BODY ARMOR - MEDICAL ASSESSMENT

• NCJ Number: 32265
• Author(s): M A GOLDFARB; T F CIUREJ; M A WEINSTEIN; L W METKER
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 32 pages
• Contract Number(s): LEAA-J-IAA-055-4
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: US Dept of the Army
• Sale Source: Superintendent of Documents, GPO; National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS REPORT EVALUATES SOFT BODY ARMOR TESTING OF GOATS TO CORRELATE DAMAGE EXPECTED IF HUMANS HAD BEEN THE TARGETS.

Abstract

THE CONSEQUENCES OF AN IMPACT OF A .38 CALIBER BULLET TRAVELING AT A VELOCITY OF 800 FPS (FEET PER SECOND) WERE EXAMINED WITH GOATS WEARING A 7-PLY KEVLAR PROTECTIVE GARMENT. EXPERIMENTERS DETERMINED THAT THE UNAGED 7-PLY KEVLAR VEST PROTECTED WEARERS AGAINST THE THREAT OF THE .22 CALIBER BULLET TRAVELING AT A VELOCITY OF 1000 FPS AND THE .38 CALIBER TRAVELING AT 800 FPS. TESTS SHOWED THAT WITHOUT GARMENTS, MORTALITY AFTER A RANDOM HIT WITH .38 CALIBER BULLET IS BETWEEN 6.9 PERCENT TO 25.4 PERCENT. WHEN THE GARMENT WAS WORN, MORTALITY DECREASED TO 1 PERCENT - 5 PERCENT. SEE ALSO NCJ-30462 AND 32266. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)