New Standard from Last Update.

1. Scope

1.1 This standard prescribes the minimum performance requirements of bullet resistant jackets for protection against small arms and ammunition and providesprocedures for their evaluation. The scope of the standard is limited to physical and ballistic evaluation of bullet resistant jackets against in-service small arms ammunition (see Table 7) used by the Indian armed forces, paramilitary, state police forces and other law enforcement agencies.

1.2 Physical and ballistic evaluation criteria and measurements are confined to the laboratory and test ange conditions only. The data generated are strictly valid for comparison under same conditions of test.

1.3 This standard does not cover the threats from knives, sharply pointed instruments and shards, splinters and fragments from the hand grenades. These aspects may be dealt with in other standards.

1.4 This standard covers only the basic design of bullet resistant jackets and provides guidelines with respect to their evaluation. Specific requirements in terms of protection area of the body, accepted weight penaltyof the jackets, threat perception, operating conditions, etc, are entirely dependent upon the user/purchaser. It is strongly recommended that the user works out the size, weight, threat, design factors, maneuverability, protection panels and other aspects before finalizing qualitative requirements.

NOTE - The tests described in the standard have inherent hazards, hence adequate safety norms for personnel and property shall be employed strictly while conducting the tests.

2. References

The standards listed in Annex A contain provisions which through reference in this text, constitute provisions of this standard. At the time of publication, the editions indicated were valid. All standards are subjected to revision, and parties to agreements based on this standard are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent editions of the standards indicated in Annex A.