Patrick Havens on March 9th, 2007
This raincoat is also body-armor, bullet-proof and stab-proof. As noted, if you’re wearing this to avoid iPod muggers, you might have to contend with jacket muggers who want to rip off your $2,000 coat.
The armour protects against 9mm Full Metal Jacket Round Nose (FMJRN) projectiles, with a weight of 8gm (124gr) at 430 m/s. Full Metal Jacket Round Nose (FMJRN) type DM11A1B2 (DN or MEN) projectiles with a weight of 8gm (124gr) at 415m/s. 44 Magnum jacketed Soft Point (JSP) type Norma 11103/61103 projectiles with a weight of 15.6gm (158gr) at 390 m/s. 44 Magnum Jacketed Hollow Point (JHP) projectiles with a weight of 15.6gm (240gr) at 430 m/s. Eastern European Tokarev LC 7.62 x 25mm steel core projectile with a weight of 5.5gm at 455 m/s. This jacket also protects against stabs, cuts, slashes with sharp and blunt edged weapons like hypodermic needles, ice picks, knives and broken bottles up to 25 Joules according PSDB (2003).
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OK… maybe my taste is going. But I could see myself wearing that. I’ve got to wonder at the weight issues it’d have, but you’d be fashionable (in my mind) wearing it. I think I’d also be curious on the life of the coat. Most “bullet proof” things have a shelf life. Too much use causes the Kevlar or what not to degrade.
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