[Dracheous]

Well, the Pantac/Phantom CIRAS's are great for airsoft needs and will handle any punishment we throw at it, however I doubt it'd stand up to the much more vigorous duty of military action. While materials might be similar, the construction of the two are farther apart, and really too many details to go over to isolate what really makes the EAGLE different from the Pantac aside from just saying "EAGLE was designed to handle that military action, and Pantac was designed for people who play a tough game a few days a month rather than every day."

The "Ripcord" is located under the neck on the maritime version, and at the waist ((inside behind the armour plate)) on the land version. Looks like you have the land version.

You probably would REALLY not want to wear this while on duty, for a few reasons:

1. Pantac/Phantom did not design the CIRAS with actual military purposes in mind.

2. If should happen a round manages to penetrate or miss the plate, your medic will want to get this off you. If he/she doesn't know about the rip cord, he/she will try to cut the vest from you. These vests have a thick aircraft cable coated in plastic to hold it together, not very many combat knives cut through that stuff :P. So the extra 30 seconds it takes them to pull the entire thing off you, could either let you die, or get them caught in fire zones.

3. Am pretty sure that CF do not permit personal gear while on duty for not only the above listed reason(s), but also to ensure that you have proper armour and not something that you found on Ebay.