Kwolek, who died Wednesday at 90 years old , was a dupont chemist who in 1965 invented Kevlar, the lightweight, stronger-than-steel fiber used in bulletproof vests and other body armor around the world. Kevlar is made out of basic plastic then they use polyparaphenylene or in other words kevar Unfortunately, Ferdinand was killed while wearing it. The kill shot hit him in the neck, well above the vest itself.there is no such thing as a bulletproof vest. Vests are only considered "bullet resistant," simply because there is always some type of firearm that can penetrate even the latest advancements in protective technology. Casimir Zeglen made the first bulletproof jacket .
There are material that go into making an bulletproof vest.A bulletproof vest consists of a panel, a vest-shaped sheet of advanced plastics polymers that is composed of
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Too often, many cops will use just their front panels during the summer.Some police officers don 't even bring their vest which results in them sometimes being killed in the line of duty.I think that most police don’t wear their vest because it’s to hot sometimes.Maybe it’s just to heavy.
There is only a few guns that can penatrate through a vest.I think that gun would have to have some type of gas or have some type kick.I think that cops are more likely to have backface deformation because they are the people who get shot at the more.Therefor i think that they should start making more bullet proof clothes.
The bulletproof vest to sum it all up i would say that wearing the vest has some prons and cons.Sometimes it’s to hot to wear the vest well that just makes the user harder to use the vest.It can take a full riffle round.Dont forget to always switch out your vest each time it gets used. If you dont use it that much switch it out every 5 years.That’s how long a well taken care of vest should