Special Features:

Stand alone vest with no modular lightweight load-carrying equipment (molle) capability; fielded as a front and rear ballistic soft panel carrier with shirt tails that provide the operator with a reduced signature during low visibility operations; used in conjunction with the body armor load carriage system (balcs) vest covers and carriers; balcs has various vest configurations which depending on how it is worn provides different levels of ballistic coverage; balcs system and its various vests and components must exclusively be used with each other to ensure proper ballistic resistance capability, fit and function

Properties:

A vest that is designed to hold and position body armor insert(s) that protect the torso, front and/or back, from bullets of small caliber firearms such as pistols, carbines, rifles, and the like, including armor piercing projectiles. This vest includes body armor insert(s). For items not constructed of ballistic protective material and items that do not include body armor insert(s), see vest (1), non-ballistic protective,armor-carrying.