{"id":505,"date":"2012-05-04T20:11:25","date_gmt":"2012-05-04T20:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ondutygear.com\/blog\/?p=505"},"modified":"2012-07-17T11:21:50","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T11:21:50","slug":"armor-express-vortex-body-armor-ara-shock-icw-plates-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ondutygear.com\/blog\/armor-express-vortex-body-armor-ara-shock-icw-plates-now-available\/2012\/05\/","title":{"rendered":"Armor Express Vortex Body Armor, ARA-Shock ICW Plates Now Available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following up on our <a href=\"\/blog\/armor-express-razor-passes-nij-testing-now-available-for-sale-at-on-duty-gear\/2012\/05\/\">earlier post<\/a> about the Razor armor, Armor Express has also released the Vortex\u2122 Body Armor and the ARA-Shock ICW Plates.<\/p>\n<p>The Vortex is a Level IIIA armor that at only 1.12 lbs and .21&#8243; 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).<\/p>\n<p>The Vortex, Razor and the ICW plates are all available at On Duty Gear, provided you are a First Responder or Military personnel.<\/p>\n<h2>Armor Express Vortex<\/h2>\n<p>The new Vortex\u2122 body armor offers users the combined characteristics of strength, comfort, and performance that Kevlar\u00ae brand products have been delivering for decades. Vortex\u2122 armor comes standard with a Revolution\u2122 carrier and a 5&#8243; x 8&#8243; Ara-Shock\u2122 ICW armor plate.<\/p>\n<p>The Vortex\u2122 consists of 100% Dupont\u00ae Kevlar\u00ae brand fibers using Armor Express&#8217; Comfort Craft stitching technique.<\/p>\n<h2>ARA-Shock ICW Plates<\/h2>\n<p>Upgrade your level II or IIA soft armor up to level IIIA ballistic protection. This semi rigid armor plate is only 0.18&#8243; thin!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ondutygear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Vortex_FINAL.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-314\" title=\"armor express vortex logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ondutygear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Vortex_FINAL.jpg\" alt=\"armor express vortex logo\" width=\"434\" height=\"104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ondutygear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Vortex_FINAL.jpg 434w, https:\/\/www.ondutygear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Vortex_FINAL-300x71.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ondutygear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/armorexpress-banner.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-195\" title=\"armor express razor\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ondutygear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/armorexpress-banner.jpg\" alt=\"armor express razor\" width=\"600\" height=\"126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ondutygear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/armorexpress-banner.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ondutygear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/armorexpress-banner-300x63.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following up on our earlier post about the Razor armor, Armor Express has also released the Vortex\u2122 Body Armor and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[82,80,81,79,18,140,128,141],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ondutygear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ondutygear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ondutygear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ondutygear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ondutygear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ondutygear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":637,"href":"https:\/\/www.ondutygear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505\/revisions\/637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ondutygear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ondutygear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ondutygear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}