Modular unit of protective clothing, and use thereof

A modular ballistic protective clothing unit with at least one of splinter, stab or cut protection as a protective equipment for the military or civilian sector for subsequent fitting on or putting on over an outer garment,

• wherein the protective clothing unit comprises at least three independent ballistic protective clothing garments each with splinter, stab or cut protection,
• wherein the protective clothing unit comprises the following protective garments:
• (A) an upper body ballistic protective garment with splinter, stab or cut protection;
• wherein the upper body protective garment is formed for ballistic protection of an upper body portion comprising at least the front torso, the front shoulders and the front or side arms, wherein the upper body protective garment comprises at least one textile sheet material having ballistic protection function covering the upper body portion;
• wherein the upper body protective garment is formed free of material at least in regions in the rear region of the torso;
• and
• wherein the upper body protective garment is equipped with at least one fixing element for mounting or fitting the upper body protective garment over an outer garment;
• (B) a ballistic lower body protective garment;
• wherein the lower body protective garment is designed for ballistic protection of a lower body area comprising at least the front upper legs, wherein the lower body protective garment comprises at least one textile sheet material with ballistic protection function covering the lower body area;
• wherein the lower body protective garment is formed free of material at least in regions in the back side region of the upper legs;
• and wherein the lower-body protective garment has, in the rear region of the upper legs, at least one fixing element for subsequent attachment to or fitting of the lower-body protective garment over an outer garment;
• and
• (C) at least one ballistic neck or head protective garment with splinter, stab or cut protection,
• wherein the neck or head protective garment is designed for ballistic protection of a neck or head region, which comprises at least the neck on the front side or the head, wherein the neck or head protective garment has at least one textile sheet material with ballistic protective function, which covers the neck or head region;
• wherein the upper body protective garment, the lower body protective garment and the neck or head protective garment, independently of each other, each have no rigid, hard, fixed, rigid, stiff, and inflexible ballistic protective components in the form of ballistic protective plates, and
• wherein the respective sheet material of the ballistic upper body protective garment, of the ballistic lower body protective garment and of the at least one ballistic neck or head protective garment each comprise at least one textile sheet-like ballistic protective material, wherein the ballistic protective material in the form of a textile knitted consists of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene.