reinforced fiber, and it was partially used in the Battle of Okinawa. Afterwards , the M1952, the world's first commercially commercialized reinforced fiber protective clothing , was officially adopted and used in small quantities during the Korean War .[4]


A US soldier wearing an M1952 combat uniform. The M1952 was created under the leadership of the U.S. Marine Corps, but the soldier in the photo is a U.S. Army soldier.

In actual battlefields, most casualties are not caused by bullets but by fragments created by various explosives. Accordingly, the US military paid attention to the fact that the M1952 protective clothing could effectively protect the wearer from fragments such as grenades or artillery fire, and from then on, paid great attention to the adoption and improvement of the protective clothing. However, as the name suggests, the comfort clothing did not block bullets from ordinary firearms.

Expeditionary uniforms were deployed in large quantities starting from the Vietnam War . The US Army's M69 expeditionary uniform of the time was an improved version of the M1952 with a collar attached to protect the neck.[5] The M69 had excellent shrapnel protection as intended, but it still had limitations in stopping bullets. It was completely penetrated by 7.62x39mm rifle bullets, and pistol bullets that were advertised to stop it were also unstable within the effective range. Due to excessive propaganda and insufficient education, young conscripts and some ignorant troops perceived the M69 as bulletproof clothing, not casual clothing. However, they lost trust after witnessing it being penetrated by bullets, and even refused to wear the thick and uncomfortable casual clothing due to the extremely humid and hot climate of Vietnam. It was not related to the lack of bulletproof capabilities, but there were many bad reviews that it was uncomfortable because the collar that protruded when wearing it and crawling caught the back of the bulletproof helmet. As the reviews were bad, if you look at the photos of the troops at that time, they all have the front of the casual clothing undone, and it is difficult to find a soldier who has it properly closed. Contemporary special forces such as the long-range reconnaissance unit and MACVSOG, which valued mobility and stealth, were almost all wearing only combat uniforms, as if they were nothing compared to the M69, and even went a step further and did not wear bulletproof helmets. Tank and armored vehicle crews even cut off the neck area to wear them more comfortably.



The M69 expedition uniform, hated by many troops.

The M69 does not have bulletproof performance because its original purpose was as a bulletproof uniform, but the troops of the time were not accustomed to fighting wearing such heavy items. The weight itself is similar to the body armor that comes out these days, but it looks fat and is useless as it gets pierced by bullets.[6] I was very dissatisfied with rolling around wearing something so heavy. Moreover, it has a zipper-style closure, and this zipper worked well. If you wash it once, 9 out of 10 times it will come out, but the problem is that this zipper cannot be changed, so once it goes out, it's over.[7][8] Also, recently released body armor can be opened and closed at the front and back so that bulletproof plates or soft armor can be removed and put in, but the M1969 does not have such a thing, so if it overlaps with the zipper problem mentioned above, it becomes a complete consumable item. Originally, body armor itself was a consumable item, but for the M1969, this was severe.[9]


British troops take this M1969 protocol and omit the specially made part to protect the wearer's spine, simplify the production of bulletproof materials, and remove waterproof vinyl to prevent bulletproof performance from deteriorating when the bulstick nylon gets wet with water The 13 -layered birical nylon fabric is filled with Infantry, Northern Ireland Body Armour. One better thing is that both shoulders are easy to adhere to rifle, and a thick flexible plastic plate with a protruding dam that is protruded so that it does not flow down when the rifle suspenders are tied. It is unknown whether this absorbs some of the strong reactions of the L1A1 SLR rifle. This is the improvement of the US military attaching a protruding subsidiary material with ropes on the right shoulder on the right shoulder of the M1955 protocol. Naturally, there is no zipper and it is to be velcro. However, as it continued to be hit by an IRA sniper because it was a room , it was changed to a small bulletproof plate in the heart, and the Northern Ireland Body Armour. Later, the US military PASGT Kevla body armor is also a waterproof vinyl packaging to prevent Kevla from getting wet and is a velcro.

These uniforms were not trusted at all by infantrymen who were shot, but they had a significant protective effect against fragments. After the supply of gunpowder, the cause of death among soldiers was as much from bleeding and infection caused by fragments as from direct death from gun shells. In the case of a naval battle, when a wooden hull was hit, thousands of wooden fragments rained down, killing sailors, and in land battles, stone fragments from gun shells were scattered. This is because it became stronger with the advent of high explosives and pellets, and in urban battles, debris from buildings rained down from blind gunshots.

Until then, the items available were very close to bulletproof vests rather than bulletproof vests, and the development of Kevlar , a new reinforcing fiber material by DuPont, which revolutionized the history of bulletproof equipment in the 1970s, dramatically improved the defensive capabilities of bulletproof vests. In 1978, the PASGT M1 bulletproof vest, a bulletproof vest that could block pistol bullets, was developed through the U.S. military's PASGT plan in 1978.



PASGT body armor.

As a result of the research, in order to provide reliable rifle bullet protection only with Kevlar fiber, it had to be too heavy and thick. So the U.S. military solved this problem by adding ceramic bulletproof plates in addition to bulletproof vests using Kevlar fiber.





Ceramic Trauma Plate and Ranger Body Armor.

In the beginning, many soldiers complained that it was too heavy. Of course it was really heavy. If you add a ceramic bulletproof plate, 10kg is standard. Until then, NATO forces , including the U.S. military , assumed mobile warfare fighting the Soviet Army on the plains of Europe, so protection against shell fragments was the top priority rather than damage from bullets, and because training also included long-distance maneuvers, heavy bulletproof plates (more than 5 kg per sheet) were a problem for soldiers.

But after the collapse of the Soviet Union, a new form of modern warfare took place in Somalia , with gunfire in the city streets rather than mobile warfare on the plains (this can be easily understood by watching the movie Black Hawk Down . Simply put, an enemy city can be blasted with cannons, but the use of cannons and bombers is restricted in these conflict zones). The US military began to focus on protection against rifle bullets, and as a result, in 1998, the US military switched from the PASGT body armor to the Interceptor (OTV) body armor , which had improved bulletproof plates and weight .



Interceptor body armor.

However, to simply protect against rifle bullets, a new bulletproof plate, SAPI (Small Arms Protective Insert) is installed.[10] Not only has it been improved so that it can be inserted, but the neck protector, cyst protector, and uvula protector have been modularized so that it is possible to wear all or select protectors according to the need. By applying the PALS (Pouch Attachment Ladder System), which revolutionized the way of wearing military equipment, the system has been improved to allow various pouches to be worn with body armor, breaking away from the method of wearing military equipment on top of body armor.[11] , and even made it possible to hang it in a convenient position as needed.



Various pouches are attached to the PALS webbing applied to the interceptor body armor.

As a result, body armor became an essential item on the battlefield. This is because it is possible to protect against rifle bullets and at the same time play the role of storing portable materials such as magazines and radios.

As demand for urban warfare/special warfare grows, products with lighter body armor are being released to make them more comfortable to wear, lighter, and more reliably able to block vital points. In addition, improvements are being made to allow quick removal in emergency situations or in situations where one falls into the water. Lightweight body armor that conforms to this idea was developed by attaching a highly protective bulletproof plate to the upper body, instead of soft armor that is stiff and takes up a lot of space. These body armors are called plate carriers.[12]

This design ideology is short and thickly hidden only in the spot that dies almost immediately when hit.[13] The end that does not lead to death immediately[14] Bring the hemostasis for the treatment of the site, and it is divided into surrounding the whole body.


The photo above shows CIRAS body armor with an emphasis on quick disassembly function . This is a body armor designed to be taken off quickly due to problems such as difficulty getting out if you fall into the water while wearing a body armor.


The photo above is Crye Precision 's JPC, one of the plate carriers mainly used by special forces . It is a steady seller and representative among plate carriers.[15] Special forces place importance on quick mobility and covert penetration capabilities, so they consider lightweight CIRAS to be heavy and inconvenient, so they use plate carriers. By exchanging mobility and protection area, the concept is to prevent unprotected areas from being hit by rapid maneuvering, concealment, and preemptive suppressive fire, but to clearly cover critical points that are fatal even if hit only once with a bulletproof plate.


When wearing a plate carrier, the bulletproof plate must be able to reliably defend the vital parts of the upper body, so it is important to purchase or receive a product that is the right size for the body type. The ideal position is for the upper end of the bulletproof plate to cover up to the clavicle line and the lower end to the end of the lungs. This is because it protects vulnerable parts such as parts of the bronchi, lungs, and heart while reducing the burden on the upper body. If you get shot in the lungs or heart, you can die without giving first aid, so if the bulletproof plate is loose, life can be in danger.

Since the late 2010s, special troops trends are plent carriers and chest leagues immediately equipped with 3 ~ 4 magazine for use, radio , and camel bags , installing tantity molly webbing, and 'waterbelt' with a cushion pad to use molly to the preliminary bullets, IFAK , and chaos. He is returning to the 1980s army arrangement in the 1980s.

