Update from Iraq: Body Armor
Category: War on Terror...
Posted Monday, March 28, 2005 at 06:51 AM [GMT-6]

Sgt. Will sent a quick update just before I left town last week, and he enclosed an interesting photo which helps to remind us that the soldiers in Iraq are engaged in a high-stakes endeavor. Here's his description of the photograph:

This is one of the inserts from our individual body armor (IBA), there is one each in the front and back. We took this one to the range for an informal test. None of the rounds penetrated, even the 7.62X51mm Special Ball...which it is not even rated for. So, the stuff really works.

With all the publicity about inadequate protection for our troops (vehicular armor, in particular) it's good to know that there are items that actually exceed specs. I pray that Will never has to put his IBA to an actual test.

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