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Dragon Skin is a type of ballistic vest first-produced by the now-defunct company Pinnacle Armor, and was subsequently manufactured by North American Development Group LLC. [1] The vest manufacturer claimed that it could absorb a high number of bullets because of its unique design involving circular discs that overlapped, similar to scale armor.
The first is that Dragon Skin, despite extensive testing by media outlets, was snake oil. Prior to issuing the ban, the Army purchased 30 sets of Dragon Skin to discover it failed on the second round of their first article testing and did not meet the standard ESAPI requirements.
Dragon Skin. Or: How Not To Make Armor. I remember watching this video from Richard Machowicz's Futureweapons back when it first aired, and since then, people have been asking questions about the Pinnacle SOV family of armor, frequently known as DragonSkin.
Perhaps if it had worked, it might have not been a travesty, but the Dragon Skin concept wasn't even functional as armor. Pinnacle Armor claimed improved multiple-hit performance to ESAPI, and to be a radical improvement in armor concept.
30 mar 2006 · Dragon Skin, produced by Pinnacle Armor Inc., was thought by many to be far superior to Point Blank's Interceptor vest, and soldiers and Marines bound for combat zones began to acquire their own Dragon Skin vests (in some instances, service members' families and friends contributed money to buy the newer style body armor).
Heck, the inventor of Dragonskin is actually in this sub, breaking down the issues with Dragonskin at the time and the company that pushed it (Pinnacle Armor). The advantage of Dragonskin is the flexibility, but Pinnacle tried to push coverage.
The Dragonskin™ body armor is available in various tactical, duty, concealed, and neutral and positively buoyant carrier designs. Ken Hall, CEO of Pinnacle Armor ® said, “Flexible, wearable and effective multiple threat defeating body armor has been a military and law enforcement goal for hundreds of years, and continues to be a major goal ...
