Modular Tactical Vest

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Modular Tactical Vest is a new American body armor, originally adopted by the United States Marine Corps in 2006. The MTV was designed as a solution to shortcomings in the current, decade-old Interceptor body armor and was selected after a rigorous proposal and examination process by the Marine Corps. The MTV provides better protection levels than the Interceptor system, although it uses the same Small Arms Protective Insert plates. The MTV weighs 30 pounds; three more than an Interceptor, but is designed to more effectively distribute its weight throughout the wearer's torso. The Navy also ordered 28,364 MTVs in August 2008. After conducting a survey of more than 1,000 Marines and finding that a majority of the Marine Corps had been overall highly satisfied with the MTV, in January 2009 the Marine Corps announced that it would be making some modifications to the MTV to improve comfort, mobility and safety.

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Modular Tactical Vest is a new American body armor, originally adopted by the United States Marine Corps in 2006. The MTV was designed as a solution to shortcomings in the current, decade-old Interceptor body armor and was selected after a rigorous proposal and examination process by the Marine Corps. The MTV provides better protection levels than the Interceptor system, although it uses the same Small Arms Protective Insert plates. The MTV weighs 30 pounds; three more than an Interceptor, but is designed to more effectively distribute its weight throughout the wearer's torso. The Navy also ordered 28,364 MTVs in August 2008. After conducting a survey of more than 1,000 Marines and finding that a majority of the Marine Corps had been overall highly satisfied with the MTV, in January 2009 the Marine Corps announced that it would be making some modifications to the MTV to improve comfort, mobility and safety.