Airsoft Canada - View Single Post - Bulletproof vest ID required, possibly UK issue.

666 · November 17th, 2005, 21:24

mattmayhem, no, it's pretty bulky and heavy for a covert vest, that thing cannot be concealed with even a winter jacket.
firemachine69, my bad, vest itself is III-A, but with rifle plates it comes up to III. Those inner panels are not rifle plates, I have 8"X12" rifle plates as well, the inside panels are different. Inner "hard" panels are the same shape as ballistic panels. About 2mm thick and feel like plastic, unfortunately, only way to look at them is cut the insides open, which I won't do.
I thought vest had a manufacturers name on it, but I was mistaken, I guess seller told me the name, so now I have to think hard to remember it

Here's what panels have written on them:

This armor will protect the wearer from specific ballistic and knife threats and offer limited protection from sharp edged or pointed instruments.
This model has been tested to PSDB armour 95 standard and has resisted to penetration (with trauma less or equal to 25mm) of the following rounds:
PSDB test rounds for Threat level type HG2
.357 Magnum 158 grain at 450m/s
9mm 124grain FMJ DM11A1B2 at 425m/s
.44 Magnum 240 grain at 440m/s

Funny thing is that all the good stuff was cut out forom the tags on both panels, all I can see is DOM and words Name, Unit etc. I did research on PSDB, which appears to be UK raiting system.

Edit, You are right about III vs III-A. Right, except for the fact that III-A will hold TT or CZ52 rounds. At least Russian made vests equal to NIJ III-A hold them. I witnessed both of above handguns tested against an old III-A Russian vest.

November 17th, 2005, 21:24	#10
666 Trader rating Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Toronto, Ontario	mattmayhem, no, it's pretty bulky and heavy for a covert vest, that thing cannot be concealed with even a winter jacket. firemachine69, my bad, vest itself is III-A, but with rifle plates it comes up to III. Those inner panels are not rifle plates, I have 8"X12" rifle plates as well, the inside panels are different. Inner "hard" panels are the same shape as ballistic panels. About 2mm thick and feel like plastic, unfortunately, only way to look at them is cut the insides open, which I won't do. I thought vest had a manufacturers name on it, but I was mistaken, I guess seller told me the name, so now I have to think hard to remember it Here's what panels have written on them: This armor will protect the wearer from specific ballistic and knife threats and offer limited protection from sharp edged or pointed instruments. This model has been tested to PSDB armour 95 standard and has resisted to penetration (with trauma less or equal to 25mm) of the following rounds: PSDB test rounds for Threat level type HG2 .357 Magnum 158 grain at 450m/s 9mm 124grain FMJ DM11A1B2 at 425m/s .44 Magnum 240 grain at 440m/s Funny thing is that all the good stuff was cut out forom the tags on both panels, all I can see is DOM and words Name, Unit etc. I did research on PSDB, which appears to be UK raiting system. Edit, You are right about III vs III-A. Right, except for the fact that III-A will hold TT or CZ52 rounds. At least Russian made vests equal to NIJ III-A hold them. I witnessed both of above handguns tested against an old III-A Russian vest. __________________ Op Woodsman. Biggest WW2 event in Ontario.