• Int. J. Legal Med. · Mar 2020

    Effects of police body armour on overmatching ballistic injury.

    • Alexander Mabbott and Debra J Carr.
    • Impact and Armour Group, Centre for Defence Engineering, Cranfield University, Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, Shrivenham, SN6 8LA, UK.
    • Int. J. Legal Med. 2020 Mar 1; 134 (2): 583-590.

    AbstractOvermatching occurs when body armour that has been designed to resist perforation by a specified projectile is perforated by a greater threat. This may result in wounding to the body armour wearer. In this work, overmatching of two types of police body armour was studied using two types of ammunition. The use of a 250-mm-long gelatine block to represent the depth of the human torso combined with armour panels mounted on the anterior and posterior of the block allowed for a more realistic simulation to be completed. There was some evidence to suggest that overmatching events could lead to increased levels of damage during a survivable incident compared with no body armour being present. This information is of interest to armour designers and medical personnel that might treat such wounds.

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