Following up on our earlier post about the Razor armor, Armor Express has also released the Vortex™ Body Armor and the ARA-Shock ICW Plates.
The Vortex is a Level IIIA armor that at only 1.12 lbs and .21″ thick, weighing 10% less than a Quantum panel and 7% less than a Halo, but can still pass a V50-.44 at 1651 ft/s with only a 37.1mm back face signature (44mm is allowed).
The Vortex, Razor and the ICW plates are all available at On Duty Gear, provided you are a First Responder or Military personnel.
Armor Express Vortex
The new Vortex™ body armor offers users the combined characteristics of strength, comfort, and performance that Kevlar® brand products have been delivering for decades. Vortex™ armor comes standard with a Revolution™ carrier and a 5″ x 8″ Ara-Shock™ ICW armor plate.
The Vortex™ consists of 100% Dupont® Kevlar® brand fibers using Armor Express’ Comfort Craft stitching technique.
ARA-Shock ICW Plates
Upgrade your level II or IIA soft armor up to level IIIA ballistic protection. This semi rigid armor plate is only 0.18″ thin!
The SureFire Fury isn’t really new, but it sure is an amazing light… the 500 lumens was almost blinding for a light of it’s small size. It is just an all around well planned and well built light.
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Unfortunately, we didn’t get to play around with the 2211 Wristlight, but we did get some new information on it. We already knew the 2211 will turn on and off as you draw your weapon or flick your wrist. The cool feature is that it is programmable… allowing you to set it up for your on/off movement preferences and brightness in advance. We are really looking forward to this one.
Starting today, we have updated our Blauer ArmorSkin items with the current pricing and will be taking preorders on them. The ArmorSkin items are scheduled to ship in May.
The SureFire X400 combines a brilliant white light with a bright red laser aiming device in one WeaponLight. A high-efficiency LED generates 170 lumens of brilliant white light focused by a Total Internal Reflection (TIR) lens to produce a tight beam with good reach and significant surround light for peripheral vision. The LED has no filament to burn out or break and generates tactical-level light?enough to overwhelm an aggressor’s night-adapted vision?for 2.4 hours per set of batteries. The 5-milliwatt, 635 nanometer laser sight, located below the primary light, is nearly twice as bright and much more visible than the nearest competitor. The laser’s adjustment mechanism uses Nylok®screws that won’t back out from the effects of recoil, which means it rarely needs to be re-zeroed. The white light/laser combination makes the X400 effective in close- to medium-range engagements, ideal for law enforcement, military, and self-defense use. The high-strength aerospace aluminum body is Mil-Spec hard anodized for superior toughness and corrosion resistance, and is O-ring and gasket sealed to make it weatherproof. The X400 comes with two adapter wedges permitting rapid attachment to and removal from either Universal or Picatinny rails. An ambidextrous push/toggle switch provides one-finger operation for either momentary or constant-on operation, and a mode switch allows you to select white light only, white light + laser, laser only, or system disable. Optional pistol grip switches permit operation with the top grip finger, leaving the index finger free to operate the handgun trigger. Other switches are available for operating the X400 when attached to a long gun. Some firearms may require an adapter mount.Click herefor reference.