Meanwhile, the improvement of body armor is steadily being made even in the midst of the Cold War. In the private sectors, the materials can be made like ordinary everyday clothes, and bulletproof clothing is sold in terrorist areas. You can buy it around $ 1,000, but there is no bulletproof plate, so you can only expect a pistol protection. Although bulletproof plates can be obtained by obtaining bulletproof plates, they are used in clothes or bags, or a plate carrier is installed, but the bulletproof materials can be protected, but only the law executive agents, such as police, are most noticeable and heavy. Occasionally, if you look at the protests such as US firearms or self -proclaimed militias, you can see the gorgeous plate carriers or the chest league protesters that would not have been touched by second -class US troops. In 2021, the US Parliamentary occupation riots showed that armed protesters were equipped with a plate carrier. The protesters, as well as mafia and terrorists, are willing to pay for the regular army, which is under the pressure of the defense budget. Bulletin and body armor are classified as safety equipment in the United States and are legal in all 50 states.

The plate carrier itself is merely an outer shell to contain the bulletproof plate, so it is not subject to ITAR regulation. You can freely purchase genuine products in Korea as well. You can purchase products from overseas manufacturers such as Crye Precision, LBT, and High Speed ​​Gear, as well as Korean companies that produce products to meet the needs of special forces, frontline divisions, and military police. Without exaggeration, we live in an era where it is possible for collectors or airsoft enthusiasts to recreate the uniforms of special forces soldiers, minus the bulletproof plates and firearms.

However, because the bulletproof plates in the plate carrier are subject to ITAR regulations, the general public outside the United States can not be purchased. The same is true of dot sites , firearms magazines , and night views that are involved in firearms. However, the steel plate can be difficult, whether it is Amazon or a neighborhood hardware store, so it is possible to process the bulletproof plate bis if you make up your mind. Of course, no one can guarantee the bulletproof rating, so it will not be compared to the genuine product.

If you want to have a proper bulletproof plate but do not have a civil service certificate, use a European or Israeli product. Although it may take a long time and be complicated to obtain, it is possible to obtain a plate with similar bulletproof capabilities if it is of the same grade as an American plate. If you can't do that, there's nothing better than Alise. However, if it is for reproduction rather than actual use, you can get the original appearance only and use a dummy replica sold at Ali etc. for the bulletproof plate. In any case, the bulletproof plate is not a part that is visible from the outside, so as long as it looks good on the outside, there is no problem .

Due to demand from bodyguards, police, and bouncers, fiber bulletproof vests without ceramic plates are still sold, but they are being developed into simple forms that are more and more closely attached to the body, influenced by the idea of ​​plate carriers and lightweight bulletproof vests. In particular, these people like to keep a low profile so as not to offend the citizens, so they look for something simpler. The U.S. Army IOTV , life vest-shaped body armor, and Korean Army multi-purpose body armor are all Kevlar fiber body armor except for the bulletproof plate, but you will feel a difference in the degree of adhesion to the body and the area of ​​protection compared to fiber body armor that is determined and lightweight. It is also possible to simply fit a plate carrier and insert Kevlar fiberboard instead of ceramic plate into it. To experience such body armor in Korea, you can use a private live ammunition shooting range .

There are various bulletproof standards because the purpose and main target of the group wearing body armor are different.

The most famous classification and testing of body armor is the NIJ certification , which is conducted by the National Institute of Justice under the U.S. Department of Justice .

In fact, the most famous one is the NIJ rating prescribed by the U.S. Department of Justice, but it is also rated by other countries, the U.S. military ,[16] Each agency, including the FBI , has its own regulations. For other regulations and standards, please refer to the NIJ certification document.

The most famous NIJ regulation is a figure commonly used in the US civilian firearms & equipment market, which has high demand, high awareness and international market influence. This is because it deals with very diverse types of ammunition that are easy to see in the civilian world and presents standards for them.

Because the NIJ regulation is very famous, the bulletproof rating of body armor made in other countries such as Europe (EU, Russia, Germany, UK, etc.) and Asia, which are in a completely different environment from the US civilian firearms market, or military body armor, is sometimes matched to the NIJ rating, but for military purposes, Military bulletproof ratings presented by each country, such as the STANAG bulletproof standards used by the U.S. military or the GOST-R bulletproof standards used by the Russian military, are more desirable than the civilian NIJ rating regulations that focus on handgun bullets.

The NIJ rating is divided into detailed pistol bullets, so the level 3/4 grade rifle protection rating is ambiguous.[17] There are more loopholes to use in the military, such as large diameter bullets, debris, and no defense rating for penetrating materials.

As a result, each country is modernizing the existing bulletproof system according to the times. For example, Russia has become difficult to pass the GOST-R standard with 10 existing grades to GOST-R 50744-95 in 2017, instead of integrating bulletproof standards. The new standard, NIJ Standard-0123.00, has been introduced in April 2024. Therefore, GOST-R 6A classi NIJ level III is completely replaced by a new type.


Test of bulletproof plates for Russian military standard body armor 6B45, a Russian GOST-R 5 class equivalent to the U.S. NIJ Level IV.

It shows protection against a total of 10 rounds of 9mm, .40 S&W, .45 ACP, 44 Magnum, 5.45mm, 5.56mm, 7.62x39/51/54 bullets in almost the same area at close range.

The NIJ uses standard ammunition for testing as a rigorous criterion when rating ballistics. So, in the case of new ammunition that has recently appeared or odd ammunition that is out of standard ammunition, it cannot be guaranteed whether the bulletproof grade will guarantee defense.[24] However, if you roughly expand the bulletproof rating, you can loosely say that it blocks general FMJ pistol bullets in IIA, 9mm +P in II, most powerful pistol bullets including .44 Magnum in IIIA, rifle bullets in III, and rifle armor-piercing bullets in IV.

The difference between III and IV is severely affected by armor-piercing bullets, 5.56mm green tip steel core M855[25] The energy itself is weaker than 7.62mm NATO, but it tends to penetrate thin III.[26][27] On the other hand, the 7.62mm FMJ bullet has higher power than the M855, but is blocked by NIJ III.

According to the new NIJ, HG1 is a 9mm parablom, a general pistol of .357 Magnum, HG2 is 9mm +P or .44 Magnum strong pistols, RF1 general rifle, high -speed enlightenment in RF2, rifle in RF3 You can see that you are blocking the iron armor.

The R&D department of a bulletproof technology company is working on a personal .50 BMG bulletproof plate. Although it is still far from commercialization, it is said that it is possible. The U.S. Army is also considering a next-generation bulletproof plate project under the name XSAPI that is lightweight and blocks bullets faster than eSAPI. In Russia, there is a 12.7mm bulletproof standard such as GOST-R 6 class, but there are no products that meet this standard for body armor, and there are only one or two products that meet the standard, at least for bulletproof shields .


If you are in a hurry, you can watch it from 7:40.

On March 1, 2020. A video of a body armor that blocks 50 BMG bullets has appeared.

(NIJ level 3 body armor plus level 4 ICW (no protection without soft armor) plate, not designed to block .50 BMG.)

However, if you look at the video, they put thick plywood inside the bulletproof vest and placed a concrete brick behind it. When they took out the brick after firing one shot, it was shattered. Even if the bullet was blocked, the impact could not be properly dispersed and if that level of energy was transmitted, the bullet would have been blocked, but as the person in the video said, there is a high probability of death due to organ damage or bone damage. Ultimately, considering that the fundamental reason for trying to prevent a bullet from penetrating is to save life, it is questionable whether it would be practical to block only the bullet while receiving the kinetic energy to the point where the organs are agitated. As stated in the section on body armor misunderstandings and truths below, if the impact of a bullet cannot be reduced to a non-lethal level, it is considered as not being able to protect against the bullet even if it does not penetrate the bullet.


Recently, a truly bulletproof product was released aimed at protecting against .50 BMG bullets. The object in question was also unable to completely absorb the enormous impact of .50 BMG, cracking the ribs of the experimental dummy model and causing some internal bleeding. However, it was successful in reducing the reckless kinetic energy and causing less damage.

However, its use in practice is questionable. If you look at other test videos, the bulletproof plate can barely stop you if it lands in the very center, and the clay model depicting the human body goes as deep as 4cm, which literally saves your life. However, in actual combat, your ribs, etc. will be fractured and you will be incapable of combat. In addition, it penetrated when fired from any part other than the center, and above all, the armor-piercing bullets used were old-fashioned armor-piercing bullets such as the M2 AP or B-32 that appeared 100 years ago, so it is questionable whether the 12.7×99mm NATO and 12.7×108mm armor-piercing bullets, which were replaced in the 70s and 90s, can be stopped because their penetration power is much stronger than that of older bullets. For this reason, most of the comments on the experiment video doubt its practicality, except for the surprised reactions.

