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Bulletproof Vests
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A bulletproof vest is a protective covering worn to protect the
torso against bullets. Body armor fell into disguise in the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries, partly because it was ineffective against bullets.
Modern body armor reappeared during World War I as a means of protecting
the torso fro ....
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.... twenty-four
layers of nylon cloth of a heavy weave, the layers stitched together like
quilt. Any ordinary pistol or sub-machine gun bullet striking the garment
is immediately flattened as it hits the outermost layers, and the new
mushroom-shaped slug dissipates its energy as it presses against the
remaining thickness of the vest, unable to penetrate its overlapping layers
of coarse mesh. The wearer is usually bruised by the impact of the bullet,
but without serious consequence. The more laye.... |
| Number of words: 366 |
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