Abstract: Body armor includes a panel having a front, an opposed back, left and right sides, and a top and opposed bottom. The panel is constructed from multiple layers, including a rigid sheet of metal and a spall lining. The spall lining envelopes the rigid sheet of metal in some embodiments. In other embodiments, an adhesive sheet is applied to the rigid sheet of metal, and an aramid fiber lining is applied to the adhesive sheet. The spall lining envelopes the rigid sheet of metal, the adhesive sheet, and the aramid fiber lining.

Abstract: Body armor includes a panel having a front, an opposed back, left and right sides, top and bottom, and a vertical axis extending through the panel at a location intermediate between the right and left sides. Opposed right and left shoulder cuts are formed in the panel between the right side and the top and between the left side and the top, and the right and left shoulder cuts are asymmetric to each other about the vertical axis. The right and left shoulder cuts are linear edges formed diagonally between the left and right sides and the top, and the right shoulder cut extends further inboard into the panel toward the vertical axis than the left shoulder cut.