-energy handgun rounds.Bullet proof vestsdesigned to defeat rifle fire is of either semirigid or rigid construction, typically incorporating hard materials such as ceramics... of material inbullet proof vests, until such time as the bullet has been stopped. Because the fibers work together both in the individual layer and with other layers of material... injuries (what is commonly referred to as "blunt trauma") to internal organs. Unfortunately, at this time no material exists that would allowbody armorto be constructed from a single...

of fiber-glass, steel, ceramic, titanium, Doron, and composites of ceramic and fiberglass, the last being the most effective. Ballistic nylon was the standard cloth used for flak... the standard material since. In 1989, the Allied Signal Company developed a competitor for Kevlar and called it Spectra. Originally used for sail cloth, the polyethylene fiber is now... used to make lighter, yet stronger, nonwoven material for use in bulletproof vests along-side the traditional Kevlar. Raw Materials A bulletproof vest consists of a panel, a vest...