Body armor is largely divided into soft and hard. Soft is a type of fiber that is literally soft and flexible, while hard is shaped like a hard plate. Soft armor is mainly made to protect against pistol bullets and is mainly made of aramid and UHMWPE fibers. Hard plates are made to protect against pistol bullets and rifle bullets and are mainly made of metal or ceramic, but can also be made by laminating and hardening fibers such as aramid and UHMWPE.[28]

The most popular materials currently used are fibers, ceramics, metals, and polymers. Soft armor for pistol bullet protection is made of Kevlar fiber, and for rifle bullet protection, ceramic plate type is the absolute strongest and most reliable. The remaining materials have problems with protection, structure, or cost-effectiveness, so they are gradually being phased out, used only in limited situations, or are experimental materials that are still being researched.

When looking at bulletproof performance, you must pay attention to whether it is a stand-alone defense or whether it needs to be placed in light skin armor to reach the defense level. If it says Standalone, it means that even if only a bulletproof plate is present, it can block up to that level, but if it doesn't say that, it means that you have to put that bulletproof plate in a pistol bullet protection bulletproof vest to get protection equivalent to that level.

Plates that say ICW (In-conjunction with) are items that guarantee the corresponding level of protection only when the soft armor required by the manufacturer is worn on the body. The US military's famous SAPI, ESAPI, and

If it is called Shooters Cut (SC/STC) , the corner of the bulletin board is cut off a little and the arms (shooting posture) are finished. It is often a unique vest -shaped plate that can be thought of when body armor and bulletproof plate can be thought of. Shooters cuts a little bit more[36] If you think about shooting posture, you should think of the chest plate as a default shooter cut. The unpacked rectangular Rectangular cut (RC)/Square cut (SC) is usually inserted on the back.

There is a swimmer cut , which is cut with a deeper angle at the top corners than the shooter's cut. The protective area is slightly smaller than that of the Shooter's Cut, but it is more comfortable to move as the interference with shoulder range of motion is reduced. There are also products that have a swimmer cut only on the right arm, which is mainly used, and a shooter cut on the left arm.

And bulletproof plate is usually a bit concave in the shape of the body, but the cheap iron plate may be a time when it is a game without even it. There is also a flat bend, only one angle bend (single curve. In terms of vertical bake), there is a multiple angle (double curve or multi -curve). Naturally, the bulletproof plate is the best bent bulletproof plate so that it can be close to the body. The expensive ceramic world is basically multi -curvature, but the steel plate world has most of the single curves rather than multiple curvature due to the difficulty of processing. However, considering the overall performance difference between steel plate and ceramic plate, it is better to buy ceramic plates even if you spend a little more money.

Trauma pads are padded materials that block the bullets and put them in shock absorption so that the remaining shocks are not delivered to the user.[37] You just need to insert it together behind the bulletproof plate. It is more important for soft inserts that are flexible and have a high risk of transforming and conveying shocks. The rifle plate is stiff with its own stiffness, so there is a small need for trauma pads, or in itself a trauma pad, or mixed with trauma pads. If you mix hard plate and soft armor, the soft armor may replace the role of the trauma pad.

In the case of the US military, in the early OTV era, 24 layers of KM2-kevlar soft armor was used, but from the recent new SPCS gen2, soft armor made of Dutch Dyneema material is used.

Soldiers training in EOD suits. Perhaps because of the heavy weight of the suit, there are many soldiers who walk after running for a few feet or struggle.

A protective suit designed to protect the body from explosives by Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), based on the fact that body armor can protect against fragments and that even higher protection can be achieved by bearing a heavy weight . Thanks to this, the likelihood of EOD personnel surviving even if the explosive explodes is greatly increased, as long as the amount of explosive is within the allowable range and the appropriate distance is provided. However, since this is an item that can only be used by personnel or personnel who carry out missions for a short period of time, there is little opportunity to wear it, and the total weight is 30 to 40 kg. [38]Because of the enormous price ( $50,000 for the helmet ), it is difficult for even the US military to deploy/use large quantities of it as expendable items.

In addition, this suit is a meaningful item in that it reduces the possibility of the wearer receiving fatal injuries, and due to the nature of explosive dismantling work that requires precise manual work, it cannot provide sufficient protection to the hand area, so if an accident occurs, it is highly likely that it will not protect the fingers, although it will save the life.[39] As a joke, EOD units sometimes make fun of new recruits by saying that the reason they wear EOD suits is to leave behind bodies that can be put in coffins.

The body is usually included in a ceramic bulletproof plate to protect rifle bullets, but the remaining parts are made of thick bulletproof fiber, so the bullet protection power is lower than expected.

The military and police have been taming dogs and using them for missions for a long time, but compared to the cost and training period required to raise these military/police dogs, protection measures against danger during missions have not been prepared for a long time. As a result, many military/police dogs suffered damage from bullets and fragments during missions, and dedicated body armor was developed to solve this problem.

As it is a body armor, the weight is quite high, so it is usually lightweight and heavy armor.


Lightweight military dog ​​body armor can be used by military dogs without special training and does not significantly affect mobility, such as agility or endurance, but has poor defensive power. The above lightweight body armor for Russian military dogs is BR 1 class, which is effectively effective for shrapnel protection or bulletproof clothing.


The survival rate has increased because the heavily armored military dog ​​body armor can protect against up to .357 Magnum bullets when worn, but because it is so heavy, separate adaptation training is required to wear it to military/police dogs. The photo above shows a heavy armored body armor for U.S. military dogs, including bulletproof vests and bulletproof helmets.

However, there is a argument that 'do you need to spend this budget?' It's not just a problem like 'It's a waste to give to a dog.' As mentioned earlier, the cost and training of the dogs/police dogs are never overwhelming, so it is not a 'dog' but a high -quality manpower. However, once a dog is shot, even if it survives due to body armor, the trauma cannot continue to work because of the trauma. Of course, humans can also get trauma caused by gunshot, but they can recover from training and psychotherapy and return to their mission. However, the dog is hard to retire because it is hard, and unlike people, even if it costs expensive money, the actual loss of personnel will occur.

In any case, the probability of saving dog life is higher, so it is valuable in terms of ethical aspects, but it is difficult to simply implement animal welfare only for the introduction of equipment that requires a huge budget. So the penetration rate is not very high.

Existing body armor was made on male body standards, which were not suitable for the female body or inconvenient.

The male body shape is made of whole and the shoulders are wide, but the women are narrow to the shoulder and the chest pops out.[40] The waist part was in the form, so the existing body armor was not correct. Therefore, women's body armor development was carried out in each country.

If you look at the advertisement of women's body armor companies, 'The clothes are alive', 'I don't know if you have a body armor.', 'It's light.' It is different from the existing body armor advertisement phrase, which means that it does not advertise that the body armor is pretty, but does not know if it is a seemingly wearing body armor.

As the deployment of female combatants becomes a reality, the U.S. military has no choice but to change its policy of designing body armor focused on men's physiques. Accordingly, the U.S. military is introducing body armor that can be used in combat without putting a strain on women's bodies. However, due to the nature of the military organization, there is a huge difference in the male to female ratio, and since female soldiers are not concentrated in one unit, supply is definitely inconvenient.

It became famous after appearing in movies such as John Wick 2, but in fact, bulletproof suits made of bulletproof fiber were widely used for VVIPs, such as heads of state, decades before these movies came out.

However, as it was also mentioned in the John Wick series and often depicted, it hurts a lot when hit. First of all, it blocks the bullet itself, but it cannot actually block the impact.[41]

You can often see people claiming that even if you wear a bulletproof vest, if you are hit by a bullet, your internal organs will rupture and your bones will break, resulting in death or serious injury. Likewise, it is common to see people claiming that if you get hit by a bulletproof hat , your neck will spin and you will die, or that if you block a bullet, your neck will break, so they do not make it strong enough to block a bullet on purpose.

The bottom line is all false. Originally, body armor was designed to effectively distribute bullet kinetic energy, and the same is true for bulletproofing. Unlike movies or games, even if a person is shot, the kinetic energy of the bullet is not so big that it is pushed away or flying away. There was a case where ECH was survived by blocking the 7.62 × 54mm bullets . Also , in the 2 minutes and 20 seconds of the trench warfare video during the Russian-Ukrainian war, Russian soldiers hit a bulletproof at the distance.[42] The scene of falling down for a while was also captured.



The photo above shows an American soldier who was shot by a Dragunov sniper rifle during the Iraq War , but survived because his body armor blocked the bullet. You can see the bruises where he was hit, and even though he was hit by a high-yield rifle bullet in the heart area, he ended up with bruises. The soldier fell to the ground after being shot, but immediately got up and took cover behind a Humvee to inform his colleagues of the situation. Soon, Humvees armed with 50-caliber machine guns set out to catch the sniper who shot the soldier. The 7.62×54R PS bullet used by the Dragunov rifle has a kinetic energy of over 3,500J, and if it is hit directly within the effective range, it can fortunately pierce NIJ class 3 bulletproof plates that can protect against rifle bullets, but even such large-diameter bullets were safely blocked, resulting in only minor injuries.

Based on this, some people say that because the shock is transmitted as is, if you are hit by a bullet while wearing a body armor, your bones will break, your internal organs will rupture, and you will be injured or die from internal bleeding. However, this is just a baseless rumor and there are no such cases.

