To most people, soft body armor used in police force and military tactical vests, is somewhat just pure magic that works. A soft piece of cloth that stops or significantly halts the movement of and otherwise deadly bullet.

What makes this soft material, this soft body armor work? It is a very strong, specially woven net of material.

It is like a tennis racket. The racket has a woven network of strings fastened tightly together in its head. When the tennis player swings the racket and hits the ball, it hits the woven face of the racket.

The energy of the ball is absorbed and dispersed through the net from the point of contact of the ball and the woven net. The energy is spread from the single point of impact throughout the entire racket head.

With all the interacting laces of the tennis racket head pulling together, it completely absorbs the force of the ball and the force of the swing provided by the tennis player. This is a lot of force, but the net does not break (at least not with first contact).

Soft body armor is just a very small, and tightly woven version of the same principle. Of course a bullet, is moving much faster, and this is why a soft body armor or tactical vest (bulletproof vests) use such a finely and tightly woven material.

Most common is the kevlar vest. Dupont produces the Kevlar material used in soft body armor vests and there are several others. The most Ready 2 Protect has produced a vest far superior to anything imagined by kevlar vest soft body armor users.

Ready 2 Protect is also perfecting the implanting of nanotubes in soft body armor and tactical vests. Though Ready 2 Protects vest already out perform anything on the market in protection level, weight, lifetime costs, and waterproof capability, the addition of the nano tubes will make their vest unbeatable.

I know this was quick, and I hope it gave a quick and easy to understand insight into soft body armor and bulletproof vests.

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- Daniel Gonzalez
- Wayne Sharer

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