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Posted: 10/27/2012 6:56:19 PM EDT
| Sorry if this has been asked before, didn't find it in a search. Is there any reason to want to run both the trauma plates and the soft armor inserts in a Banshee? The reason I ask is that my OTV in the Army had both and IIRC it was rated level IV. Will it even fit? Is there a reason to do this? |
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Sorry if this has been asked before, didn't find it in a search. Is there any reason to want to run both the trauma plates and the soft armor inserts in a Banshee? The reason I ask is that my OTV in the Army had both and IIRC it was rated level IV. Will it even fit? Is there a reason to do this? You are going to have to more specific than "the trauma plates" to get a proper answer here. What you had in your OTV was a rifle protection plate (always going to be a hard plate) that required soft armor (kevlar or another material) behind it to achieve its protection rating. On the civilian side, there are hard armor plates that are "stand alone," meaning no soft armor is required behind them to achieve their threat protection rating, and "in conjunction" plates, which require NIJ level IIIA soft armor behind them to achieve their threat protection rating. So, whether or not you want soft armor behind your plates is determined by whether or not you NEED it behind your plates...if you are running plates. You can also just buy 10x12" soft armor inserts (often marketed as "plate backers") and put those in the pocket alone, but that will only get you protection from pistol rounds. There should be room for both inside the plate pocket, should you need to use both. |
| OP: by "trauma plate", do you mean a 10"x12" .25"-thick steel or ceramic plate, or do you mean the thinner, smaller metal plate that just covers the heart to prevent concussion injuries from hits to soft armor? The second one I describe is most commonly used (afaik) by LEO in more-recently standard issue soft armor vests. While the IIIA soft armor in those vests will stop handgun rounds, the concussion from the vest catching those rounds can still crack a rib and possibly puncture a lung. The "trauma plate" (as I've heard it called) prevents those types of injuries, but they don't increase or enhance the bullet-stopping capabilities of the armor. Hard armor is like level III (small-caliber rifle, .223, 7.62) or level 4 (.308, right? correct me, oh Gods of the Forum), and is sized to cover lungs, heart, and diaphragm. The Banshee is built to carry hard armor, not soft armor and trauma plates (as I've described them), though I'm sure you could rig something up if you were only concerned with handgun rounds and the resulting concussion. |
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