Real SciFi Body Armor!

By Bob Owens

It’s a blend of fact and fiction, but I suspect that as armor technology continues to advance at a rapid pace, continually getting lighter and stronger, while small arms projectiles still putter along with only minimal evolutionary advances, we’ll soon see real armor like this become affordable for military, police, and the well-heeled civilian gun owner.

What you’re seeing is the Project Galac-Tac armor, which is a collaboration between some cosplay costume artists, HK, Armasight, SOG, and AR500Armor.com. The parts of the armor you see are made from semi-rigid urethane, but they’re bonded to real Level IIIA hybrid body armor, providing genuine protection against ballistic threats.

The monocle is also a real infrared unit from Armasight, but they actually introduced something way cooler this year at SHOT Show. Armasight now offers what they call their Iris system, which transmits the image seen by your infrared or thermal gunsight right to the Iris monocle that you’d wear on your headgear just like shown here. This gives you the real deal option of accurately shooting around corners or over barricades without exposing yourself to enemy fire. You can even link the Iris to your teammate’s …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms