Existing comment:
The M-52 Armored Vest:
Based on the results of Operation Boar in 1951, the Marine Corps immediately put an improved version of the doron vest into production. Infantrymen preferred this new vest because its plates provided greater stopping power and better coverage of the torso than other models. In the winter, they also discovered that the vest could keep them warm for hours if the plates were heated in a stove. |