Category: Body Armor

There are a lot of terms and jargon that will show up when you start your research about bulletproof vests or body armor. Many of the standard terms, like a ballistic plate or trauma plate, will...

Body armor is one of the most important ways you can protect yourself from harm. With over 300 million legal firearms—and an unknown number of illegal guns—owned by private citizens, more and...

Whether you choose to utilize steel core or ceramic plating in your body armor, there is a vital decision to be made in the different cuts most often available. The two most popular cuts for plating...

The two most common cuts for body armor plates are the Shooter's Cut and the Swimmer's Cut. Despite offering similar protection levels against the same type of round, there are a few distinct...

There is a lot of confusion about bulletproof vests or body armor, as it is more commonly known.  Most questions concern the protection that bulletproof vests offer the wearer. The .45 ACP round...

There are 5 different classes of body armor levels developed by the National Institute of Justice: Level IIA, Level II, Level IIIA, Level III, and Level IV. Each level represents the armors ability...