Think about what's the difference when you cut the person in a defense suit and the bare body with the same sword. Even though they both have the same amount of kinetic energy, they will be serious and naked people will be seriously injured. The naked person's kinetic energy was concentrated in the narrow area of ​​the sword, and the flesh and bones were cut, but the person wearing a sword's clothing was that the swordsmanship was not cut off by the sword -of -swords. Similarly, the energy of bullets also distributes the kinetic energy to be dots if the body armor is blocked . Even soft body armor, which only blocks pistols, disperses the shock of bullets in a body, and higher -class body armor with bulletproof panels distributes the shock throughout the panel.

In fact, it can be easily refuted by knowing the action-reaction principle, but the exact same amount of impact is applied to the shooter in the opposite direction as the bullet immediately after being fired. In other words, from the perspective of a shooter who shoots continuously from the shoulder, the impact of dozens of bullets applied by the stock is received with the shoulder. If the impact of a single bullet, which lost much of its momentum due to air resistance while flying, breaks bones and bleeds internal organs, there is no way that a shooter who receives the impact of dozens of bullets immediately after being fired with his shoulder will be safe.

Also, the premise that kinetic energy is transmitted ‘as is’ was also wrong. This is because bullets and bulletproof plates are not rigid bodies . Unlike the imaginary world of those who believe in the use of body armor, in real-life collisions, colliding objects are vibrated, deformed, and destroyed, and mechanical energy is inevitably lost. When a bullet hits a bulletproof plate, both the bullet and the bulletproof plate are deformed by stress upon impact and absorb some of the kinetic energy. Even hard metal bulletproof panels absorb a certain amount of shock during the elastic and plastic deformation process of the material. Soft fiber bulletproof vests are designed to reliably disperse shock as the fibers are compressed, tangled, and broken, while ceramic panels break apart.

To this end, there is a strict protection standard and if it is not sufficiently absorbed by the shock of the bullet, it will not prevent the bullet even if it is blocked. For example, a body armor was tested to obtain NIJ -level III, a rating that blocks 7.62mm NATO, but if the penetration was blocked, but the impact was not sufficiently dispersed, the wearer could not get NIJ -level III certification. In other words, in this case, the body armor becomes 'a body armor that cannot prevent 7.62mm NATO bullet'. In the case of NIJ grade, there is an item of backface deformation in the evaluation items, and if the rear variation occurs over the reference after the bullet, it is failed. However, since the concept of 'completely blocked' is a bit abstract, the standards are slightly different for each country, so in China, level 4 is treated as 3A in the United States.[43]

Looking at this video (the firing scene starts at about 2 minutes and 40 seconds), even though it was shot with the S&W M500 , which is well above the bulletproof rating of IIIA Kevlar, it did not penetrate. Even in the catalog specifications, it is guaranteed that the 3A class fiber body armor “can protect against small arms ammunition up to 357 SIG and 44 Magnum,” and this is clearly stated in both foreign private company products and Korean military supplies.

If you go to a few domestic shooting ranges , you will see a Kevla body armor with various pistol bullets. The .22 LR, 9mm Parabelum, .357 Magnum, and .38 Specials.

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Above all, combat troops, soldiers, police special forces, paramilitary organizations, etc. who primarily use body armor intentionally hold mock battles using training ammunition, paintballs, high-powered airsoft guns, etc. to learn how to act even when bullets hit their body armor. Get used to shock by training your reaction to being hit by boxing gloves, training bullets, etc. Although it is a bit extreme, the Russian special forces Spetsnaz train to wear body armor and fire back after being hit by a pistol bullet , while the French special forces GIGN train to wear body armor and get hit by a .357 Magnum live bullet . There is even a video from a bulletproof vest company demonstrating that a person wearing a bulletproof vest can be hit by multiple rifle bullets and still remain unharmed.

This may or may not be the case depending on the grade and type, but basically, body armor is clothing that blocks bullets, not cold weapons.

Low-grade soft body armor can be pierced by tearing the fibers if you stab or cut it with as much force as a dagger or hatchet, and it is difficult to expect protection against full-scale cold weapons such as more powerful combat spears or arrows. This comes from the difference in properties between firearms and cold weapons. The kinetic energy of most bullet warheads is much greater than that of cold weapons, but unless they are armor-piercing bullets, most bullets are made of soft metals such as lead or copper. Therefore, kinetic energy is rapidly lost immediately after impact.[44] , one is often helpless in front of body armor, which has multiple layers of soft and tough fibers that catch the landed warhead and at the same time disperse the impact, preventing it from penetrating the human body. On the other hand, arrowheads for combat/hunting are made of hard steel and have sharp tips, so they retain their kinetic energy relatively intact even when struck. Therefore, although it is said to have very strong tensile strength, Kevlar, which is ultimately just a fiber, can be torn apart or penetrated into grooves between weaving patterns depending on the situation. This is the reason why bullet-blocking body armor is impervious to arrows.
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Sponge also explained the above by introducing the fact that body armor blocks bullets but does not stop arrows.

Nevertheless, even in low -grade body armor, the fiber itself is very tough than nylon, so it can be expected to reduce the damage such as shallow cutting or powerless checks, cold disease malformations such as Viet Congbean booby trap. The hard reason for the hard nose, such as blocking a pointed blade or glass sculpture, is to protect the foot like construction safety, and the long -shaped and strong cordura materials such as combat labels/tante belts/chest League/Repeling harness without bulletproof performance are used. It is tough and strong, but of course, with no bulletproof performance, the protection power in the Baeknyeongjeon situation is the yard that is a celestial difference. Of course, it does not mean the Kumgang destruction that is not pierced at all against the cold weapon . It's not just a cold weapon, and when you think that the blunt is also in the category of cold weapons, it can't prevent the blow of the blunt.[45] Soft Armor has a limit.

On the other hand, hard body armor or bulletproof hats that are bulletproof enough to block rifle bullets have incredible protection even against cold weapons.[46] Since most of these body armors have hard plates inserted such as ceramic, composite material, or metal material, simple stabbing or cutting naturally does not work. Hard plates are hard enough to crumble when hit by a bullet, so they also block arrows well.[47] And in the case of body armor that blocks rifle bullets in the first place, there is a reason why rifle bullets with sharp warheads must be blocked in the first place.[48] However, to wear this alone, it focuses protection only on the vulnerable parts of the head and torso and leaves the rest blank for mobility, so the protective area is too narrow to be worn in close combat where swords clash with each other. There would be a high risk of being rendered incapable of fighting by having a limb cut off, or dying by having the nape of the neck cut off.[49] If you only consider the protection against cold weapons, it would be much more appropriate to wear ringed plate armor or two-piece armor .

Although bulletproof vests are much better than nothing, it is true that they are less effective against cold weapons than professional bulletproof vests. As a result, the number of cases of adopting bulletproof and bulletproof vests that are both bulletproof and bulletproof is increasing due to the requirements of the military preparing for close combat in close combat such as urban warfare and law enforcement agencies that have to deal with suspects carrying not only guns but also weapons such as knives. Related video The equipment that people who are deployed on these missions receive is not only armor, but also gloves, combat boots, combat uniform sleeves, belts, and even non-protected parts of body armor are coated with tough fibers such as cordura and aramid, so they can absorb light impacts.



The US Marine Corps has a history of preparing for cold weapons such as bayonets by inserting reinforced plates into the M1955, a dedicated body armor, assuming hand-to-hand combat that it has been obsessed with from before. effectively defended.

Of course, in places like Korea, it is difficult to access firearms.[50] In the environment, it is more efficient to wear a bulletproof vest than a bulletproof vest , and it is more comfortable to wear and operate.

The bottom line is that, as firearms and cold weapons are different, the body armor, which is a large firearm defense, and the cold weapon armor are natural. It is clear that the performance cannot be performed in situations that are not specialized in their own properties because the purpose is made different. The use of body armor for a defense and a firearms suit is no different from driving a car, entering the sea, dragging the boat, and trying to ride on land.

There are many types and uses of bulletproof gear. If the bulletproof material used in the bulletproof equipment is hit by a bullet that cannot handle it, it will of course be pierced helplessly. If a simple Kevlar fiber body armor is hit by a rifle bullet or a 4.6mm bullet, or a ceramic plate bulletproof plate that blocks widely used standard rifle bullets, it can be pierced by a heavy weapon bullet such as .50 BMG. I can't use it.

Bulletproof vests have different uses, some bullets are difficult to block, and most of all, the fact that bulletproof vests are consumables like bullets was overlooked/extended and interpreted, and there was a bit of skepticism in the past that bulletproof vests would only be a burden to wear.

