Modern Body Armour

by Martin J. Brayley

Modern Body Armour traces the development of individual ballistic protection from the multi-layer silk garments and metal plates used during World War One and through to the Korean War and Vietnam, to the state-of-the-art amour currently used in Iraq and Afghanistan. Contents include the Chemico Shield and Infanterie Panzer of World War One, USAAF aviator's amour of World War Two, the Korean War M1951 and M1952A, and the IOTV and USMC Scaleable Plate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847972489
• ISBN13: 9781847972484
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Crowood Press (UK)
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.3" x 11.7"