Backpack with ballistic insert

A backpack comprising:

• a compartment exhibiting a compartment opening;
• a flap that can be moved between a closed position in which it closes the compartment opening and first and second open positions in which it leaves the compartment opening open after swinging over from the closed position towards the back and front of the compartment, respectively;
• a ballistic protection shield that can be moved, passing through the compartment opening and over the head of a backpack wearer, from a storage position in which it is accommodated in the inside of the compartment to a deployed position in which it protects the torso of the backpack wearer;
• and
• shield straps linking the shield to the compartment capable of suspending the shield in the deployed position,
• the backpack defining a passage between the edge of the compartment opening and the flap in the closed position and comprising a pull-type handle fixed to the shield and projecting to the outside of the compartment by way of this passage when the shield is in the storage position and when the flap is in the closed position,
• wherein the flap is made at least in part of a ballistic protection material.