This false perception has spread in Korea because of the M69 protocol in the Vietnamese war. The M69 protocol is not a body armor, but the name name is Body Armor, Fragmentation Protective, aka Flak Vest[51] It is right to say that the fragment is the purpose of the raw fragment, so it is right to say that it is a countermeasure, but it was wrongly translated as a body armor and instilled a great misunderstanding in the Korean army. Still, in Korea, it is called by the body armor without any distinction between measure and body armor, and even those who do not have related knowledge do not even know the concept of a room. This method is basically designed to protect the fragments of grenades or mortar shells, and the protection of the rifle was not initially considered, and never said it was possible. However, the thick and heavy M69 flack Best in the jungle was a device that was not like a jaw, and the soldiers who saw it as helpless and helpless and threw them out of the vest and threw them away.

Furthermore, as of the 21st century, the bulletproof vests used as the main force in the Republic of Korea Armed Forces are also preferred for fragmentation protection like the M69 and PASGT M1 bulletproof vests, so distrust of these body armor continued.

However, if it is a properly made, high-performance comfort suit, it is much better than nothing. It may be a small-scale guerrilla war or a street battle, but in a full-scale war, more soldiers die from shell fragments than from bullets. And these protective clothing are definitely helpful in blocking stray bullets, pistol bullets, and grenades outside the effective range. Even during World Wars 1 and 2, there are countless people whose lives were saved thanks to helmets, which were rudimentary compared to modern times, as they could only block fragments. Even if you don't have the budget to have a bulletproof plate, having something like this is definitely better than having nothing.


A soldier showing that during the Korean War, he was able to block shrapnel thanks to his M1952 uniform and suffered only minor injuries.[52] As you can see from the bullet marks on the protective clothing, if that soldier had not been wearing the protective clothing as it did not block bullets, the fragments would have shattered his body into rags and he would have been at least seriously injured or died.

However, as technology develops, body armor that can effectively block bullets is appearing one after another. In the battles in Somalia in 1993, the war in Afghanistan in 2001, and the war in Iraq in 2003, gunfights in mountainous terrain where it is difficult to mobilize heavy weapons and urban battles were the mainstays. As the probability of being hit by a bullet increased, interest in protecting rifle bullets increased. And the result of that research, the crystal of infantry body armor, body armor with breakable metal/ceramic body armor inserted gradually became popular.

Among the videos uploaded to YouTube, there is a video that was uploaded after being hit 4 times. #[53]

In addition, body armor only protects the torso, so it cannot protect other major parts such as the legs, neck, and head, so it is sometimes accused of being inferior equipment. Because this is due to some degree of fact, it has been happening for a long time, and the first event that can be said to be the starting point can be seen as the assassination of Crown Prince Ferdinand, one of the causes of World War I. At the time, the Crown Prince was wearing body armor, which was the fashion for high-ranking figures at the time, but he died in Sarajevo after being shot in the neck.

First, as bulletproof vests become newer, they get smaller and smaller, becoming plate carriers barely big enough to cover the front and back near the heart and lungs, let alone vests. The reason why they are so popular on the front lines is because full-body body armor costs too much money, is very heavy and hot, cannot protect against rifle bullets because bulletproof plates cannot be placed anywhere other than the torso, and has severe restrictions on movement, making it unsuitable for most battlefields. Of course, if you wear bulletproof plates all over your body, it will be easier to avoid fatal injuries no matter where you hit, so your survivability will be excellent, but if you do that, the soldier will likely collapse from exhaustion before he even gets to the battlefield where the bullets are flying.[54] Unless reinforced exoskeletons are distributed, it will be unprofitable.

Therefore, full-body body armor is practically not used at all in military organizations, and is only used to a small extent in police special forces or anti-terrorism units. Such an organization can ignore the constraints mentioned above to some extent thanks to the advantages of not having a large number of people and being able to focus resources on each member, having an activity radius of at most a few city blocks, and direct field activity time not exceeding half a day. Thanks to this, the military can deploy heavy armor that is incomparable to that of the military, such as invisible bulletproof glass face shields, shoulder/thigh bulletproof pads, and neck and groin protectors that are additionally installed on body armor. Among regular warfare units, mechanized infantry has a lower physical burden compared to regular infantry because they ride in armored vehicles, but is more likely to be exposed to various heavy weapons attacks from the enemy. In the case of artillery, which is located behind the front lines and suffers a much larger proportion of fragments from artillery fire than from enemy fire, relatively classic body armor with bulletproof plates inserted into soft armor with a large protective area is sometimes used.[55] If equipment such as reinforced clothing is adopted in the future , infantry soldiers in wealthy armies like the US military may end up walking around with their entire bodies covered in bulletproof equipment.

In addition, when regular soldiers shoot in wartime, they often aim for the large torso (protected by bulletproof plates) rather than aiming for the difficult-to-aim between the helmet and the torso, so blocking only the torso is not a big problem in practice. does not[56][57] And of course, with the development of technology, there is room to protect those parts as much as possible without obstructing the view or interfering with activities.

As previously mentioned, the controversy over whether too much consideration of durability can lead to weight problems is also ongoing along with the history of body armor. Even now, the modern use of body armor is dominated by the idea of ​​lightweight body armor developed around special forces around the world. Since humans are not bulky objects with limited mobility like vehicles, they can quickly take cover using terrain features, and upon taking cover, they immediately receive protection that is twice as good as that provided by any high-end body armor. Therefore, if you are hit, you must reduce the weight by covering only the major organs that kill you immediately or are incapacitated, so that you can move quickly, take cover quickly, and attack quickly without consuming energy. This is similar to why the military does not use ‘bulletproof shields’. This is because full-body defense must bear a weight that is impossible with manpower alone, and to break through this, simply firing armor-piercing bullets is enough.

There are people who go to the extreme and think that if that's the case, there is no need for body armor, citing the basis for the idea of ​​lightweight body armor, but of course this is nonsense and not worth considering. Infantry cannot always remain in cover, and at the point when heavy weapons or precision fire are required to kill one, the value of body armor is more than sufficient, so compromises are made to the level of protection against at least service rifle bullets. Moreover, in the case of the U.S. military, a soldier wearing high-performance body armor can be shot in the torso while defenseless.[58] There are cases where a person survived, a case where a bullet fired without protection in an indoor close-quarters battle was hit by a body armor, and the person survived, etc. All of these cases are cases in which the person involved would have died in nine out of ten cases if the body armor had not been present. When veterans look back on their combat experiences and say, 'I survived because I was lucky,' there may be cases where they were truly lucky and survived because the bullet missed, but in fact, there are many cases where they survived thanks to the effectiveness of the equipment .[59]

During the Battle of Fallujah during the Iraq War, the Iraqi rebels commented on the US infantrymen who wore bullet-proof helmets and body armor that covered their groins in preparation for urban combat, saying that they would not die even if they were hit by bullets.

In the end, it is so fast that you can avoid both bullets and debris on the battlefield, and people have a flying man.[60] It is unconditionally good to wear body armor. The group called the army is a group that rolls much better than the brain's brain in the fight. Most of all, if you don't take a benefit from defense corruption, you don't like leaking for money. There is a proven experience and reason for steadily hiring body armor and improving research.

Proper body armor is designed with ricochet damage in mind, so you don't have to worry. The largest consumer of body armor is the military, and the military fights in groups. From the military's point of view, body armor that prevents bullets from ricocheting in all directions may be worse than nothing. This is because bullets that bounce off body armor can injure nearby soldiers at unexpected angles or areas that are not protected by body armor, such as arms and legs. In fact, if you look at the demonstration videos of shooting a gun into a bulletproof vest, you can see that the bullet is stuck inside the bulletproof material. Fiber body armor catches bullets by entangling them like this, and the ceramic or polymer material itself breaks like a bicycle helmet and disperses the impact.

However, as an exception, steel bulletproof material is a material that blocks bullets with high strength, so the ricochet problem is quite severe. In addition, there are cases in which a bullet that has landed on a metal bulletproof plate is broken into fragments, or a part of the bulletproof material does not absorb all of the kinetic energy and breaks and additional fragments are generated. Serious injuries can occur and must be considered before using bulletproof steel.

To prevent this, some metal bulletproof materials are coated with anti-ricochet coating (TACOCOAT). Users sometimes apply a separate coating to untreated items, but problems arise when the coating eventually peels off. In particular, the problem is highlighted because steel plates are used in the private sector for multiple uses at a lower price than ceramics. Therefore, American shooters recommend using metal bulletproof materials such as Kevlar vests or trauma pads, and purchasing ceramic plates if they can afford it.

The Republic of Korea Army was the first to adopt body armor donated by the U.S. military during the Korean War.[61] During the Vietnam War, Korean troops deployed received bulletproof vests from the U.S. military and used them. Since then, bulletproof vests made from domestically developed reinforced fibers have been manufactured and adopted in various forms, starting with one modeled after the PASGT M1 body armor, which was the US military's body armor at the time.

