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

[sirgrumps]

Agilite plates are made by Hesco. Deciphering which is which may be hard, but Hesco plates have proven themselves capable.

Good to know

[Buffman]

Buffman -- any possibility of Agilite plates?

Agilite plates are made by Hesco. Deciphering which is which may be hard, but Hesco plates have proven themselves capable.

[sirgrumps]

Buffman -- any possibility of Agilite plates?

[Buffman]

Adept Colossus with some heavy AP threats tested:

[RAMCLAP]

Spartan Armor Hercules Lite (RF2)

OmniProtex IIIA HG2+


AceLink Level IV Single Curve:

Steel with .223 Target.

[Buffman]

Random PE armor from AliExpress:

Hesco D220:

Hesco 3611C:

New XRT from RMA

[Buffman]

Life Pro Shield


LAPG Single Curve Edge to Edge Level IV:


For the steel guys this is probably the most resilient piece I've tested. Frag coating was bare min, but threat stoppage was top notch:
from TS: https://bit.ly/41N8lNG

[Buffman]

RTS Tactical XR32 NIJ CPL IV plate. Various other retailers sell this model:



Tac 11 ARK plate:



Militech IOTV



Mira level IV


Militech Ultralight RF1

[Buffman]

The 4SAS4 shows it's a dated design. Do NOT drop them in a belly flop situation. They held M2AP and even the baddest 5.56

[user120312]

Experimenting with an embedded link to bypass the word filter... else, readers can copy the link and paste it into a new window with the appropriate word replacing the asterisks.

Looking forward to the test.

ETA, the embedded link apparently worked. I set it to go to the armor page. However, that may not activate affiliate links, if appropriate.

[Buffman]

Tactical SH*T is clearancing out Chase Tactical (Highcom) 4SAS4 Level IV plates. These are 10"X12" (typically measure 9.5"X11.5"), and were at one time a CPL rated plate under NIJ 04. That standard is now inactive, but if you were wanting something on the cheap $99/plate is hard to pass up. I picked up a set and will be testing them on the channel.

https://bit.ly/3AmQouo (forgot about the swear word)

CHEAP by Buffman RANGE, on Flickr

[Buffman]

Spartan Armor Hercules Lite (RF2)

OmniProtex IIIA HG2+


AceLink Level IV Single Curve:

[Buffman]

RMA 1165 Video today
"Buffman" is my magic influencer code of helping https://alnk.to/flwp6lN

[Buffman]

Hesco L211:

[Buffman]

Today we have the Highcom 3S9M