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please is there a reason army do not wear bullet proof vests..After all it's suppose to be a sort of protection. does anyone know more about this?...
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It makes them not to run fast.it will made them not to lie down in time of open fire.it made soldiers not to bend down.it can't stop russian heavy machine gun whenever they put on armor protection.

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please is there a reason army do not wear bullet proof vests..After all it's suppose to be a sort of protection. does anyone know more about this?...

They wear.some do! Others don't

There is no such thing as "bulletproof", merely "bullet resistant".
A current set of Type IV body armor such as the
Interceptor body armor commonly used by US soldiers with full plates weighs in at 35 pounds (~15 kg). Add 3-4 more pounds for the helmet.
So nearly 40 pounds (~18 kg) of body armor and that doesn't cover the arms or the legs. And that is before any other equipment like uniform, weapon, ammunition, tools, water, food, etc. A fully loaded infantryman in such gear can easily find themselves carrying 50%+ percent of their total body weight in gear.
A bullet proof vest would likely double the weight of the armor and reduce the soldier's mobility to a waddle and unable to bend.
And even with that, the armor is only proof against certain rounds. With the plates, it will stop pistol and intermediate rifle rounds. The plates will stop ONE armor piercing .30-06 or 7.62x54R round. Subsequent protection against such rounds is not guaranteed.
Body armor WILL NOT stop .50BMG or equivalent Russian heavy machine gun rounds.

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noted.who else thinks otherwise...or have another view

Weight issues

The above analysis is comprehensive enough...

Bullet dey respect soldier na only police e dey kill.

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With all these defects, why can't the Nigerian Army commission a research to NDA and other selected Higher Institutions in Nigeria towards finding a better bullet proof/resistant materials?

nigeria army are not used for war will they wear bullet proof vest













u wear bullet proof wit ww2 gun dos dat make any sense

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With all these defects, why can't the Nigerian Army commission a research to NDA and other selected Higher Institutions in Nigeria towards finding a better bullet proof/resistant materials?

let them commission a research first to see how they can solve the poverty and unemployment rate before wasting money to the military again!

It cant go round now

vitalisdiho:
It makes them not to run fast.it will made them not to lie down in time of open fire.it made soldiers not to bend down.it can't stop russian heavy machine gun whenever they put on armor protection.

Check ur post again and make the necessary amendments