| 摘要 |
Flexible, lightweight, compound body armor has multiple protective layers designed to defeat incoming projectiles. The first protective layer has a flexible base layer of penetration-resistant material having, fastened to its surface, facing the exterior, a first matrix of individual hard non-planar elements, the front surface of which is non-planar and shaped such that upon impact on the surface of these individual hard non-planar elements, projectiles would be turned or rotated to change the orientation of said projectiles with respect to the surface of said protective layers in such a manner that instead of the point, the side of a projectile would now be directed toward the subsequent protective layers, thus presenting a much larger area to said subsequent protective layers and therefore distributing the impact energy over a larger area and slowing down further penetration of said projectiles. To slow down or defeat penetration through said body armor of said projectiles which may impact between said individual hard non-planar means fastened to the surface of said first protective layer, at least one second protective layer is situated beneath the first protective layer. The second protective layer also has a base layer of penetration-resistant material that has fastened to its surface, facing the exterior, a second matrix of individual hard non-planar elements, the front surface of which is non-planar and shaped such that upon impact on the surface of these individual hard non-planar elements.
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