Questions about rigid side panels' usage
Most russian units in the smo never seem to use rigid (mostly ceramic) side panels at all, only soft armor inserts are used. Does anyone have explainations for this? Is it because of their lack of popularity or necessity in an artillery and drone war in ukraine? The unavailability of the plates (like the granit side panels which are likely not in production anymore)? The incompatibility with most plate carriers due to size (all of the side panels in the pictures are around 7 inches high) or the majority of the available ones are just uncertificated/low-quality stuff?
u/TunaDaFish55 — 24 hours ago