Individual Protection Suit (IPS), manufactured by Shchelkovskaya Silk-Weaving Factory (CJSC), provides protection for the operator, performing the bomb disposal, from blast threat (excess pressure of air blast, fragmentation impacts, as well as bullet-proof protection) at the ambient temperature from -40°C to +40°C.
IPS provides the following protection of the operator:
1. Frontal protection:
2. Back protection:
IPS reduces the probability of injury of operator, caused by all blast threats, which occur during the explosion of unjacketed filler with the weight of 1.5 kilogram TNT equivalent at a distance of not less than 2 m.
COMPONENTS:
S2 protection level - fragment imitator at the speed of V50% (steel ball with a weight of 1.05 g.)
Conventional size | Protection area, dm2 not less than | Total mass of Individual Bomb Disposal Suit carried by the operator, kg, not more than | |||||
Protection from penetration of fragments according to S2 protective structure level, consisting of: | Panels front/groin | ||||||
Jacket with throat protector | Trousers | Overboots | Shorts | Gloves | |||
1 (96-104) | 199.0 | 80.0 | 10.5 | 49.0 | 7.5 | 10.5/10.5 | 36.1 |
2 (104-116) | 202.0 | 89.0 | 38.7 |
The body armor is additionally equipped with: |
Protection area (dm2 ), not less than |
Fabric protective barriers |
Weight, not more than (kg) |
Throat protector (removable) |
5.0 |
IIIA NIJ |
0.40 |
Groin protector (removable) |
5.0 |
IIIA NIJ |
0.35 |