March 30, 20188 yr #1 I recently found the front/back plates for Vietnam Era body armor. The FS number is 8470-141-0941. It's date of manufacture was April 1970. With the Integral Carrier it says that it can withstand 30 caliber ball projectiles. I was wondering if anyone knew what level of protection this was: Type I, Type II, Type III, etc? I was hoping to sell this but don't want to run into any export/sales issues.
March 30, 20188 yr #2 I recently found the front/back plates for Vietnam Era body armor. The FS number is 8470-141-0941. It's date of manufacture was April 1970. With the Integral Carrier it says that it can withstand 30 caliber ball projectiles. I was wondering if anyone knew what level of protection this was: Type I, Type II, Type III, etc? I was hoping to sell this but don't want to run into any export/sales issues. I am not a ballistics expert- but I seriously seriously doubt even when new, that 1970 ballistics material would stop .30 ball as in .30-06 or 7.62 NATO. Possible .30 Carbine-
March 30, 20188 yr #3 The chickenplate armor would stop an AK-47 round. See this link and scroll down to read about Jim Sheetz who took an AK round in the chest. It did not penetrate the armor. Pictures in the article. IH https://museum.vhpa.org/16thcav/ctroop/ctroop.shtml
April 5, 20188 yr #4 Armor has a shelf life and these plates would barely stop a paint ball gun anymore. I used to manufacture body armor and one of the first things I was taught was shelf life of armor.
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