It was something close to a comfort suit with a plastic plate in it. It seems to have been mixed in and paid to the Korean army while receiving surplus materials, and it is seen intermittently in the second half of the war. It was quite light, so it was quite popular among the US soldiers. Unfortunately, there is no record of the reaction of the Korean army at the time. Later, during the Vietnam War, the Korean military did not wear body armor until the M55 and M69 body armor were supplied.[62]

The M1955 is a body armor distributed during the Vietnam War and was independently developed by the U.S. Marine Corps. The M1952A and M1969 are body armor mainly used by the U.S. Army and are in fact close to body armor. The M1952A was made in the late Korean War and is based on the M1952 body armor. Its characteristic feature is that it does not have a collar (neck protector) and has epaulettes attached to the shoulder area. You will also notice that the color is much more yellow compared to the M1955 body armor and the M1969 body armor. The M1969 was developed during the Vietnam War and has a very similar appearance to the M1952A, but the collar is 3 to 4 cm higher than the M1952A, allowing it to protect the neck area, and can be considered a much improved product. It was produced by Kolon and other companies until the late 1980s .[63]

It is a copy of the US military's PASGT (Personal Armor System, Ground Troops) body armor from the mid-80s to the 90s and was mainly used from the late 80s to 2003.[64]

It is the second oldest after the M1969 body armor provided by the United States during the Vietnam War. Unlike the U.S. military issued in four sizes to suit the physique of its soldiers, there is only one size, and like an old special vest, the size is adjusted by passing a rubber band through an iron hole in the side band.[65]

And the built -in soft armor is thick, so it contains a bulletproof plate, but it is heavy enough to be mistaken, but like the US military PASGT, the bullet is only .22 LR bullets and only blocked shell debris.[66]

It was mainly written by the front, search, commando, and special warfare, and was written mainly by the search Daerang specialists at the time of Gangneung's armed forces.

From 2004 to 2010, it is sometimes used as a fragmentation for grenades and cremoa training in the training center and reserve army.[67]

In the 1990s, the U.S. military also decided that the existing PASGT (Personal Armor System, Ground Troops) body armor was not enough, so it issued RBA (Ranger Body Armor) with bulletproof plates inside, making it a body armor made by catching the changing trends quickly for the military at the time. The appearance is almost the same as the PASGT except that there is no protective pad on the shoulder and there is an epaulette, but a hard plate can be placed on the front near the heart like the British army body armor.[68] It was able to block rifle bullets, and the body armor itself was partially filled with soft armor.

It was developed for mass supply in the 1990s, but as you know, the project was reduced due to the IMF and the military's indifference to investment in infantry equipment, so it was only provided to overseas dispatched units such as the Zaytun Unit and some front-line units. When the ROK military introduced digital patterns, the outer shell was changed to a digital pattern and delivered as a "new body armor". It is known that some units in the rear are still operating it on a small scale for cosmetic purposes in the 2020s, and in the case of items already used since the Frog era, along with the Zaytun body armor issued to dispatched personnel during the Zaytun unit, it was used for educational purposes at grenade schools such as training centers and new shifts.

From the right, the dispatch body armor developed for the Zaytun unit, also known as the Zaytun unit body armor , an old body armor (same as the one on the left in this photo above), and a color improvement research prototype of the new body armor.

However, although the body armor for deployed troops developed in this way had no problem with bulletproof performance, it was structurally difficult to wear, and the webbing attached to attach the equipment was completely different from the MOLLE standard used in the West, so it was used in various existing overseas products. It was an item that did not have the advantage of attaching a pouch according to the operational type. In order to bind pouches or equipment to molly, the molle webbing and spacing must be compatible with the equipment, but looking at the Korean military's molly standards at the time, the spacing was either ridiculously wide or too narrow, making it not only incompatible with Western equipment, but also impossible to bind with Korean military equipment. do.

The Ministry of National Defense did this to use the existing LC-2 gear pouch, but most of them mainly used rag pouches donated by the military community. With this in mind, some call the South Korean Army's molly system the 'I don't know system' or 'Jab Molly OTV'. Eventually, some of them were culled to the extent that they fell into training camps.

In 2010, at the request of the Special Forces , a new bulletproof vest was developed and tested with improvements such as MOLLE standard webbing, rapid disassembly function, and addition of detachable bulletproof material that can expand the range of protection according to the type of operation. #

In fact, according to a special soldier who uses this body armor, he commented on it. However, such formats are not suitable for the mission of special warfare, but they are not suitable for the mission of special warfare. They want a plate carrier for their mission .

But this body armor becomes a lump of disaster. In October 2014, the body armor performance continued to be delivered to the North Korean bullet, and the problem was raised . It was not enough, so I tried to bring back the body armor of the same company in 2015, but I was in a national audit.[69] It is a crystal of military defeat . However, the first trial was innocent. The prosecution was quite strong against the appeal.

In fact, it is only that the bullets are penetrated into North Korea's 7n10 5.45mm iron thread, and the NIJ3 itself is satisfied. In fact, the NIJ standards are the US Justice Department's legislative body armor, so when applying it as a military use, there was a problem such as a small but penetrating small -powered high -speed high -speed bullet.

Due to the corruption and bulletproof panel performance issues above, the procurement has been suspended, and it is not used by special warfare, and some volume has been used in JSA and then retired slowly.

It was operated in small quantities by the Dongmyeong Unit, Zaytun Unit, Air Force, and Marine Corps.[70]

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Life jacket -type body armor used by the Republic of Korea Navy and the Republic of Korea Marine Corps .

At the time of the 1st Yeonpyeong naval battle , a new life jacket functioned as a life jacket while protecting the life of the crew by increasing the protection against fire extinguishers and fragments than the existing body armor, escaping from the inconvenient and inefficient method of adding a life jacket on top of the previous PASGT type body armor. The need for a bulletproof vest was raised , and a new bulletproof vest that integrated the two functions was intended. However, the supply was delayed due to continuous project failures. As a result, the supply of buoyant body armor began in earnest as the North Korean army suffered great damage from firearms and fragments during the Second Yeonpyeong naval battle. As it was judged to be defective , the issue of corruption in the defense industry was raised, and the new NIJ level IIIA level buoyancy body armor developed in 2011 has been supplied since 2012 and has reached the present. The model name of the new buoyancy body armor is EEV-703, and it contains bulletproof plates made of Kevlar mixed with polyethylene .

According to the Board of Audit and Inspection in 2023, the Navy's buoyant body armor ordered the Chief of Staff of the Navy to come up with an improvement plan, saying that the standards for protection have not been improved since the national defense standards for buoyancy body armor were enacted in 2001. #

In 2018, the Moon Jae-in administration announced the Warrior Platform plan to replace all Army infantry uniforms and equipment to suit modern warfare, and an exhibition was held at the National Assembly Hall on March 12, 2018. Next special body armor Looking at the article linked to the next infantry body armor , two types of body armor with a plate carrier concept, which are different from the existing multi-functional body armor and multi-purpose body armor, were demonstrated. The special body armor is Crye Precision 's JPC 2.0 plate carrier, and the infantry body armor is Crye's CPC plate carrier. It has a very similar structure and shape. This appears to be the result of taking into account the difficulty that existing multi-purpose body armor has a high protective effect, but severely reduces the wearer's physical strength due to weight and volume issues.

In addition, various types of bulletproof vests are supplied as premium products. #

The bulletproof vest in the photo is a multi-purpose bulletproof vest that is currently being distributed in large quantities. Type 1 bulletproof vest is a bulletproof vest that follows body armor, so in the Warrior Platform Project, Type 2 bulletproof vest will be distributed to general infantry units, and multi-purpose bulletproof vest will be distributed to second-tier units such as artillery units.[72] In the case of the Marine Corps combat units, all are supplied.[73]

The bulletproof plate pockets are equipped with Kevlar bulletproof fiber (NIJ 3A grade) in the inner pocket, and additional bulletproof plates in the outer pocket, as well as maps, slang materials, etc. like a situation board. When supplied as standard, it comes with all Kevlar fibers included, and if you want, you can remove the Kevlar and put only the bulletproof plates on the front and back to use it as a similar plate carrier, but since it is not designed that way, problems arise in weight distribution, and if you get caught, you can start with a sword and go to a military training center, but you are unlikely to encounter a person during ordinary military service who can point out in detail about the operation of multipurpose body armor. In addition, Western plate carriers started from the concept of carrying equipment on a vest equipped with only bulletproof plates, so it is not a method that would be particularly problematic even in the ROK military, where Western doctrine takes priority.

The additional bulletproof plate supplied together is NIJ Grade 3.[74] and grade 4, the performance is satisfactory. It is inevitable that it is thicker and heavier than foreign bulletproof plates of the same class. Also, as it is heavy and thick, its power is certain, so it can at least protect one's life in times of war. During GP/GOP or shooting training, instructors and controllers carry everything back and forth. In the case of small and medium sizes, it is also compatible with plate carriers from Cry, LBT, etc.

Unlike the days of Zaytoon body armor, the Molle specifications are correct, so foreign equipment is installed, and Korean military supply magazine pouches, grenade pouches, rain bags, miscellaneous bags, first aid kits, grenade pouches, multi-purpose pouches, water bottle pouches, etc. are installed, but when you put them all together, there is only one row of Mollies left out of the seven horizontal columns. Usually, a bayonet sheath is mounted on this one row. Some personnel say they feel empty and attach custom-made pouches, carabiners, EDC flashlights, and combat glasses pouches.

