Plate Carriers

[Old Wanderer]

I have had a Blackhawk carrier with the "drop-away" function. (Sort of pull a rip-cord, and you can drop the whole wretched mess).
Initially I set it up with "International Armor" 4.5mm level 4 plates. A friend of mine showed me a picture of a friend that took 2 AK47 rounds at close range into the center of the chest wearing a ar500 plate, as he was firing. The bullets fragmented and he almost bled to death from arterial cuts in the underside of his arms.
I changed out my front plate to a ceramic, with a soft Kevlar level III backing for both front and rear. This should eliminate this danger.
Now that is all together it just sets in the closet. The few times I think I might need a little something extra, I just slip on my 2nd Chance Level III T-Shirt.

 

[AOTAC]

Crye JPC. Plates? Me no likey spall, so no steel for me. Polydoesit.

 

[Soldier_Citizen]

Has anyone played with those new poly plastic looking plates? Better yet, anyone shot them? I been contemplating them as an option to ditch my ar500(it's heavy bubblegum to hump all day).

 

[decklin]

I run a condor PC in coyote. I used to have it setup the way we had it in the Infantry. Finally one day I got smart and realized it's just too heavy.
I used to see AQ running circles around us because they weren't wearing 70lbs.
I slimmed it down to three AR mags and two pistol mags on the PC.
Gonna set my wife up with a Grey Ghost Minimalist PC.
Buy the way these guys sell plates to civilians.

 

[erudne]

BluForce carrier and that polyester rifle plate ASG, ATL? No more worries about spalling and it weighs nothing

 

[mrblond]

BluForce carrier and that polyester rifle plate ASG, ATL? No more worries about spalling and it weighs nothing

Looks like good stuff. I am tempted to get a 2nd carrier and plate set if I need to bug out. My level IV weigh alot but the PIG seems to carry it pretty well, but going from 20ish lbs to under 10 would be great.