Marines Give Modular Tactical Vest (MTV) Thumbs Down
02.27.2008 at 10:34pm
FOX News is reporting that Marine Commandant General James Conway is heeding his combat Marines’ advice by ordering a halt to the rest of an unfilled order of Protective Products International’s Modular Tactical Vest (MTV).
The Pentagon and Marine Corps authorized the purchase of 84,000 bulletproof vests in 2006 that not only are too heavy but are so impractical that some U.S. Marines are asking for their old vests back so they can remain agile enough to fight.
Marine Commandant Gen. James Conway wants to know who authorized the costly purchase of the nearly 30-pound flak jackets…
Body Armor Wars in the Marine Corps – Herschel Smith, The Captain’s Journal
