Month: August 2021

It's pretty safe to say that if you are a Marine, you have worn through or owned at least one tactop plate carrier vest or other piece of tactical gear in your lifetime. If you were not in the service, then you have at least seen pictures or videos of some of our USMC and USN warriors donning vests in the line of duty. In one scene they are even using them as suicide vests! I just thought it was kind of funny when Marines would wear body armor and think it was comical or even cool. Now then, if…

Since a vest can only do so much, soft armor has been developed to fill in the gaps left by regular plate carriers. Vests and plate carriers are made up of different material. One is made up of metal, while the other is comprised of polyethylene (otherwise known as "peacemaker" plate carriers) that is sprayed with an epoxy resin. Hard armor is composed of steel, titanium, and other such metals while soft armor is composed of PVC, Lycra, and other materials such as spandex. Although the purpose of both types of armor are quite similar, there are some significant differences…