> the Vietnam war was fought without any kind of conventional

body armor is useless 90% of the time anyway. Especially in Nam where battles were often close-up and direct.

Body armor would have done real good in WW1 where the majority of deaths were from shrapnel wounds

Didn't they have flak vests and helmets? Those count as body armor, don't they?

>>33956639
Yeah, but they weren't conventional by modern standards

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>nam
>a splintered piece of tree bark could slice your neck at any second and there's nothing you can do to stop it

>>33953932
https://youtu.be/mVT5LgXt7Uo

This video should help you

>>33956690
What's different now? Bigass piece of shrapnel hits your neck and severs your carotid you're so done you barely know it. Modern Gorgets where?

>>33956724
autist that has no fucking clue whats kipping, hes got some stuff right but probably just knows that from airsoft

>>33953932
>Vietnam was fought with a technology that in all practicality didn't really exist at the time, the handful of examples that did being useless against intermediate rounds
Gee, ya don't say.

>>33956666
It was conventional for that time you absolute fucking mong.

>>33956666
Nice fucking quads you faggot

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>>33953932
>> the Vietnam war was fought without any kind of conventional body armor

Wrong

Helicopter crewman had rifle plates and used them, troops were issues with flack vests which were effective against shrapnel but due to climate and poor troop discipline often went unworn., Pic related USMC body armour. The rifle plates in use at the time by aircrew were effective and had many saves.

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HELICOPTER CREW FLAK VEST 1969

>>33953932


Vietnam War Body Armor


Fragmentation Protective - Upper Torso
M1952A Flak Vest
M69 Flak Vest w/o Stiffeners
M69 Flak Vest w/ Stiffeners
M69 Flak Vest w/ Stiffeners Velcro Fastener
T66-2 Lightweight Felt Fragmentation Protective Vest
BUAER Flak Vest
M1955 Flak Vest
M1955 Flak Vest 2nd pattern
M1955 Flak Vest 3rd pattern
Pocket Plates

Fragmentation Protective - Lower Torso
M1953 Lower Torso Armor
BUAER Flak Shorts

Small Arms Protective
Aircrew Body Armor 'Chicken Plate'
Ground Troops Variable Body Armor

>>33953932
In 1965, following the successful production of small arms protective body armor for aircrews in Vietnam, Natick Labs began developing bullet-proof armor for infantry soldiers.1 The result was a nylon felt vest that could be worn by itself for protection against missile fragments, but that also allowed armor plates to be inserted to upgrade protection to small arms fire (including 30 caliber bullets). The front and back ceramic/fibreglass composite plates also had integral webbing carriers that enabled them to be worn independently of the vest.

The weight of this variable armor system ranged from 5½ lbs for just the vest, up to approximately 20½ lbs for full bullet-proof and fragment protection:2

Vest with front and back plates
20½ lbs
Front and back plates with carriers (no vest)
15 lbs
Front plate with carrier (no vest)
7½ lbs
Vest with front plate
13 lbs
Vest only
5½ lbs


The Variable Body Armor was tested by the 1st Cavalry Division in Vietnam between January and May 1967 and though it was far too heavy for foot mobile operations it was recommended for personnel engaged in convoy escort duty and motorized patrols.3 Consequently 42,000 vests were ordered, at a cost of $800 each, to be issued on the following basis:

Infantry Units
1 per 10 individuals
Artillery Units
1 per 5 individuals
Truck Companies
1 per 2 individuals


Approximately 28,000 sets of the VBA had been sent to Vietnam by the start of 1970. However, due to units not drawing the authorized quantities and troop redeployments the delivery of the remaining 14,500 vests was canceled in February 1970.

>>33956762
He's served 2 tours of duty in Iraq, one of which was during the initial invasion under Dubya.

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vietnam war was a gangsta war.