hard armor
Solid body shield
Hard armor is body armor made from rigid materials—ceramic plates, steel, or polyethylene—capable of stopping rifle rounds.
Distinguished from soft armor (flexible fabric that stops handgun rounds), hard armor typically comes as plates inserted into a carrier vest.
The SWAT team wore hard armor for the raid.
Standard in military and high-threat law enforcement contexts.
- plateFlat dish for food
- plate carrierVest holding ballistic plates
- mailPostal system items
- steelCarbon-hardened iron alloy
- kevlarBullet-resistant synthetic fiber
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- armorchainmail, chain mail, breastplate, cuirass, hauberk
- body armorbreastplate, cuirass, chain mail, chainmail, plate carrier
hard armorunprotected
Without safeguard or shield
vulnerable · defenseless · unshielded · exposed · unarmored
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