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How Does Bulletproof Vest Personal Body Armor Works?

August 17, 2015 by Bullet Proof Vest Shop 1 Comment

How Body Armor and Bulletproof Vest Works

If you would like to safeguard yourself form the danger of gun shots fired by terrorists or other enemies, then you should wear body armor. Personal body armor, which is commonly called a bullet proof vest can truly save your life if you are shot at. Soldiers and the military have worn body armor of differing sorts for thousands of years to protect them from their foes. Body armor is in wide usage by the military, police departments, and security officers the world over. Why not consider using a bullet proof vest you can find a wide selection of different bullet proof vests on this site.

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Personal body armor is a bullet-resistant vest product. Most body armor consists of a lattice of strong protective fibers, which when a bullet strikes it is able to transfer that energy away into the vest. The vest fibers absorb the impacting force and disperse it causing the bullet to deform. The fiber web is durable enough to deflect the bullet. Since for every force, there is an equal and opposite force, the vest pushes back on the bullet with an equal force with which the bullet push against the vest, so the body armor is not penetrated. Any excess force is absorbed by each successive layer of the vest material; until finally the bullet has been stopped.

The strong vest fibers of body armor prevent the bullet from penetrating. The many layers of the bulletproof vest receive the force of the bullets blow and spread it over a larger area keeping the bullet form penetrating. This disperses and spreads out the energy. But, even if you use a vest, the bullet’s force may cause blunt trauma that could result in non-penetrating injuries to your person. Ongoing research seeks to discover a more effective material so that bulletproof vests can be made from a single layer on protective material.

Saving Lifes

Because human tissue is easily damaged and bullets are hard and travel at high speeds, body armor has proved to be successful at preventing injury in a variety of situations. Body armor of varying designs and strengths are made for different purposes and applications. For example, body armor, which is designed to defend against rifle fire has a rigid or semi-rigid construction and is often made form composite ceramics or metal materials. Therefore, because of its weight and thickness, it is typically only worn for short periods of time and in generally worn because of high risk, tactical situations. These days, modern concealable body armor is available. Body armor protects the most precious commodity that you have, your life. You may assess your threat level and choose from a wide variety of vests from those appropriate for low to medium handgun rounds to those suitable to defend from high powered rifle rounds.

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  1. Taylor says

    August 31, 2015 at 5:50 pm

    It be really helpful if you could add videos to the article.

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