Throughout human history, many conflicts have resulted in battles and wars. Body armor has been of central importance in order to make combatants as safe as possible against a variety of weapons.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Women serving in the Ukrainian military will be provided with specially designed body armor for the first time, after Ukraine's ...

The new “Obereg 2.0” is the latest iteration in a series of advanced Russian body armor concepts—most of which have never been distributed to the country’s frontline infantry. Russia’s Rostec ...

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