Washington – The Army announced Wednesday that it soon will start producing 230,000 sets of personal side armor plates and send them over the year to soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, after a recently ...

“Everything but the kitchen sink” might as well be the maxim of post-9/11 Marines who lugged half their body weight across Afghanistan and Iraq. Now, after years of bad backs, aching knees, and ...

MESA, AZ — As security ramps up in Washington D.C., and across the country, ahead of President-elect Biden's inauguration, some are stocking up on their own security in the form of body armor. In Mesa ...

BAUMHOLDER, Germany (Army News Service, Jan. 25, 2008) -- For as long as the Army has used Interceptor Body Armor, Soldiers have complained that it is too heavy, too hot and too cumbersome. But those ...

Gone are the days where we felt secure wearing our Level 2 soft armor to any call for service. The use of plate carriers by police and responsible citizens is on the rise. You might be asking why.

Tacprogear BLACK includes the Citadel Series of hard armor plates. The plates have been tested and certified to NIJ STD 0101.06 for the application of concealable body armor, external carriers, plate ...