Stab Resistance of Personal Body Armor. NIJ Standard-0115.00

摘要

This document, NIJ Standard-0115.00, Stab Resistance of Personal Body Armor, isan equipment performance standard developed by the Office of Law Enforcement Standards at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in collaboration with the Police Scientific Development Branch (PSDB) in the United Kingdom (UK). It is produced as part of the Law Enforcement and Corrections Standards and Testing Program of the National Institute of Justice. A brief description of the program appears on the inside front cover. This standard specifies the minimum performance requirements for body armor that is resistant to attack by typical pointed and edged weapons; and it describes the test methodology to be used for this assessment. This is the first true United States (U.S.) standard dealing with the threat posed by pointed and edged weapons. This standard is modeled around the 1999 version of the PSDB Stab Resistant Body Armor Test Procedure, and benefits from a number of improvements that were made to that standard. Those improvements, resulting from a large program of work conducted by PSDB, the Royal Military College of Science, and Strathclyde University, are aimed at increasing the realism and reproducibility of the test. The standard provides improved choices to police purchasing units and wearers through the introduction of a number of levels of protection.