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Saved by LINE-X coated Ballistic Plate
WASHINGTON, April 18, 2005 – Less than a month
ago, Army Spc. Anthony Dowden was shot in the back
with a sniper rifle. But he survived with nothing
more serious than bruises, thanks to a new high-tech
“small-arms protective insert” armored
plate in his ballistic vest. The 22-year-old
tank crewman, deployed from Fort Stewart, Ga.,
was on a routine security patrol here March 22.
After spending some time performing “overwatch”
at a checkpoint, Dowden stood up in his tank’s
turret to get a better look at a young Iraqi man
with what appeared to be an AK-47 rifle.
He soon realized the young man had a pellet gun
and posed no threat.
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