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  2. North Hollywood shootout - Wikipedia

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    Robbery. The North Hollywood shootout, also known as the Battle of North Hollywood, [2] was a confrontation between two heavily armed and armored bank robbers, Larry Phillips Jr. and Emil Mătăsăreanu, and police officers in the North Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles on February 28, 1997. Both robbers were killed, twelve police officers ...

  3. List of bank robbers and robberies - Wikipedia

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    It was documented as “Biggest Bank Robbery” under “Curiosities and wonders” in Limca Book of Records. The Chicago Sun-Times reported that "12 to 15 Sikhs dressed as policemen and armed with submachine guns and rifles escaped with nearly $4.5 million in the biggest bank robbery in Indian history." "No one was injured."

  4. List of body armor performance standards - Wikipedia

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    The Technische Richtlinie (TR) Ballistische Schutzwesten is a regulation guide in Germany for body armor. It is mainly issued for body armor used by the German police, but also for the German armed forces and civilian available body armor. Producers have to meet the criteria of the TR, if they want to participate in open competitive bidding ...

  5. Bulletproof vest - Wikipedia

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    A bulletproof vest, also known as a ballistic vest or a bullet-resistant vest, is an item of body armour that helps absorb the impact and reduce or stop penetration to the torso by firearm -fired projectiles and fragmentation from explosions. The vest may come in a soft form, as worn by many police officers, prison officers, security guards ...

  6. Improved Outer Tactical Vest - Wikipedia

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    The Improved Outer Tactical Vest ( IOTV) is an enhanced version of, and a replacement for, the older Outer Tactical Vest (OTV) component of the Interceptor Multi-Threat Body Armor System, as fielded by the United States Army beginning in the mid-2000s. The IOTV is compatible with the Deltoid and Axillary Protector System (DAPS) components ...

  7. Body armor - Wikipedia

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    Body armor, personal armor (also spelled armour ), armored suit ( armoured) or coat of armor, among others, is armor for a person's body: protective clothing or close-fitting hands-free shields designed to absorb or deflect physical attacks. Historically used to protect military personnel, today it is also used by various types of police ( riot ...

  8. List of equipment of the Russian Ground Forces - Wikipedia

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    Body armor system Russia: Supplies begun in December 2023. 25,000 kits have been delivered. 6B23: Ballistic vest Russia: Introduced in 2003. No longer produced, being replaced by 6B45. 6B43: Body armor Russia: Introduced as part of the Ratnik infantry combat system. Basically an early version of 6B45: 6B45: Ballisitc Vest Russia

  9. Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops - Wikipedia

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    Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops (PASGT, pronounced / ˈ p æ z ɡ ə t / PAZ-gət) is a combat helmet and ballistic vest that was used by the United States military from the early 1980s until the early or mid-2000s, when the helmet and vest were succeeded by the Lightweight Helmet (LWH), Modular Integrated Communications Helmet (MICH), and Interceptor Body Armor (IBA) respectively.