 Dragon skin
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Originally Posted by Gnr. Keil  That Dragon armour stuff sounds familiar there. I have heard of something in devolpment that is just a litte bit thick then the current service uniform. When a bullet/shrapnil hits it the cloth immediatly hardens stoping the projectile. It's kind of a one shot wonder however as the area does not revert to it's original state. If the same spot is hit again the hardened area just shatters. The two officers left the chow hall on that part of the conversation so i don't know much more about it. | Dragon skin is a new type of body armor... it is a composite of kevlar and other materials built in scales (hence Dragon skin) and the individual "scales" are sewn together into a vest which then is usually covered with cloth so that the scales are protected from the battlefield environment... it is pretty neat stuff... they have a few examples on their site of survivers... like a guy that took 5 dragunov shots in close proximity (like 2-3 inches apart), a situation where regular kevlar body armor would fail... the guy didn't even bruise because of how the cales are backed with a hard material... the individual scales sewn into a vest allow flexibility while the armor can still be rigid...
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