Ballistic protection of fragment vests against IED threats
conference paper
Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are a serious threat for the military in out-of-area operations. The sizes and masses of fragments generated by these threats are wide ranged. Therefore it is important to know the protective capability of protective vests against a wide range of fragment sizes. The influence of the fragment size has been tested on different fragment protective vests against small and large fragment simulating projectiles (FSPs). The ballistic limit velocities (V50) are calculated with the STANAG 2920 calculation method. The results show that the IED threat gives difficult reconcilable demands on protective vests. For fragments of 1.1 gram and larger a general trend is shown: the ballistic performance increases with decreasing areal density per layer. For small fragments the vest with the highest weave density has the best ballistic performance. These results are based on a limited set of data.
TNO Identifier
183015
Source title
24th International Symposium on Ballistics, New Orleans, LA, USA, 22-26 September 2008
Pages
527-534
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