United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 37438
Armed Forces: Body Armour
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15 July 2022
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25 July 2022 · Answer
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Defence
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25 July 2022
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) effectiveness, (b) health and safety and (c) comfort of the current standard of military body armour.
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15 July 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) effectiveness, (b) health and safety and (c) comfort of the current standard of military body armour.
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25 July 2022
Answer
VIRTUS is the current military body armour used by personnel across Defence. Military body armour is designed to improve the wearer’s survivability by protecting them from a variety of blast and fragmentation threats; but it also must be balanced against ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-07-15/37438
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1489590
- uk · wq-1489590 · source updated 25 July 2022