PMCI - September 2015

GEAR ON TEST: RED EAGLE
RED EAGLE
PROTECTIVE
VESTS
Red Eagle is a relatively new player in the
tactical business with their main focus
on professional high end tactical textile
products. The founders of Red Eagle come
with the right background from the Israeli
Defense Forces with years of hands on
experience, sweat and blood. Red Eagle
offers tailor-made solutions for varying
threat levels whilst maintaining the highest manufacturing
levels in strict adherence to ISO 9001 international
standards.
Their goal is to harness the cutting edge of technology
to create quality ergonomic products, products that can
save lives, and bring them to the market at the right price.
Red Eagle is active globally, and their products are sold in
the defence/LE markets and as of now they are starting
to go more and more actively into the civilian market by
collaborating with dealers and a brand new web-shop.
Red Eagle offers a line of protective vests, the result of a
long and expensive development process in collaboration
with another Israeli company that managed to develop
unique armoured plates made from Aramid fibres and
Polyethylene.
Up until now and in relation to the U.S. standard of
the Ministry of Justice (NIJ Standard – 0101.06) protection
shields have been divided into two main groups; one
group falls under the category of ‘Soft Armour’ while the
other falls under the category of ‘Hard Armour’ whilst each
category has several sub categories and levels of protection
in relation to various weapons.
forces use ceramic plates which have the down-side of
them being extremely heavy which leads to a lack of
flexibility. This in turn makes it more difficult to move in
the field and sometimes negates the purpose of the user
being more protected.
To stop handgun bullets Red Eagle use protective plates
and elastic components made of special fabrics, such as
PROTECTION LEVELS
For example, in the ‘Soft Armour’ category you will find
protection levels II- IIIA which represents protection against
bullets projected from firearms like the .375” Magnum,
9mm and .44” Magnum with muzzle velocity of 352 m/s
to 448 m/s; the top of this category will protect against
most pistols and SMG’s.
In the ‘Hard Armour’ category you will find protection
levels III- IV which represents protection against bullets
projected from 7.62mm and 5.56mm calibre firearms with
muzzle velocity of 710m/s to 955m/s; this kind of fire will
come from an assault rifle or a light machine gun.
Now, to stop 7.62mm assault rifle projectiles, defence
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