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• • • • • • 7.62x25mm SC and FMJ at 520 m/s from 5 metres 9x19mm Luger SJ,SC and FMJ at 375 m/s from 5 metres S1/G blade at 24 Joules (Anti-stab) SC = Steel Core FMJ = Full Metal Jacket SJ = Steel Jacket CONCEALABLE OPTIONS Red Eagle offers their lightweight and flexible ballistic panels in several types of tactical and concealable clothing options: • • • • • Tactical vest Windbreaker (sports jacket) Flight jacket Low profile concealable vest designed to be worn under the clothing Tuxedo All products maintain a very low weight of less than 3kg and come with a 5 year warranty for the ballistic plates. All products are available in any of the soft armour protection levels IIA, II & IIIA with or without the anti-stab add-on panel. The upper tier protection level is currently restricted for the civilian market to be sold by the company exclusively to military and police forces around the world. Red Eagle products are manufactured and tested in accordance with the quality assurance standards of military specifications around the world, and adhere to the strict ISO9001 standards, giving them global recognition for high quality, product durability and reliability. To sum things up, unfortunately the more unique developments by Red Eagle are not available for sale to the private sector, (we did understand from the management of the company that perhaps in the near future this restriction will change), there is no doubt that these are high quality products, being lightweight, flexible and comfortable while in motion and at the same time attaining high body-area coverage, which make them suitable for a wide range of uses. For that Red Eagle gets a big thumbs-up from PMCI. Red Eagle Military-Grade body armour is available www. redeagle-bodyarmor.com. EAGL high density Polyethylene and Aramid fibre which are fairly light and flexible components allowing more comfort and maneuverability for the wearer. In light of the ever increasing demand of numerous defence and police forces around the world for lightweight and flexible (non-ceramic) Bullet Proof Vests offering intermediate levels of protection that can stop a 7.62x25mm Tokarev round with a muzzle velocity of up to 520m/s (that’s very common in eastern-block pistols and SMG’s) Red Eagle brought their expertise and abilities to bear on the problem and succeeded after a long development process to meet these and additional requirements thus defining a new level of protection which is higher than IIIA, which is the highest of the soft armour levels but still lower than III . The ability to offer such protection in a flexible lightweight vest is a huge achievement by Red Eagle. According to independant test results presented by them, this special and lightweight ballistic panel is able to protect against the following specific threats: pmcimagazine.com