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3 unusual facts about bulletproof vest


Ballistic nylon

It was not an effective defense against most pistol or rifle rounds (ballistic nylon has been replaced by Kevlar and other, more effective, bullet resistant fabrics for these cases) let alone the heavy 20mm and 30mm autocannons Axis fighters were often armed with.

Hydrodemolition

Hand lance operators wear steel-toed boots, metatarsals, shin guards and sometimes body armor.

Presley Chweneyagae

However this rumor was not fact and was formed from a scene in a District 9 trailer where an actor who resembles Tsotsi is in a van asking for a Bulletproof vest.


Assassination of Benigno Aquino, Jr.

Prior to his departure from Taipei, Aquino gave an interview from his hotel room in which he indicated that he would be wearing a bulletproof vest.

Rod Trafford

Trafford was forced to play with a Kevlar body suit to support his sternum, the material used in bulletproof vests, and for the next four years he had to take regular medication and return to the heart specialists for routine tests.


see also

Casimir Zeglen

In 1893, after the assassination of Carter Harrison, Sr., the mayor of Chicago, he invented the first commercial bulletproof vest.

Navajo Nation Police

All officers are issued Glock 22 40 Cal. side arm, expandable baton, handcuffs, bulletproof vest, pepper spray and portable radio linked to a central dispatch.