Kevlar Protection items

[Wildgoose]

I agree each to their own, but I wouldn't ask " what's the best knife" or "has anybody got a knife to trade" without stating what sort of knife I want or what I would want it to do. There's a great deal of difference between a spoon knife and a kukri, just as there's a great deal of difference between a stab vest and a full plated ballistic vest.
If we had some clue to it's use maybe there'd be more info flowing.

 

[johnboy]

If we had some clue to it's use maybe there'd be more info flowing.

Maybe it already is via PM.......

 

[dwardo]

wear what you want, collect what you want.

Rob

Tongue firmly in cheek but how about... :umbrella:

WANTED, SWAPS

"50 Litres of Diesel, 50 Kilo`s of sugar, none traceable mobile phone capable of easy dis-assembly, remote ignition device"

Fair doos I could have a diesel Jag, a sweet tooth and an interest in dismantling mobile phones but surely it begs a little question?

 

[sandsnakes]

Scott getting back to your question. Having worn a vest a few times with a ballistic plate...they are dam heavy! So if you are going to use it for fun an pleasure you had best get some upper body work in!

Add a vest to a bergan and the load you are carrying is horrendus!

Dave Southey et al...you are supermen!

 

[HagardTrollestia]

I hope if this is for a 'prepping' scenario he realises that walking around during riots with full body armour on is more likely to get you noticed and therefore be more dangerous for you to wear then wearing nowt.

 

[santaman2000]

I hope if this is for a 'prepping' scenario he realises that walking around during riots with full body armour on is more likely to get you noticed and therefore be more dangerous for you to wear then wearing nowt.

Most professionals (apart from soldiers) wear their body armor UNDER their street clothing. A bit less noticable. It's also one of the reason cops like to buy our own; we really don't want previously issued gear.

 

[resnikov]

It's also one of the reason cops like to buy our own; we really don't want previously issued gear.

Is that cause bullet holes are bad for moral ? (sorry bad joke)

 

[santaman2000]

Is that cause bullet holes are bad for moral ? (sorry bad joke)

LOL. Only if they went all the way through the vest.

 

[Wildgoose]

We have quite a no quible exchange system, if your body armour fails you return it to the stores for replacement.

 

[santaman2000]

We have quite a no quible exchange system, if your body armour fails you return it to the stores for replacement.

Same with parachutes over here I'm told.

 

[Itzal]

Most professionals (apart from soldiers) wear their body armor UNDER their street clothing. A bit less noticable. It's also one of the reason cops like to buy our own; we really don't want previously issued gear.

Not in the UK,or in the private sector overseas in hostile environments.

 

[santaman2000]

Not in the UK,or in the private sector overseas in hostile environments.

In the UK your cops don't wear body armor every day either though. Neither does your private security. Overseas hostile environments are still soldiers; private sector or otherwise.

 

[rik_uk3]

Krikey, prepared for what? Gas mask and bullet proof clothing...

I'm a prepper (sensible type) but since

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...e-Gulf-as-Israel-prepares-an-Iran-strike.html

a lot of preppers (not saying the OP) have shifted to tin foil hat/SITX/TEOTWAWKI/zombie mode....I got in an extra bottle of Armagnac myself yesterday, just to calm my nerves, honestly

 

[andybysea]

Are cops do wear bodyarmour these days Santaman.

 

[santaman2000]

Are cops do wear bodyarmour these days Santaman.

That's news to me. But you say they wear it OVER their uniform?

 

[nigeltm]

Here you go Santaman. One Police officer with stab vest. The vest cover doubles up for equipment carry. I guess it looks less threatening this way

 

[santaman2000]

Ok. Thanks. It's a stab vest though? Not true bulletproof armor? That's more like what corrections officers wear inside some of the more violent facilities here. Yes it can douldle as equipment carry (usually your back-up handgun is in a holster velcroed to the vest) but one of the reasons we wear it UNDER the the uniform is because it's less threatening if unseen. Also more difficult for a bad gut to target just where you're not armored.

 

[Itzal]

In the UK your cops don't wear body armor every day either though. Neither does your private security. Overseas hostile environments are still soldiers; private sector or otherwise.

Most Police Officers do ear a stab vest on every shift, some forces dictate they must, others leave it to the officers choice.

 

[Itzal]

That's news to me. But you say they wear it OVER their uniform?

Unless on plain clothes duty, armour is overt, obviously unless you throw your jacket over the top.

 

[santaman2000]

Unless on plain clothes duty, armour is overt, obviously unless you throw your jacket over the top.

Just seems unprofessional.