Re: Body Armor and equipment weight

Well you gotta realize that police body armor is an undergarment vest,
designed to stop handgun slugs. It's much more confortable and lighter,
plus cops usually sit around eating donuts all day (kidding) and don't
really have to hump 20 klicks to the target first. The Ranger body armor
we ahve with the kevlar sternum protector will stop a 7.62mm MG slug.
nut it's pretty hefty, and getting your web harness or ruck over it,
you'll be dead of exhasution in ten minutes.

Los

Jonathan Jarrard wrote:

> Los wrote:
> >
> > I'm as guilty of it as the next and almost never wore body
> > armor(except noone preplanned door kicker that we went on). Even
> when > we were busting up riots and mobs where there was four of us
> and 500
> > of them. Stupid when you thing back on it, but somethimes projecting
>
> > the absolute certainty that you will kill anyone who blinks at you >
> the wrong way works as well as a ton of body armor in stopping > >
> trouble.
>
> I don't know about actual troops, but I have a friend in Michigan who
> has been a cop for five years, now, and he has worn his body armor
> (about 15-20 lbs worth, I think) every day of his career.