Body Armor

A deltoid protector for use in a body armor system of the kind having a vest front armored panel, a vest back armored panel, arm openings and a pair of upper arm and shoulder protectors for location on a wearer's upper arms and shoulders at the arm openings, the deltoid protector comprising:

• (a) a front armored deltoid protector;
• (b) a back armored deltoid protector;
• (c) the front armored deltoid protector shaped to cover the location on a wearer between a front edge of an arm opening and the shoulder and upper arm protector;
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• (d) the back armored deltoid protector shaped to cover the location on a wearer between a back edge of an arm opening and the shoulder and upper arm protector.

In an armored vest of the kind including an armored front panel and an armored back panel, the improvement comprising:

• (a) a hydration pouch pocket having an opening for exposing a closure for filling a contained hydration liquid pouch, and gusseted sides and bottom allowing the pocket to bellow outward when containing a pouch filled with liquid and to lie flat against the armored back panel when empty;
• (b) a flap attached to the armored back panel above the pocket and sufficiently long to hang down over and covering the opening;
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• (c) interacting fasteners on the armored back panel exterior back surface and an interior surface of the flap to secure the flap in place close to the exterior back surface.

A body armor system including:

• (a) a vest having:
• (i) an armored front panel;
• (ii) an armored back panel;
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• (iii) an adjustable shoulder strap subsystem for suspending the armored front and back panels from a wearer's shoulders including at each vest shoulder location:
• (A) a front shoulder strap secured to the armored front panel;
• (B) a back shoulder strap secured to the armored back panel;
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• (C) connecting provisions on the front and back shoulder straps providing interconnection between the front and back shoulder straps at a plurality of combined lengths of the interconnected front and back shoulder straps affording fit adjustment of the vest.