Breaking: AR500 Armor Recalls Level III Body Armor
According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, AR500 is recalling its Level III body armor.
This recall involves AR500 Armor Level III body armor, including chest plates, side plates and ABS panels. The black, steel-core body armor is rated for protection against rifle calibers up to 7.62X51 M80 Ball (.308) at 2,800 feet per second. AR500 Armor is printed on a white label on the back side of the armor. Only AR500 Level III body armor with the manufacture date code of February 2016 and March 2016 are included in the recall.
If you have one of these products you can contact AR500 or learn more about the recall below.
AR500 Armor toll-free at 844-887-8824 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. PT Monday through Friday, email at support@AR500armor.com or online at www.ar500armor.com and click on “Safety Recall” for more information.
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Glad I went with Spartan Armor on their ID4 sale this month. Got my plates that week too.
I still think it's criminal that the makers of these plates avoid the subject of 55gr or other fast but extremely common .223 and 5.56 rounds penetrating these kinds of plates by repeating over and over that they 'meet NIJ lvl III specifications' and showing videos of the plates being shot at 25 yards or more.
The NIJ spec sucks and badly needs to be updated because it assumed that 7.62x51 FMJ would be a harder round to stop than 5.56 FMJ. It fails to address differences in capability of different armor materials and specifically fails to test 5.56, which, in some common configurations, is a harder round to stop with some materials.