BALCS - Body Armor/Load Carriage System
CIRAS - Combat Integrated Releasable Armor System |Wikipedia|
ESAPI - Enhanced Small Arms Protective Inserts
ICW - In Conjunction With
ICW plates are designed to be worn with soft body armor and their armor rating assumes they are used in conjunction with a certain level of soft body armor.
LBV - Load Bearing Vest
NIJ - National Institute of Justice
PPI - Protective Products International (a firm)
RAV - Releasable Assault Vest
RBR - RBR Tactical (a firm)
RRV - Rhodesian Reconnaissance Vest (A style that carries a front plate and molle straps on the front)
SAPI - Small Arms Protective Inserts
XSAPI - Improved Small Arms Protective Inserts
N.B. XSAPI is more a military design spec more than an industry standard at this time. See this June, 2007 Military.com article and this November, 2008 Defense Review article for more.
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