Any info on safe life Hard Rifle Plate Level IV ICW
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But NIJ ratings are not keeping up with current threats.
NIJ operates on the assumption that just because a plate stops a “bigger” round like .308 or 30-06 must stop a “mere” 5.56.
Neither M855 green tip nor M193 are addressed directly in the NIJ listings.
https://www.justnet.org/pdf/Understa...Protection.pdf
The problem is hard armor doesn’t work that way. There are plates which will stop 308, 30-06 and AK rounds which won’t stop green tip 5.56. There are also plates which will stop green tip but won’t stop M193, especially out of a 20” barrel.
You see this with steel targets as well, M193 being harder on steel than green tip.
This is what TGS was referring to earlier. It would be nice if they caught up and addressed two of the most common rifle threats but as of now they have not.
This is a sore subject with me as someone in my agency wasted a bunch of money buying Level III “in conjunction” poly plates and issuing them stand alone in plate carriers. Plus they are a different brand from our issued soft armor so even the in conjunction rationing from the manufacturer cannot be relied on.
The “in conjunction” sentiment is understandable. When we began our search, some forthright folks in the industry were very clear with my team that there was no formula for armor ‘stacking’ (IIIA soft plus III hard equals.....).
We did a lot of shoot testing and ended up with multi-hit rated KDH Defense products, very pleased with them. It helps that they have a huge piece of the current gen contract for the Army. The contents of the plate will determine what it can defeat. Unfortunately, the high end ceramic composites that do defeat the small/hard/ fast rounds are priced outside of the budget reach for most agencies.
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