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Old 05-19-2007, 20:43 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Triple C View Post
According to professionalsoldiers.com, a forum ran by former special forces operators, SCOM rejected the vest because it cannot stop oblique shots and does not hold up to 7.62x54mm (R) bullets, which is common in Russian medium machine guns.
Not to mention the Dragunov and Al Kadesiah sniper rifles commonly found in Iraq.
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