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Is Body Armour Bulletproof?

No body armour is completely "bullet proof". Body armour is generally known as bullet resistant. 
Bullets or knives are trapped by the fibres in the soft armour.
The layers of Goldflex, which VG body armour is manufactured from, will capture the energy and reduce the speed of the object. The energy is then spread out over a greater area, causing the projectile or weapon to stop within the material. The vest will absorb most of the energy, but the force generated by the impact will still cause the body
armour to push back into the body just like if you were to push somebody.

The certification by the NIJ and HOSDB measures this deformation of body tissue under the vest which is also known as "back face trauma." VestGuard body armour is made to minimize this blunt trauma by being stiff enough to resist deformation and spread the pressure along the vest rather than through the vest. A well constructed vest will resist hits in the same general area as well as bullets coming in from different angles.
Body armour is rated in terms of its ability to stop bullets.

There are two recognised solutions in the world, the international standard set down by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and the UK standards regulated by the Home Office Scientific Development Branch (HOSDB)

It would be advised to allows buy from certified manufacturers as they have a vest that will meet the high criteria for testing body armour.

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