ARMORED VEST Russian patent published in 2001 - IPC

FIELD: individual protection of human against firearm and blank weapon. SUBSTANCE: the armored vest has breast and back sections placed in covers and connected by fastening-adjusting members, they are made in the form of a set of protective members, each consisting of a bimetal armored plate, pack of ballistic cloth of high-modulus fiber, and a damping member. The armored plate represents a monoblock with an external layer made of high-strength steel with a hardness within 58 to 64 HRC, and the internal layer - of high- strength steel with a hardness within 40 to 52 HRC, the thickness of the external layer makes up 0.6 to 0.8 diameter of the bullet core, and the external-to-internal layer ratio is at least 0.5 and does not exceed 1.5. EFFECT: enhanced protective properties of the armored vest at protection against bullets with thermohardened cores. 2 dwg