Current body armor questions

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Current body armor questions

Posted: 8/21/2008 1:41:30 PM EDT

I have seen the vest with the 2 IIRC .30cal plates, not the square ceramic plates inserted on soft armor vests but the one in this PIC. Are two of the plates worn or can just the fron one be worn? Enlighten the old man here as the this body armor.

Posted: 8/21/2008 1:42:31 PM EDT

[#1]

What are they called, and does anyone know what the NSN# is and the nomencalture. thanks

Posted: 8/21/2008 1:43:32 PM EDT

[#2]

You could just wear one (might as well get a rhodesian vest for that)

Or both, front and rear.

Not sure of NSNs.

Bulletproofme.com sells them.

Posted: 8/21/2008 1:47:15 PM EDT

[#3]

Quoted:
You could just wear one (might as well get a rhodesian vest for that)

Or both, front and rear.

Not sure of NSNs.

Bulletproofme.com sells them.

Thank you sir

Posted: 8/21/2008 1:49:12 PM EDT

[#4]

You're welcome.

Posted: 8/21/2008 2:06:25 PM EDT

[#5]

did some more research and found this...Interceptor Body Armor

Posted: 8/21/2008 2:07:24 PM EDT

[#6]

Got it from this website

Posted: 8/21/2008 2:10:40 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
I have seen the vest with the 2 IIRC .30cal plates, not the square ceramic plates inserted on soft armor vests but the one in this PIC. Are two of the plates worn or can just the fron one be worn? Enlighten the old man here as the this body armor.

Poorly fitted Interceptor body armor. Plate in the front and back, though you can pull them both out. It should be snugger, and the back and front should overlap to provide coverage on the sides. It is standard issue, formerly known as Ranger Body Armor, but is being replaced by the IOTV which has the same basic coverage (same plates) but is rigged to have a quick release handle that you pull and the body armor basically falls apart. This is to facilitate retrieving wounded personnel.

Posted: 8/21/2008 2:10:51 PM EDT

[#8]

Oh, sorry, didn't realize you wanted the name of the vest itself.

Yeah, Interceptor/OTV.

Posted: 8/21/2008 2:10:58 PM EDT

[#9]

There's lighter stuff out there than what the .mil issues.

Posted: 8/21/2008 2:12:10 PM EDT

[#10]

The plates themselves might be called ESAPI's

Posted: 8/21/2008 2:16:57 PM EDT

[#11]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I have seen the vest with the 2 IIRC .30cal plates, not the square ceramic plates inserted on soft armor vests but the one in this PIC. Are two of the plates worn or can just the fron one be worn? Enlighten the old man here as the this body armor.

Poorly fitted Interceptor body armor. Plate in the front and back, though you can pull them both out. It should be snugger, and the back and front should overlap to provide coverage on the sides. It is standard issue, formerly known as Ranger Body Armor, but is being replaced by the IOTV which has the same basic coverage (same plates) but is rigged to have a quick release handle that you pull and the body armor basically falls apart. This is to facilitate retrieving wounded personnel.

Or getting your armor off in a hurry if you fall in the water, which is how the CIRAS came about, after some Force Recon Marines and a Corpsman drowned.

Posted: 8/21/2008 2:25:30 PM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I have seen the vest with the 2 IIRC .30cal plates, not the square ceramic plates inserted on soft armor vests but the one in this PIC. Are two of the plates worn or can just the fron one be worn? Enlighten the old man here as the this body armor.

Poorly fitted Interceptor body armor. Plate in the front and back, though you can pull them both out. It should be snugger, and the back and front should overlap to provide coverage on the sides. It is standard issue, formerly known as Ranger Body Armor, but is being replaced by the IOTV which has the same basic coverage (same plates) but is rigged to have a quick release handle that you pull and the body armor basically falls apart. This is to facilitate retrieving wounded personnel.

Or getting your armor off in a hurry if you fall in the water, which is how the CIRAS came about, after some Force Recon Marines and a Corpsman drowned.

My friend in the Canadian forces has a Land CIRAS, its fun to pull the holy fuck string

thing takes a while to put back together though.

Posted: 8/21/2008 2:40:26 PM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I have seen the vest with the 2 IIRC .30cal plates, not the square ceramic plates inserted on soft armor vests but the one in this PIC. Are two of the plates worn or can just the fron one be worn? Enlighten the old man here as the this body armor.

Poorly fitted Interceptor body armor. Plate in the front and back, though you can pull them both out. It should be snugger, and the back and front should overlap to provide coverage on the sides. It is standard issue, formerly known as Ranger Body Armor, but is being replaced by the IOTV which has the same basic coverage (same plates) but is rigged to have a quick release handle that you pull and the body armor basically falls apart. This is to facilitate retrieving wounded personnel.

Is the plate a square shaped plate of more of a wraparound the gut, almost taking the shape of the vest, the wraparound the gut version is what I have seen.

Posted: 8/21/2008 2:50:44 PM EDT

[#14]

Its more of a rectangle there are separate plates for the sides.

Posted: 8/21/2008 2:55:41 PM EDT

[#15]

I have seen one that is curved almost to fit the chest, in the shape of that vest, I wish I could find of pic of just the plate that i saw.

Posted: 8/21/2008 2:59:45 PM EDT

[#16]

That's a very loosely fitted Interceptor OTV(Outer Tactical Vest) aka IBA. They are made by point blank and are currently being phased out with the IOTV(Army) and MTV(USMC).

There are two levels of protection, the soft armor is inserted into seperate pockets than the hard plates. There are also upgrade kids that add side pockets for side plates and soft armor backings. Soft Armor is generally equated to level IIIA but is not NIJ rated because its front opening and it may or may not stop a .44MAG. The old SAPI rating required it to stop M80 ball, E-SAPI will stop multiple APM2 strikes.

You could wear just the front plate if you wanted to but I question the logic behind that. If you are gonna do that you could get a plate carrier.

These are the enhanced sapi plates, they are slightly curved and have clipped corners.

Posted: 8/21/2008 3:04:10 PM EDT

[#17]

They're called SAPI plates. If you wear both they aren't to bad only one and they hng off your neck cuasing untold agony. It also comes with DAPS, smaller plates to the side

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