10 to 10.5 KG iirc. Army is seeking level III+ vests to defeat steel core ammunition at 8 Kgs. This is far more stringent than GSAQR 1438 which was the base to formuate the IS Code: 17051:2018 to be used henceforth for certification of BPJ. As per the IS code, the jackets would have to weigh 9.68 Kgs or lighter for a medium sized jacket. DRDO was working with IIT Delhi to bring the weight around 7.5 KGs. Similarly BARC designed Bhabha Kavach is 9.5 Kgs for level IV.Prem Kumar wrote:What's the weight of the SMPP jackets? Per news reports, they offered protection at NIJ Level III+ (capable of stopping AK-47 steel core rounds)Thakur_B wrote:https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/natio ... ops-253773
IA to procure 50,000 Bullet proof jackets., In a mix of NIJ level III (8KG) and Level IV (10KG).
This seems to be a relatively small procurement to test the waters with newer standards for BPJ as the previous order for 1.86 Lac BPJ to SMPP is still under delivery.
So this seems to be testing the waters for next round of procurement.