Grey Ghost Gear has introduced a line of Kydex to their site from Orange Diamond Concealment. Seen above is a Velcro hook backed AR magazine carrier. You may notice the distinctive diamond shape molded into all of these products. That and the Orange Diamond name hail the WWII Ranger insignia. Orange Diamond Concealment also offers a variety of holsters.
You may notice that it’s attached to a Tactical Tailor MBAV Low Viz Carrier in Wolf Grey.
This week’s post from Tatical-Life.com covers the evolution of modern body armor, including an explanation of NIJ standards, and the new Alpha-Elite body armor from Point Blank Enterprises, a Level 3A certified armor with the weight and thickness of a Level 2 vest.
For the full story, visit www.tactical-life.com/magazines/guns-and-weapons/guns-weapons-for-law-enforcement-april-2014/next-gen-body-armor.
A complete line of hard body armor plates is now available for armor manufacturers to private label or market under the TenCate Cratus™ brand.
(Hebron, OH) – TenCate Advanced Armor USA has developed an extensive product line of hard body armor that includes 15 families of plates. The plates are available in 8, 10 or 14 sizes per family depending on whether the focus is law enforcement or military operational environments. Currently, TenCate Advanced Armor has 7 families listed on the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) 0101.06 Compliance Product List, with plans to develop 5 new families each year. The current breakdown of the product line includes 3 plates for law enforcement concealable body armor, 9 plates for law enforcement plate carriers and tactical body armor, and 3 plates for military plate carriers and tactical body armor.
TenCate Advanced Armor adheres to a unique business model. They do not sell direct to wholesalers, distributors, dealers, or the end user. Their products are only available through armor manufacturers, either private labeled, or under the TenCate Cratus™ brand.
TenCate Advanced Armor’s VP of Personal Protection, Mark Bajko, stated, “We define an armor manufacturer as a company whose primary business is devoted to the design and manufacturing of one or more of the three components of the body armor system: carrier; soft body armor insert; hard body armor plate. Our business model is acknowledgement that our plates are only a component of the armor system, and how the armor manufacturer integrates the three components into a system provides the maximum level of protection to the end user. The focus on plate carriers by the U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Special Operations Command has triggered a growing demand by the global law enforcement and defense community for lightweight systems that provide protection against the full spectrum of rifle threats. Our hard body armor plate families feed into this growing demand by offering a breadth and depth of product line that is unmatched in the global body armor industry.”
To learn more about TenCate Advanced Armor’s full product line visit www.tencate.com/amer/advanced-armor/applications/personal-protection/default or e-mail advancedarmor@tcaa-usa.com.
BulletSafe is currently running an Indiegogo campaign for soft armor backpack inserts. Based on custom inserts made by BulletSafe president Tom Nardone for his children’s backpacks, these panels are constructed from the same material as the BulletSafe Bulletproof Vest, and offer NIJ level IIIA protection. The panel runs 10″ by 12″ in size, and can be utilized as additional protection in packs, bags, briefcases, and more.
www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-bulletsafe-bulletproof-backpack-panel-protects-what-is-precious
I stopped by the DKX Armor booth at SHOT Show to check on their buoyant armor plates and they showed me the ELSA.
Emergency Life Saving Armor is a new take on something has been around for awhile but never executed very well; suitcase armor. Developed by a former Marine, the idea was to offer discrete armor protection that could be carried anywhere without a signature, yet quickly placed into action.
It looks like an ordinary nylon briefcase but can quickly transform into a fully functional Plate a carrier with PALS field that can be preconfigured with a basic fighting load.
It can support most standard sized armor plates and incorporates a routing system for comms cables or hydration tubes into the shoulder straps as well as a simple waist belt for stabilization that secures with a Cobra GTX buckle from ITW.
The new Kraken armor flotation system from FirstSpear was specifically designed to be used in conjunction with Draeger rebreather or other FS maritime systems.
We have you a teaser last week of FirstSpear’s patent pending NOC (Non Official Cover) armor developed in conjunction with Renegade Armor. We promised some additional info and here it is.
The IHV (Integrated Hybrid Vest) is a new item from Tactical Assault Gear. It is a plate carrier that was designed for Level stand alone plates but will accept plates with backers.
It integrates comms cable routing on either side of the integrated admin pouch.
The mag pouches are integrated into the design with internal access to the bungees through a zipper at the bottom of the plate pocket. The pockets will accept 2x M4 mags on the outboard pouches and singles on the two inboard pouches. The mag pouches will fit many radios as well. TAG also integrated a dual pistol mag pocket into the design as well as a small GP pouch that will fit a tourniquet or a dip can.
The cummerbund is PALS compatible and relies on Austrialpin Cobra buckles.
