Stab Resistant Body Armor

Do You Need Extended Coverage?

Recent studies conducted at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary and Royal Military College of Science in Scotland reviewed wounding patterns and human performance in knife attacks. The cases of approximately 500 stab and slash victims revealed compelling results.

In this specific study, 37.4% of attacks targeted the chest, abdomen and shoulder areas. This represents areas protected by a traditional stab armor vest. 27.4% of wounds were in the areas of the neck, groin and arms.

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It is obvious from these studies that extended protection for the neck, groin and arms will provide a significant reduction in injuries from slash and stab.

TurtleSkin's cell extraction vest is a component design complete with removable neck, groin and upper arm panels for extended stab coverage.

Did you know?
The U.S. Government provides up to 50% funding for the purchase of TurtleSkin Body Armor by state and local law enforcement.

To see if you qualify, go to www.ojp.usdoj.goc/bvpbasi

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Body Armor Manufacturers: for more information on MFA Material, contact Marc Jeton at 603.291.1023 or email mjeton@warwickmills.com

Advanced Multi-Threat Stab Material
TurtleSkin MFA (Metal Flex Armor), is an advanced stab armor material which can be combined with traditional armor materials to achieve outstanding protection against knives, spikes, and hypodermic needles in a thin, flexible, and lightweight panel. TurtleSkin MFA material is available only to Body Armour Manufacturers (BAMS) outside North America. In North America corrections/law enforcement officers, military personnel and certain private security staff can get the life-saving benefits of TurtleSkin MFA in Warwick Mills’ new line of stab resistant body armor.

Design Advantage
TurtleSkin MFA is a platform technology which combines high-performance textiles with solid elements to provide the protection of a steel plate with the flexibility of a textile. Solid element and textile components can be scaled up or down in weight and thickness to achieve the body armour system designer’s desired weight, flexibility, price and threat type/level goals.

TurtleSkin MFA panels are custom-built to BAM’s patterns and arrive at the BAM’s production facility ready for insertion into an armour panel with no cutting or finishing required by the BAM. TurtleSkin MFA is not available in roll form. TurtleSkin’s garment design engineers are capable of accepting armour panel patterns in a broad range of electronic or hard-copy formats and will produce bespoke custom-made panels based on the shapes provided by the BAM.

Protection Levels
TurtleSkin MFA has been tested against many of the international body armour standards for protection against spike, knife and hypodermic needle stab resistance. TurtleSkin MFA does not offer a stand alone rated level of performance, but compliments ballistic armour panels to achieve the highest levels of stab resistance against a variety of threats. Manufacturers that would like to incorporate thin, lightweight and flexible stab resistance with existing ballistic resistant panel designs should consider MFA.

UK stab resistant body armor standard
• HOSDB Body Armour Standards for UK Police _2007
• KR3/SP3
• HOSDB Standard Documentation (PDF)

US stab resistant body armor standard
• Stab Resistance of Personal Body Armor NIJ Standard–0115.00
• Spike 3 and Edged Blade 3
• NIJ Standard-0115.00 Documentation (PDF)

EU/ISO stab resistant body armor standard
• ISO/DIS 14876-3:1999 Protective clothing - Body armour Part 3 Knife stab resistance
• ISO/DIS 14876-4:1999 Protective clothing - Body armour Part 4 Needle and Spike stab resistance

Physical Properties
Areal density: 4.2-6.3 kg/m² depending on the desired threat level
Thickness: 3-4.5mm depending on the desired threat level

*TurtleSkin MFA does not offer ballistic protection.