Body protection

[diamond lil]

Meanwhile... I wouldn't like to try running or escaping or climbing fences to get away from a mob while dripping with body armour probly have a heart attack and save them the bother of doin you in !

[lisaloolibell]

I think if it came to societal collapse ill be well out of the way, keep my head down and hide behind the dog.

[diamond lil]

Oooops. Maybe a mistake only having a cat

[lisaloolibell]

cats are much harder than dogs lil, give em a sausage and there anybodys

[diamond lil]

Bit like some men eh ...

[the-gnole]

Body armour doesn't weigh a great deal when worn as the load is spread, I wouldn't want to carry it at the end of my arm for long though. I do know of a chap in Afghanistan who ran a marathon distance wearing his full armour, something like 40lbs, stab vests are lighter though because they don't have the ceramic plates that stop the bigger stuff.

[CardiffGuy]

Something I considered and as a result got.

I bought a bullet resistant vest - soft armour and hard (10"x12" level 4 plates) - will need to check the plates and vest too see who made them.

Thing weighs a tonne and being the wee thing fella that I am means that in order to carry the weight, Im going to have to bulk up a bit once knee surgery is done.

Hopefully however things will not get that bad. Can post pics for show and tell if needed.

[ticklemonkey]

An interesting website is as follows;
http://www.body-armour-protection.co.uk/

I would personally go for covert armour which is easier to move in. It is always a toss up between activity versus weight/mobilty and the anticipated ballistic or bladed threat.

I would NOT anticipate alot of 7.62mm high velocity rounds flying about in the UK (I hope not anyway ).

[metatron]

I have some dragon skin body armor a friend gave me when I was crashing at her place in NYC in February. Birthday gift.

[janso]

I dont think armour is anywhere near the top of my list of needs!!! I understand the reasoning for it but wouldnt that mean that, in the context of using it, wouldnt I be wearing it 24/7? I 110% guarantee that you wont, or you will for X amount of time and then get into the habit of only wearing it here and there....

A good idea maybe for out scavenging, not so much for the 'rounds going down range' in the local spar but as additional protection for the torso amongst unstable buildings, etc.

Possibly falls under my 'rather have it and not need it' list as opposed to 'need it and not have it'. I would probably settle for a stab vest as opposed to kevlar, unless its a civil war that has erupted!