Plate Carrier Perun – reliable protection!

The war with the aggressor firmly entered the Ukrainian realities, which made the issue of individual protection of fighters, who daily perform tactical, reconnaissance and combat missions in the east of our country, became especially urgent. In the first year of the conflict, many fighters were injured and passed away only because of the lack of effective static and dynamic armor.

The desire to help the defenders has prompted many Ukrainian producers of tactical clothing and equipment to create a new sample slab with the most lightweight and optimized design. One of the developments presented today in the domestic market is a range of body armors “Plate Carrier Perun” from the brand Velmet Armor System.

The development of plate carriers: from ancient times to nowadays .

The history of personal protection against various kinds of deadly weapons dates back to the time when primitive people began using thick bear hides to protect themselves from clubbing. In the Middle Ages, knights used heavy armor and armor plates, which in the XIX-XX centuries were changed to more advanced, but from this no less severe and uncomfortable steel body armors and helmets. Such armor could protect except that from small splinters, ricochet, pistol bullets. Before the unprecedented power of rifle cartridges, the structures were powerless.

In the middle of the last century, experts of the US defense industry came to the conclusion that about 70% of injuries received on the battlefield are the result of fragmentation. Then, lightweight anti-fragmentation waistcoats were made using nylon, which in time were developed and supplemented with various functional components. Today in modern countries, tactical plate carriers with detachable armored plates are actively used, providing protection of vital organs not only from fragments, but also from aimed shots from automatic weapons.

Overview of the line “Plate Carrier Perun”

Plate Carrier Perun –  which is offering by Ukrainian company Velmet Armor System. Perun 1М – «проба пера» was created by domestic designers, who took the experience from USA and Europe manufacturers and recommendations of  the members of Special Operations Forces, security agencies and combat unites. The quality and reliability of plate carrier with pouches was appreciated by the consumers, and later the Velmet brand was released functional models of the plate carriers, the price of which was lower than the imported analogues.

Modifications of plate carrier: 1М, 2М, 3, 3М, 4SF

Nowadays, Velmet Armor System offers such products for individual protection:

•          Plate Carriers in modification Perun 1M, Perun 2M, Perun 3/3М, Perun 4SF.
  
•          Armored plates, flexible protective elements (in development).
  

Design features:

The key advantages of the first model are light weight (in comparison with standard integral body armor), the ability to adjust the position of the product in accordance with the individual parameters of the fighter, the presence of elements of the Molle system for adding additional pouches, the use of IRR, NIR, TEFLON materials and others meeting to modern military standards .

Perun 2M is supplemented with ventilation inserts, providing maximum comfort for the user in a hot, arid climate. After all, it is important that nothing distracts the soldier from performing tasks.

Plate carrier Perun 3 differs from the first models with a more lightweight design, the presence of damper inserts in the area of shoulder straps, the evacuation loop and elastic chamberbands on the stacks.

The case for plate carrier Perun 4SF is additionally equipped with a compartment for the hydraulic system. In this model the system of fast removal is somewhat modified and improved. On the inner surface there is not a single seam that allows you to operate the product in extreme conditions, with long crossings over rough terrain.

All available plate carriers and pouches on the official site can be bought with delivery to Kiev and other regions of Ukraine. The company cooperates with reliable carriers, which guarantees delivery of consignments of products to the final recipient without risks of damage to the goods during transportation, just in time.

 Materials: fabric, accessories

The original Cordura 500d (nylon fabric with a special weave of threads), which exhibits high abrasion resistance and tensile strength, is used for the production of the Perun 3 and other models of the Plate Carrier Perun line. Impregnation IRR provides the effect of infrared remission (makes the product invisible in infrared light). The low density of the fabric determines the low weight of the individual protection elements produced from it.
Due Emme (2M) fittings and YKK textile fasteners ensure maximum reliability of fixing the functional elements of the product and attaching additional pouches to it. The quality of products of these European brands has long been beyond doubt among experts, manufacturers, end-users of tactical equipment.

Choosing plate carrier: useful recommendations

A body of plate carrier, used in extreme and close to extreme conditions, should meet the following parameters:

•         The low weight and the ability to quickly remove the product (especially relevant in critical, extreme situations), the lack of stiffening movement of the elements.
  
•         Compatibility with the other components of military equipment (war belt, hip platforms, pouches, etc.).
  
•          Universality of the size (the ability to adjust the product in accordance with the individual physiological characteristics of the fighter).
  
•         Equal distribution of load on the spine. The presence of an effective system of ventilation and sweating (important in the performance of tactical and combat tasks in hot, arid regions).
  
•         Reliability and practicality (achieved by applying special methods of joining elements - special seams, glue joints, etc.).
  
•         Modern plate carrier - a kind of transformer, which has little in common with standard models of plate carriers. The last are relevant in the performance of tasks that do not involve high activity. At the same time, representatives of special forces are more suitable for light, versatile, functional plate carrier with the possibility of replacing armored plates and other useful options.
  

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