This bulletproof vest, of which 160,000 sets are planned to be procured by 2016, is based on the overall shape of the first generation of the US military's IOTV, but lacks the quick-release function and is connected entirely with Velcro. It is a monumental item in its own right, as it is the first bulletproof vest in the history of the development and distribution of bulletproof vests in the Republic of Korea to include ceramic plates.[75] The first batch was a body armor shape with a thoracic protector and shoulder protectors attached, following the lOTV.

The Board of Audit and Inspection discovered corruption in 2016. First of all, it was possible to make body armor using shear thickening material at the same price, but this also raised the issue that the ROC of the project was adjusted due to corruption. However, since body armor using shear thickening material was a next-generation body armor material that only existed as a technological concept at the time (it has not been put into practical use to this day), it is pointed out that it is too difficult to enter into this business. In addition, the part pointed out as protection was initially fired with .30-06 AP ammunition, which can only be blocked by level IV or higher body armor made for level III, so it is natural that it would penetrate. There is also a problem with 5.45mm 7N10(PP) iron core bullets penetrating level IV body armor, albeit with a low probability. However, the critical problem was that ROC was discovered before the business due to corruption, and then conducted bulletproof testing in advance and supplied it exclusively, eliminating the opportunity for other companies to compete. SAPI is procuring only one sheet at a time due to the problem of exceeding the company's production capacity, and even now, due to corruption issues, the internal procurement of SAPI plates for the company's body armor has been stopped and changed to procurement of NIJ Grade 4 panels through open bidding.

It exploded again, this time on the side. U.S. infantrymen wear four bulletproof plates (front, rear, and sides), but an article came out saying that the Korean military did not plant side plates, which drew aggro again. If you read the article, you will see that the Kevlar fiber bulletproof insert (soft plate) and the ceramic bulletproof plate (hard plate) were used interchangeably without distinguishing between them, but only the hard plate protects against rifle bullets, and in order to plant the hard plate on the side, you need to attach a bulletproof plate pocket about the size of a raincoat to the side molly webbing and insert the side bulletproof plate. Even for the U.S. military, side plates are optional parts purchased separately from companies such as Cry Precision, and only Kevlar fiber is used in the sides of basic body armor. This is also the same for the Korean military's body armor. In the article, the fit and defensive performance of a body armor were described as having a zero-sum relationship, but because there were concerns raised about the correlation between the fit of the body armor and combat ability, the idea of ​​lightweight body armor and plate carriers emerged.

Unless a new material is developed that can deflect rifle bullets with fiber alone, protection against rifle bullets must be done with ceramic plates. No matter how much you use Kevlar bulletproof material, it will be pierced by rifle bullets fired within the effective range. Although Kevlar fiber is important because it ensures protection against bullets, stray bullets, pistol bullets, and fragments outside the effective range, it is not appropriate to write an article without knowing the characteristics and uses of each bulletproof material.

As an article pointed out the lack of expertise in the above article, we must avoid neglecting to improve this area by blindly labeling it as defense industry corruption.

was eventually discontinued.

It is said that it will be re-supplyed to each army from 2018.

However, in some units, bulletproof vests were not issued according to the individual soldier's body type, but were issued in one size. In some units, only a "small" size was provided, leaving larger soldiers without proper protection for vulnerable areas. In other cases, soldiers were issued a "large" size that was too large for their body size.[76]

In 2023, the Board of Audit and Inspection claimed that Type I body armor produced after April 2022 did not meet the protection standards. # When the DAPA signed a contract with Company A and purchased 56,280 sets of bulletproof vests starting from April 2022, a problem was discovered in some products where bullets penetrated or the rear was severely deformed when hit by a .44 Magnum bullet. The company reportedly passed the test by adding 6 layers of bulletproof material to the quality test area. The Board of Audit and Inspection notified the DAPA to take measures such as replacing the production of the body armor in question and restricting the bidding of company A, and requested the KOKKI to reprimand two employees who handled related work unfairly even after being tipped off that the company passed the fraudulent quality inspection.

The Defense Technology Advancement Research Institute exceptionally refuted the controversy. # It is unusual for the audited agency to refute the audit results of the audit agency. The Agency for Defense Technology Advancement said, "The audit agency's test was conducted differently from the test methods and standards specified in the purchase request. " They refuted that only the products that passed the test were delivered, and that even the parts not covered with bulletproof material met the test standards. #

In 2023, the Board of Audit and Inspection revealed that type 1 body armor only had fresh water resistance and not enough sea water resistance. If fired after being exposed to seawater for 3 hours, only 30% of its performance is guaranteed, making it unsuitable for use by the Navy and Marine Corps. The Board of Audit and Inspection notified the Minister of National Defense to establish the performance standards required for seawater penetration resistance in the purchase request for type 1 body armor. #
The most important thing is that the fixed position of the bulletproof plate of the Type 1 body armor cannot even properly protect the kill zone. Just by changing the fixation position, the protection power will be higher than before, but the reason it is still like that is because there is no concept at all...

It was developed for infantry by accepting the weight of multi-purpose body armor (type 1 body armor) and the problem of reduced mobility in mountain-oriented infantry operations, and overall it is a product located in the middle of body armor and plate carrier. A quick release buckle was attached, the neck collar was removed, and ventilation was emphasized. However, either go with body armor that ensures shrapnel protection, or protect only vital points with a plate carrier and increase mobility by providing a personal first aid kit to cope with massive bleeding in the limbs, which has a high probability of dying in the field. Due to the ambiguous positioning other than this, the future position will be unclear.

In reality, in the case of some units such as the standing division or the 23rd Guards Brigade , type 2 body armor is originally issued, but type 3 body armor is provided, and in reality, type 2 body armor is rarely provided.

Pointing out the above statement,
It is difficult to view the 23rd Guards Brigade as an ordinary infantry unit. This unit performs general outpost missions along the coastline and is not a unit that performs mountain warfare. The 23rd Guards Brigade is a unit that implements shipboard defense by establishing a blockade, including the coastline, in such a situation, so it is consistent to assume that it is not a mountain warfare.

Type 3 body armor is a plate carrier shape, and is not a body armor like a multi-purpose body armor, but a lightweight body armor that can only insert plates to protect only vital points. It was originally used by special warfare units, but in modern times, it is widely used in general field units for the purpose of establishing TCCC , each country's army doctrine, and increasing mobility.

Strictly speaking, this type 3 body armor , which has a quick dismantling function added and can be converted into a chest rig (suspender) by combining the warbelt + , is issued with a war belt that can attach a pistol holster, spare ammunition bag, grenade pouch, and field shovel.


However, in the case of the very first type of Special Forces Type 3 body armor delivered to the Special Forces at the beginning of the project, when it was converted to a chest rig using a war belt and suspender as shown above, it was criticized for its bulky shape, cohesion, and durability. While the original bulletproof plate had to be raised to the collarbone line to receive adequate box zone protection, the Special Forces Type 3 body armor could be worn as high as possible due to the space in the quick-release buckle. There has been a lot of criticism, including criticism that the plate only goes up to the midline of the chest, making it difficult to implement protective capabilities.


For those delivered in 2022-23, it is delivered with a 5-color granite digital pattern as shown above, but as you can see, the actual color is being criticized for being too bright and strange (in the case of brown, it is closer to purple). It is unknown whether it is delivered this way on purpose or whether it is a limitation of dyeing due to the nature of the material. Also, unlike the special version, the quick release buckle and cover have been improved, and there are size adjustment dials (the same as those on some functional running shoes) attached to both sides. However, the size adjustment dial is criticized as being impractical because it takes up the space of the pouch and is difficult to repair if it breaks in the field.

For the 23rd to 24th year of delivery, the company changed to N Company, and the size adjustment dial on both cummerbunds, which was criticized by soldiers in the 22nd year, was removed, and instead of Velcro to secure both cummerbunds to the front panel, a plastic tube-type buckle for quick disassembly, which is the latest overseas trend, was introduced.

