There are some growing trends in armor plates that unfortunately expose issues we have in society itself. The growing daily threat to law enforcement has increased and changed how we look at personal ...

Plate armor is capable of stopping rifle rounds all the way up to 308 Winchester. The ballistic mitigation on plate armor is higher than the standard Kevlar soft body armor which is mainly designed to ...

Selecting good body armor plates is one hell of a business. And you’ve got to learn it quickly now if you don’t want to find out the hard way that your armor plate sucks. So, how do you select a body ...

Well, well. Just a few days back, a Marine report came to light blaming some troops' deaths on the lack of plates in their body armor -- particularly side plates that protect the warfighters' flanks.

We posted a story this morning about a team of engineering students at my alma mater who are designing new body armor inserts. According to the story in the Richmond (VA) Times Dispatch, the three ...

Detroit, Aug. 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global body armor plates market size was valued at US$962.4 million in 2024 and is projected to reach US$1225 million by 2031, witnessing a market growth ...

The U.S. Army didn't bother to properly test five million body armor plates that were supposed to protect soldiers on the battlefield. In some cases, certain tests of the live-saving gear were ignored ...

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WASHINGTON – The Army improperly tested new bullet-blocking plates for body armor and cannot be certain that 5 million pieces of the critical battlefield equipment meet the standards to protect U.S.

A lover of RPGs, Board Games, and Storytelling Joshua is a gamer to the core. He loves story-driven narratives but also spends ample time in the battlefields of varying Call of Duty titles. Despite ...