Monday, April 13, 2009

Body Armor Acronyms

BCS - Beez Combat Systems (a firm)

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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