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Originally posted by Sinister
I never understood just using a steel plate in a carrier. once you get a ball round smacking your plate face it'll frag, sending all kinds of spall straight up into your throat and lower jaw area (even if it's got a spall liner on it. That round will spall in 360 degrees from the actual impact point if it was a straight-on hit).
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Soft armor also covers more of the upper torso.
Types of rounds are not the only things you have to worry about...IED/VBIEDs, shrapnel, etc.
Provide protection too the chest area should you happen to get in a vehicle accident.