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No, no armor is required. I've just found that the military level equipment is FAR superior to the commercial photographer level stuff.
For instance I have two of the large Maxpedition bottle holders that hold my long lenses PERFECTLY. I've got a forward observer "wedge" bag coming from a company called Hazard4. Another long lens pouch for having a camera attached from a company called the vest guy. Two single point slings to have a camera on each side of the standard molle vest I have. This job will be a new environment for me so I was thinking of putting all of this on a plate carrier, cutting some camping foam to fit in the armor pouches to give it some stiffness for equipment protection against my body and my "shoot me first" patch on the back.
Was going to go with straight tan or black and avoid any kind of pattern at all cost. The best way I can explain it is essentially a camera bag that I can wear and access all of my equipment quickly and easily. I know doing this would draw a few weird looks but I'm just trying to avoid resentment or the "wannabe" tag. Practicality was my goal.
Hope that makes better sense.
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