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pittspilot · October 19, 2004, 03:31 PM

I am led to understand that a Protection level 2 vest can withstand Medium Level energy strikes of 33 Jules or 34.3 ft lbf. The overtest condition is 50 J or 36.9 ft lbf

So my question is whether a 125 lb woman wielding a knife could overcome this level of armor?

Thanks in advance.

October 19, 2004, 03:31 PM	#1
pittspilot Senior Member Join Date: July 22, 2000 Location: The Freedom of AZ Posts: 289	Question regarding Bady Armor I am led to understand that a Protection level 2 vest can withstand Medium Level energy strikes of 33 Jules or 34.3 ft lbf. The overtest condition is 50 J or 36.9 ft lbf So my question is whether a 125 lb woman wielding a knife could overcome this level of armor? Thanks in advance. __________________ "Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities...Because it is the quality that guarantees all others" Winston S. Churchill "The American Republic is finished when the Congress realizes that it can bribe the people with the peoples money" De Touqueville