A brand of plate carrier vests used by police officers and first responders has been recalled because a cable in the quick-release system can detach and prevent “swift removal of the carrier in ...

The vest and front-back plate combo weighed in at just under 20lbs, which was a pleasant surprise particularly when compared to similar offerings from 3 rd party vendors and the military CIF ...

The Marine Corps has started fielding a new plate carrier vest that features a more streamlined cut and offers a 25% weight savings over the vests Marines currently wear.

The new plate carrier is intended for use in conjunction with new lightweight body armor plates that, as Marine Corps Times previously reported, will reduce the hard body armor weight burden for ...

The vest can be used with a variety of weights, but our review sample came with the 5.11 TacTec Weight Plate Sandbag, a set of fillable sandbags that fit into the Plate Carrier and have the same ...

The Marine Corps is planning to field lighter and better fitting plate carriers and body armor, according to officials at Marine Corps Systems Command. The effort is a joint collaboration with the ...

LAS VEGAS -- A new fabric by designer Honeywell aims to eliminate stitching and extra fabric on plate carriers for body armor, reducing the weight of the vest itself by 35 to 40 percent.

Gone are the days where we felt secure wearing our Level 2 soft armor to any call for service. The use of plate carriers by police and responsible citizens is on the rise. This plate carrier has ...

FORT BELVOIR, Va. (Army News Service, Oct. 15, 2009) -- The Army is poised to introduce a plate-carrier vest to provide Soldiers more lightweight gear in the challenging operational environments ...

Recognizing that these armor carriers are now doubling, quite frequently, as equipment carriers, let’s take a look at some of what they most often carry for the average patrol officer.

Why Your Loadout Starts With a Rifle, and Armor From Lexington Green, to the rooftops of Koreatown, Americans have always answered chaos not with helplessness, but with resolve. Back then, they called ...