Trauma Plate

A trauma plate, also known as a trauma pack, is a plate that is an add-on component/insert to a ballistic vest. Its primary purpose is to absorb and disrupt the kinetic energy of a bullet impact and reduce the blunt trauma transferred to the wearer of the vest. Trauma plates typically, also enhance ballistic value(how "bulletproof" it is) to the part of the vest that they are positioned behind.

Trauma plates are most commonly found in a pocket behind the front ballistic panel of a vest and positioned in the center of the chest. Some vests feature plate pockets in the back of the vest as well as the front. Some advanced tactical and demolition vests accommodate a multitude of trauma plates. Unique, high-end vests, like Dragon Skin(body armor), do away with traditional trauma plates and integrate, interlinked, miniature trauma plates as scale mail, to significantly enhance their vests' overall ballistic rating, while maintaining flexibility.

Shapes and Sizes

Trauma plates can be found in a variety of sizes and shapes. The most common shapes are rectangle, rounded rectangle and irregular hexagon.

In concealed vests(vests worn under a shirt), the trauma plates are most commonly 5" by 8", with variants including 5" by 7", 5" by 9", 6" by 8", and 6" by 9". Thickness(depth) varies based on material and application but rarely exceeds 1/4".

In tactical vests, worn as outerwear, the trauma plates are most commonly 10" by 12" with some variation depending on the vest. Thickness varies, depending on material and application, but rarely approaches 1/2".

In specialized/military-grade vests, a considerable portion of the vest is made up of rigid, trauma-plate like inserts. Since they are an essential part of the vest, they are NOT typically considered the same as trauma plates and are typically referred to as inserts, much like the aramid ballistic inserts found in concealed, duty, and tactical vests. SAPI vests are an example of these types of vests. In most SAPI based vests/carriers, the inserts make for most of the ballistic rating of the vest, and are therefore designed to provide maximum coverage, with inserts that are shaped to fit the carrier and have different sizes dependent on the sizing of the vest.

Materials

Most trauma plates are made of a combination of materials. The following categories denote the primary material used in different plate packages.

Metal

Most metal trauma plates are made primarily of steel or titanium. Aluminium and various alloys also exist. Metal trauma plates are typically considered the best for reducing blunt trauma, thanks to the conductive traits of the material.

There are stories of bullets sliding or bouncing off of metal trauma plates and injuring the wearer(shots deflected off the chest and hitting the head). As of this writing, stories of such claims are unverified and unlikely, as the trauma plate is typically positioned behind the aramid fabric/panels of the vest, and the likeliness of a bullet passing through the fabric, ricocheting, and passing through more aramid fabric is very unlikely. However, to address this fear, many metal plates are encased in special materials designed to trap the bullet and/or its fragments.

Ceramic

Ceramic plates, typically composed of boron carbide or near variants, are very popular in military application. These materials offer very high ballistic value. However, they do not do very well at dispersing blunt trauma. As a result they are often backed with materials like aramid fabrics, high density plastics, and/or metals.

Fabric

Often called, Soft trauma plates, these are flexible plates that typically do little to reduce trauma. They are typically composed of layers of aramid fabrics, similar to, if not the same as the material found in the vest. They may also include thin sheets of metal or ultra high molecular weight polyethylene(UHMWPE) to add stiffness and some trauma protection.

Plastic

Multi-layered sheets/plates of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene(UHMWPE) can provide an added ballistic enhancement equal to or even greater than metal plates with less weight. With these, there is the cost of less trauma reduction and the improbable but possible risk of fracture.

UHMWPE can be strewn into a thread when made, and woven into a fabric that competes in strength, flexibility, and weight to modern aramid fabrics, and may pose as an alternate material in future vests.

Nanomaterials

Proposed to be the future for both trauma plates and anti-ballistic fabrics, carbon nanotube and nanocomposite materials offer a new strength to weight ratio that exceeds current materials. For further information on these materials as applied to ballistics, please visit the section on ballistic vest nanomaterials in ballistics. Though nanotechnology processes are used to enhance modern ballistic materials, no "nanomaterials" are currently available in commercial products.

Special Threat Plates

Special threat plates(STP), also known as multi-threat, special purpose, rifle, and special application plates, are plates that have a notably higher ballistic rating(NIJ standard) than the vest. There is no standard for materials or ballistics for these plates, though most meet the NIJ Standard for armor type III. Many of these plates are made of a combination of materials, like ceramic on plastic, plastic on metal, etc.

Some manufacturers use these labels more for marketing, than really offering enhanced protection.

References

Ballistic Resistance of Body Armor NIJ Standard-0101.06
Wikipedia.org - Ballistic Vest
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