Defining the essential anatomical coverage provided by military body armour against high energy projectiles

@article{Breeze2016DefiningTE,
  title={Defining the essential anatomical coverage provided by military body armour against high energy projectiles},
  author={Johno Breeze and Eluned A Lewis and R N Fryer and Alan E Hepper and Peter F. Mahoney and Jon C. Clasper},
  journal={Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps},
  year={2016},
  volume={162},
  pages={284 - 290}
}
Introduction Body armour is a type of equipment worn by military personnel that aims to prevent or reduce the damage caused by ballistic projectiles to structures within the thorax and abdomen. Such injuries remain the leading cause of potentially survivable deaths on the modern battlefield. Recent developments in computer modelling in conjunction with a programme to procure the next generation of UK military body armour has provided the impetus to re-evaluate the optimal anatomical coverage… 
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