BODY ARMOR: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly

[Jesse 2]

https://www.skdtac.com/Ferro-Concept...-p/fer.121.htm

Large Black Slickster in stock. Tax free $5 shipping.

Multicam medium available

https://www.evike.com/products/81306/

[Master_Prestige]

Multicam medium available

https://www.evike.com/products/81306/

WOW thank you.

[mnichols]

Multicam medium available

https://www.evike.com/products/81306/

Thank you.

[Jesse 2]

Slickster black/medium in stock.

https://www.evike.com/products/81312/

[Master_Prestige]

Slickster black/medium in stock.

https://www.evike.com/products/81312/

Get on it guys ! This is your easiest opportunity to get a high quality carrier without paying triple the price on EBay.

Great find Jesse 2

[Master_Prestige]

https://srstactical.com/the-slickster-concealable-plate-carrier-vest.html

More Multicam Medium Slicksters in stock

[crufflers]

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More Multicam Medium Slicksters in stock

Thanks buddy. Got one. If anyone has issues paying with Paypal and receive a submission error, create an actual account first, then you will be good to go for address verification - seems to be a website bug.

[Steve1968LS2]

https://srstactical.com/the-slickste...rier-vest.html

More Multicam Medium Slicksters in stock

So, behind a LVIII ceramic plate would your run a trauma pad or a LVIIIA pad?

Not sure I have room for either, this Med Velocity Systems carrier I just got is TIGHT on the armor pocket..

[DeliveryBoy]

So, behind a LVIII ceramic plate would your run a trauma pad or a LVIIIA pad?

Not sure I have room for either, this Med Velocity Systems carrier I just got is TIGHT on the armor pocket..

My question would be what purpose does each serve?

[DrjonesUSA]

So, behind a LVIII ceramic plate would your run a trauma pad or a LVIIIA pad?

Not sure I have room for either, this Med Velocity Systems carrier I just got is TIGHT on the armor pocket..

Don't you mean Level IV / 4 ceramic?

Do they even make III Ceramic?

I thought all Ceramic plates were Level 4......

Either way; if you have room for it, I don't see any reason why you shouldn't wear a IIIA pad IF your carrier has room for it.

Can anyone comment if the trauma pads are maybe better at cushioning & absorbing the force of a bullet compared to a IIIA pad?

The extra protection from IIIA pad sure couldn't hurt, IMO.....




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[Steve1968LS2]

Don't you mean Level IV / 4 ceramic?

Do they even make III Ceramic?

I thought all Ceramic plates were Level 4......

Either way; if you have room for it, I don't see any reason why you shouldn't wear a IIIA pad IF your carrier has room for it.

Can anyone comment if the trauma pads are maybe better at cushioning & absorbing the force of a bullet compared to a IIIA pad?

The extra protection from IIIA pad sure couldn't hurt, IMO.....

Yep.. they make III rifle plate.. there is a III+ but it's not and official rating and then there's LVIV

https://www.hesco.com/products/armor/600-series/

Will a IIIA pad work as a trauma pad? A Trama pad is non-ballistic, but between the two what would be better was my question.

[Steve1968LS2]

My question would be what purpose does each serve?

Well the IIIA would help stop fragments that might pass through the ceramic plate..

The Trauma pad is to spread the impact over a larger area

But would IIIA pad also serve as a trauma pad and have a ballistic advantage?

[DeliveryBoy]

Well the IIIA would help stop fragments that might pass through the ceramic plate..

The Trauma pad is to spread the impact over a larger area

But would IIIA pad also serve as a trauma pad and have a ballistic advantage?

Ding ding ding.
Trauma plates are a solution in search of a problem. Soft armor also allows some trauma padding, in addition to actually serving a ballistic purpose. Soft armor backing 100%

[DrjonesUSA]

Yep.. they make III rifle plate.. there is a III+ but it's not and official rating and then there's LVIV

https://www.hesco.com/products/armor/600-series/

Will a IIIA pad work as a trauma pad? A Trama pad is non-ballistic, but between the two what would be better was my question.

Interesting....learn something new every day!

Well the IIIA would help stop fragments that might pass through the ceramic plate..

The Trauma pad is to spread the impact over a larger area

But would IIIA pad also serve as a trauma pad and have a ballistic advantage?

Ding ding ding.
Trauma plates are a solution in search of a problem. Soft armor also allows some trauma padding, in addition to actually serving a ballistic purpose. Soft armor backing 100%

No offense, but we're all trying to learn here; can we cut the rhetorical questions & such?

I honestly don't know - other than ballistic protection - what's the difference between a trauma pad and a IIIA pad.

To my mind, and Steve's, I'd rather have the extra ballistic protection.

Does a IIIA pad NOT cushion as well as a trauma pad?

Are you OK to use a IIIA pad behind a plate just for cushion & extra protection?

[Steve1968LS2]

Interesting....learn something new every day!








No offense, but we're all trying to learn here; can we cut the rhetorical questions & such?

I honestly don't know - other than ballistic protection - what's the difference between a trauma pad and a IIIA pad.

To my mind, and Steve's, I'd rather have the extra ballistic protection.

Does a IIIA pad NOT cushion as well as a trauma pad?

Are you OK to use a IIIA pad behind a plate just for cushion & extra protection?

Well, a Trauma Pad is a material that is supposed to harden when hit and help spread the force of impact over a larger area.. but it has no ballistic protection, so if a fragment goes through your plate the pad isn't going to capture it.

The IIIA pad will stop the fragment but doesn't have the load spreading attributes of the Trauma Pad (in theory).. but it would help spread it out.

I look at Trama Pads and think "Is this just a REALLY expensive high-density foam pad??" lol