The body armor that U.S. forces wear in Afghanistan is effective against ballistic threats, but it is heavy in weight and makes up a large portion of the load that soldiers and marines carry on patrol and into combat. This report summarizes a congressionally directed study of how body armor weight can be reduced.
Authors
Horn, Kenneth, Burkman, Kenneth, Kolb, Michael, Jamison, Lewis, Sheikh, Aatif, DeLuca, Paul, Biever, Kimberlie
- Division
- RAND Army Research Division
- Pages
- 64
- Published in
- United States
- RAND Identifier
- TR-1136-A
- RAND Type
- report
- Rights
- RAND Corporation
- Series
- Technical Reports
- Source
- https://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1136.html
