These are such general questions for such an equipment specific scenario.
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Do you need trauma pads behind a hard armor plate thats a (stand alone)
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If the plates are military post mid-2010 manufacture then no. They have been extensively tested and are true stand alone. Non-military issue it is difficult to say as manufactures use different definitions of "stand alone". Anything that produces serious back deformation can hurt or even kill you.
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Or would just a plain LVL IIA, II or IIA pad versus the trauma pad be better, as I under stand it trauma pads don't stop bullets, just catch blunt force, so soft armor be better?
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I am not sure I understand your question. Soft armor and trauma pads generally are in no way better than IIIa+ hard armor.