"NIJ IV is the highest you can go" Body Armor Thread #1

Guys, is this actual armor they are wearing, or some plastic "riot" thing good against fists only? If it's real what is it exactly?

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looks like either plastic or sheet metal
riot shit given to grunts to give them the illusion of protection like their motorcycle helmets with plexiglass bolted to it
could be wrong though

might be a fiberglass-ceramic-fiber-kevlarish mix now that i think about it

I didn't realize how much I needed a ballistic gambeson underneath a boron carbide brigandine coat until now.