This Combat Shirt is part of an ensemble of IED Fragment Protective Clothing created by Blücher’s Saratoga division which also includes bandana, protective collar, shorts and a shirt. Worn alone or in concert with one another, these garments increase the amount of body coverage against secondary projectile injuries.
In addition to providing environmental, camouflage and FR protection, the Fragment Protective Combat Shirt also stops secondary fragments such as dust, dirt and sand (v50 2gr RCc @ 320 m/sec, IAW STANAG 2920). These properties also mean that the material is cut and slash resistant.
Tags: Blucher
What is the fabric weight on these like? I would assume it to be thicker than usual combat shirts.
BLUCHER! (horses neighing)
Frau Blucher! Nice!
Looks heavy.
Looks warm.
Winter only clothing?
would like to see the design of the garment in jungle/hot weather friendly materials. I like how the neck is zipper free yet flexible enough unlike a round collar design
It looks like something from Star trek il take 7.
It is a light weight clothing system which combines fragment protection with high physiological wear comfort taking the variations of environmental conditions into account. The individual products provide heat stress- and moisture management as functional sports apparel does.
dang, pretty creative pattern on this one. starting to see more shawl/rugby style collars like that, glad to see more then just zip-neck designs.
I saw and handled this at the DSEI Exhibition the other week and I couldn’t feel any obvious difference between a conventional UBACS either in terms of weight or thickness than the Blucher fragment protective one which was very air permeable, to boot. They had a full range of undergarments only with the same fragment protection which gives all over body protection (inc. face and neck), with a pelvic protection system that goes all the way up to protecting against the big 17 grain NATO FSP at 350m per second.