The main threats encountered by Police, Military, Emergency Services and other users of body armour products are outlined below:
Obviously, where possible your individual training should be used to reduce the risk of assault but it is also important that you are wearing appropriate protective clothing should an assault occur. To ensure correct protective clothing is selected, the threat must be analysed and defined as closely as possible. Furthermore, the chances of a threat must be taken into account.
Protective Armour Products offers a range of body armour, plates and ballistic helmets which will help protect individuals against a wide range of threats.
Selecting the highest protection level will mean wearing heavy and cumbersome body armor solutions which have integrated rifle resistant plates. These can weigh in excess of 10KG. In high risk environments in which there is civil disturbance or war then it is recommended that such systems are adopted due to the high chances of being injured either accidentally or by targeted attack. Police, Military, PSD, Aid Workers and News teams commonly have high levels of protection when operating in these environments due to high risk factor.
However, if you are in a low crime region with a low chance of being assaulted and expected to wear your body armour or stab vest for long periods in excess of 8 hours a day then such high protection is not practical. Reducing the protection leads to a more comfortable and wearable solution.
Selecting the minimum levels of protection such as a Stab and Spike body armour vest rated to Level 1 provides you with good levels of protection at a low weight of 2.2KG.
- Ballistic threat - handgun, sub machine gun or rifle.
- Stab threat - bladed weapons such as knives.
- Spike threat - pointed weapons such as ice picks, syringes.
- Blunt Trauma threat - heavy impacts caused by foreign objects, or physical attacks on the body.
Obviously, where possible your individual training should be used to reduce the risk of assault but it is also important that you are wearing appropriate protective clothing should an assault occur. To ensure correct protective clothing is selected, the threat must be analysed and defined as closely as possible. Furthermore, the chances of a threat must be taken into account.
Protective Armour Products offers a range of body armour, plates and ballistic helmets which will help protect individuals against a wide range of threats.
Selecting the highest protection level will mean wearing heavy and cumbersome body armor solutions which have integrated rifle resistant plates. These can weigh in excess of 10KG. In high risk environments in which there is civil disturbance or war then it is recommended that such systems are adopted due to the high chances of being injured either accidentally or by targeted attack. Police, Military, PSD, Aid Workers and News teams commonly have high levels of protection when operating in these environments due to high risk factor.
However, if you are in a low crime region with a low chance of being assaulted and expected to wear your body armour or stab vest for long periods in excess of 8 hours a day then such high protection is not practical. Reducing the protection leads to a more comfortable and wearable solution.
Selecting the minimum levels of protection such as a Stab and Spike body armour vest rated to Level 1 provides you with good levels of protection at a low weight of 2.2KG.
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