Body Armor
In: Law, Crime and Law Enforcement
Intro -- BODY ARMOR: BALLISTIC AND STAB RESISTANCE STANDARDS WITH A GUIDE TO SELECTION -- BODY ARMOR" BALLISTIC AND STAB RESISTANCE STANDARDS WITH A GUIDE TO SELECTION -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 BALLISTIC RESISTANCE OF BODY ARMOR NIJ STANDARD-0101.06 -- ABOUT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CORRECTIONS STANDARDS AND TESTING PROGRAM -- FOREWORD -- STANDARD SPECIFIC ABBREVIATIONS -- COMMONLY USED SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS -- PREFIXES -- COMMON CONVERSIONS (SEE ASTM E380) -- NIJ STANDARD-0101.06 FOR BALLISTIC RESISTANCE OF BODY ARMOR -- 1. Purpose and Scope -- 2. NIJ Body Armor Classification -- 2.1. Type IIA (9 mm -- .40 S&W) -- 2.2. Type II (9 mm -- .357 Magnum) -- 2.3. Type IIIA (.357 SIG -- .44 Mag -- 2.4 Type III (Rifles) -- 2.5. Type IV (Armor Piercing Rifle) -- 2.6. Special Type -- 3. Definitions -- 3.1. Absolute Humidity -- 3.2. Accessory Ballistic Panels -- 3.3. Angle of Incidence -- 3.4. Armor Carrier -- 3.5. Armor Conditioning -- 3.6. Armor Panel or Panel -- 3.7. Armor Sample -- 3.8. Backface Signature (BFS) -- 3.9. Backing Material -- 3.10.Backing Material Fixture -- 3.11. Ballistic Limit -- 3.12. Ballistic Panel -- 3.13. Baseline Ballistic Limit -- 3.14. Body Armor -- 3.15. Complete Penetration -- 3.16. Compliance Test Group -- 3.17. Condensation -- 3.18. Dewpoint (or Dew Point) -- 3.19. Fair Hit -- 3.20. Flexible Body Armor -- 3.21. Full Metal Jacketed Bullet (FMJ) -- 3.22. Hard Armor or Rigid Armor -- 3.23. In Conjunction Armor -- 3.24. In Conjunction Plate -- 3.25. Insert -- 3.26. Jacketed Hollow Point Bullet (JHP) -- 3.27. Jacketed Soft Point Bullet (JSP) -- 3.28. Lead Bullet -- 3.29. Maximum Velocity -- 3.30. Minimum Velocity -- 3.31. Nonplanar Armor -- 3.32. Panel -- 3.33. Penetration -- 3.34. Perforation -- 3.35. Plate Inserts -- 3.36. Reference Velocity -- 3.37. Relative Humidity -- 3.38. Rigid Armor or Systems