Originally, it was supposed to be supplied only to special forces or search teams, but for some reason, there are records of it being delivered to some units of the 23rd Guards Brigade and general infantry battalions that need to be supplied with Type 2 body armor, making the status of Type 2 body armor even more uncertain.[77]

By Army standards, regular soldiers were often unable to even see it unless they were in the front line or in special positions. Even during the 22nd Infantry Division shooting incident, the arrest team that surrounded Sergeant Lim, armed with rifles and dozens of rounds of live ammunition, was not provided with body armor, which was a problem. As of the mid-2010s, the actual body armor supply rate was 47.6% for the DMZ, 30% for the GOP, and only 6% for the entire force. # In other words, even if the front-line soldiers entered a combat situation, more than half of them were unable to wear body armor. And in the event of an all-out war, rear units must also move to the front or prepare for infiltration by enemy special forces, but these units do not have body armor to wear, even for executives.[78]

In the Air Force, military police patrol[79] and are worn during training, and other specialties are deployed at the camp without wearing body armor during training. Deputy gunner entering the shooting range during shooting training[80] , Range officers (sergeants to second lieutenants) wear them, but they have not even washed the desert camouflage pattern used by troops deployed to Iraq and the M1969 body armor donated by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War, and have continued to use it to this day. However, from 2000 to 2010, most of the body armor worn by Air Force military police officers was the old PASGT type on the left in the photo above.[81] However, since Air Force air bases are on the top list of hit points during wartime, if the latest body armor is being supplied to the Army's first line, it is likely that new multi-purpose body armor is being supplied to the Air Force air corps, and the body armor of Air Force military police soldiers seen in the National Defense Daily is almost always a new model. There is a precedent for the air wing's air force military police to be issued and use new bulletproof helmets and K-2C1 rifles more quickly than the artillery battalions of the Army's forward units or the infantry battalions of most rear units. Moreover, places such as Osan Air Base and Daegu Air Base are stationed together with the US Forces Korea and have many Air Force headquarters within the base, so the level of equipment wearing is higher than that of other Air Force units. Unlike defense platoons and military police squad sentries, mobile strike teams mostly have multi-purpose body armor and bulletproof plates, and the rule is that everyone wears them when dispatching/patrolling. After the multi-purpose body armor is used up, the remaining personnel are ordered to wear old body armor and at least a combat vest or grenade vest. And in the case of special platoons/units, plate carriers are used in addition to black uniforms. Depending on the situation, EOD may wear a plate carrier or an explosive protective clothing that is famous in the media.

It is said that 140 billion won will be spent from the second half of 2012 to 2016 to supply 160,000 pieces of multi-purpose body armor.[82] However, 50,000 of them are Navy/Marine Corps[83] Because it is a small quantity, the actual quantity going to the army is less than 110,000 units. Currently, it is frequently seen in frontline units, and an additional 160,000 to 170,000 sets are scheduled to be supplied to reflect improvements made after the first supply. As the size of the ground forces has sharply decreased to 300,000 due to population decline, most active-duty soldiers will be provided with modern military combat gear, including body armor.

The Moon Jae-in administration announced that it would provide body armor to all soldiers while promoting the Warrior Platform project, but by 2020 As the Moon Jae-in administration implemented several supplementary budgets to overcome the coronavirus , the Warrior Platform plan, which was a plan to upgrade overall Army and Marine Corps personal equipment, including body armor, was disrupted. The Warrior platform plan was slowly settled in 2019, and was planned to begin in earnest only in 2021. However, with several supplementary budgets being carried out to overcome the coronavirus and revitalize the economy, a plan was made to supply body armor to all soldiers by 2022, and most of the frontline units were supplied.[84][85] Since then, as of 2024, bulletproof vests have been supplied to most rear units in the Army, and almost all units are using bulletproof vests. In units that undergo a lot of training, you may have to wear body armor almost every day.

Marksmanship against body armor was mainly studied based on pistols or submachine guns that are easily blocked by body armor, but as the protective power of body armor has improved significantly, carbines that use 5.56mm bullets are now commonly used when firing single shots.

The most famous marksmanship is the Mozambican drill . It is a 2+1 shooting technique designed by Jeff Cooper, the father of modern practical pistol shooting, based on the experience of mercenary Mike Russo, who was part of the "Selous Scouts", a rear-penetration unit infamous for killing the most enemies of any unit in the Rhodesian War. The purpose was to make up for the shortcomings in the Mozambican border crossing operation where double tap shooting, which involves shooting twice in the torso against opponents wearing body armor or high on drugs, did not work well. Simply put, fire two shots to the body and hit the opponent in the head before he comes to his senses. Please refer to the article for details.

However, due to the Mozambique Drill, there were many situations in which the opponent, who had not been subdued, fired only two shots and struggled to find the head, or only double tapped and lost his fighting stance, so he fired 5 to 7 shots, or even all of the remaining bullets, into the center of the body. There is also a shooting technique called the bill drill, which allows you to fire quickly . No matter how bulletproof the armor is, if it is hit at a similar point like that, there is a high possibility that the bulletproof fiber or bulletproof plate will be damaged and penetrated, or the target will simply fall due to the accumulated impact. If you fall and your head hits the chest, it will be a fluke and result in a headshot. The method recommended by military organizations is to check whether the target falls down and then calmly decide whether to shoot the head or pelvis. This means that you should not just shoot 2+1 like in sports shooting without checking whether the target falls. Even if there is a slight upper or lower shot due to tension, there is nothing to lose as if it bounces upward it is the head and if it bounces downward it is the spine/pelvis line, assuming there is little left/right shooting error.

There is also a stitch shooting technique that tightly shoots the pelvis, which most bulletproof vests do not cover . The pelvis is the slowest moving part of the body, making it easy to aim. As soon as you hit it, it breaks the enemy's posture and inflicts terrible pain, making counterattacks impossible. The pelvis is also a fairly fatal area where the pelvic bones, spine, and various large blood vessels pass through. This shooting technique is not necessarily aimed at the pelvis, but is also aimed at the collarbone, an area that is not easily covered by the plate carrier method that covers only the torso or the thin body armor worn under clothes.[86] When sewing the collarbone, the diagonal line may be obscured by the opponent's arm or weapon, so either the collarbone or the pelvis is applied depending on the case. In reality, the collarbone is close to what can be hit by a standard torso bill drill, and the pelvis is the reference point for shooting with the center of the body rather than the A zone. If the distance is close enough to allow shooting by this type of area, most of the time, due to the scope-barrel error, you can train on the assumption that just aiming at the center of the body/A zone and shooting will roughly hit the pelvis.

Another marksmanship that shoots further down is knee capping , which literally shoots the knee joint. Like the pelvis, the opponent's posture collapses immediately, and it is not immediately fatal, but it can leave the opponent permanently disabled. See item for details.

There is also zipper shooting , which involves shooting in a tight line vertically . As soon as the pistol is drawn, it starts from the thighs/pelvis, which are easiest to aim for and cannot be covered by body armor, and moves up to the abdomen, chest, neck, and head. This is often recommended for hip fire during close range searches. The muzzle may be slightly folded as you go through the door, but even if you fire in that state, you can shoot almost from the bottom as if shooting. Conversely, there is also a zipper shooting that comes down from the top, but it is more difficult because you have to shoot while pressing down the muzzle.

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The uniform, which is littered with decorations from generals from the former Soviet Union countries, Vietnam, and North Korea, which were influenced by it, is sometimes jokingly called the Bulletproof Medal . If you look at the document, it is written, but although it is not bulletproof, the effectiveness of the expedient is clear, and surprisingly, there are actual cases in the Korean military.

In the early days of the Iraq War , U.S. soldiers rolled their Humvees with body armor covered in duct tape . like this. As mentioned above, many cases like this were seen in the Ukrainian and Russian armies, which suffered massive losses of bulletproof vehicles in the early stages of the Ukraine War.[93]

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Because the multi-purpose body armor is not comfortable to wear or is heavy, or because they do not want the gear they have attached for work to be mixed up, they sometimes wear old body armor that was stored in a warehouse for line control or shooting training. In fact, if someone turns the muzzle and fires wildly on the firing line, the fiber body armor will inevitably be pierced, but the Korean military has been using the body armor during shooting and grenade throwing training, so it is expected to continue to be used in the future. Even a stray bullet or shrapnel protection effect is better than nothing. At least you can expect the effect of making the wound less serious compared to getting pierced with your bare body.

For a while, only the pattern of the old knitwear was changed to a digital pattern and distributed, and for a while, there was criticism in the military community, asking if it was a new model if only the shell was changed. Additionally, the name of the body armor that only changed this pattern was really "new body armor." If you don't believe it, just check the tags on the bulletproof vests worn by intelligence analysis team members. You can also try typing DELIS-F. Since the 2010s, fiber bulletproof vests with digital patterns instead of woodland have become common, but as multi-purpose body armor comes in, they are gradually collected and turned into decorative materials.

If you look closely at the DMZ-related documentaries on TV, you can see that most of the bulletproof vests worn by reporters do not have bulletproof plates. In the GOP sector, it is very heavy to operate while wearing bulletproof plates, so there are many cases where soldiers piled up are stuck in the armorial post even though they have obviously been supplied with bulletproof plates.[94] Additionally, as of 2016, bulletproof plates were provided to GOP units without a shortage of two pieces per set of body armor, and this was similar to other units that received multi-purpose body armor. Due to the nature of being directly related to military security, the documentaries shown on TV are from the past, so it may have been a time when bulletproof plates were not widely available, or they may not have been included because they could not subject reporters to harsh treatment. In fact, due to its structure, it is difficult to tell whether a multi-purpose bulletproof vest is wearing a bulletproof vest unless you look at it up close or touch it. As with the Gara Gunjang, there are also cases where Gara is played by inserting cardboard.

If you are serving in the front lines, bulletproof plates are divided into small, medium, and large. It is best to wear the one that suits your size. If you wear something a size smaller than your size just to go light, your chances of survival are slim.