DRDO develops lightest bulletproof jacket for protection against highest threat level
India | April 23, 2024 22:40 ISTThe jacket is capable of giving protection against 7.62 x 54 R API (Level 6 of BIS 17051) ammunition, the Defence Ministry said.
The jacket is capable of giving protection against 7.62 x 54 R API (Level 6 of BIS 17051) ammunition, the Defence Ministry said.
The specifications listed by the Army state that the BPJs should be able to protect a soldier against 7.62 mm armour-piercing rifle ammunition as well as steel core bullets fired from a distance of 10 metres.
Armour-piercing bullets or steel core bullets can breach protection provided against bullets by a certain level of jackets and create issues for troops carrying out operations.
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Replying to supplementaries, the minister said there was no embargo on the import of raw material from China for making such bullet-proof jackets, and any supplier violating the tender norms would face action and could be disqualified.
The security forces in Jammu and Kashmir are taking both immediate and long term remedial measures to counter the threat posed to deployed troops by militants' use of steel-coated armour piercing bullets.
The member added that there are no quality concerns yet.
It said the new BPJs will provide "360 degree protection" to the soldier in combat, including from hard "steel core" bullets.
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