Undervest protection for 197X Soviet body armor vest ZHZT-71 (1971-1993)

Price $450 (item number: #942)

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A unique LOT is offered to your attention.
Undervest protection for bulletproof body armor vest ZhZT-71, ZhZT-71U.

The rarest original thing.
There is no sale anywhere and most likely you will not find it, since by the end of the 1980s almost all of them had been disposed of.
This thing was worn under the ZhZT-71, ZhZT-71U vests to protect the fighter from injuries since the bulletproof vests of the ZhZT series did not have damper layers.
In 1975, the "PZh" (vest) was developed which was added to the kit to the above vests.
In the photo you can see how it was supposed to be used with the ZhZT-71 Vest.
On the fabric you can see the numbers in black paint (these are the codes applied by the manufacturer on all army body armor until the end of 1990).
Collectors hurry! only one and no more!

Body armor history;
It was produced from 1971 until mid-1980.
Body armor ZhZT-71 consists of titanium plates riveted riveted to each other. The vest does not have a deforming layer and weighs about 10 kilograms ("titanium shell in fabric").

The bulletproof vest was modernized in 1975, the production of the ZHZT-71U and ZHZT-71M, equipped with a fabric waistcoat - a "jacket-damper" (a very rare thing now, since subsequently they were all disposed of after the expiration of their use) began.

These vests are now very rare since they have been disposed of a long time ago.
Hurry up the reenactors!
These vests were used in all conflicts of the USSR and the CIS from 1971 to 1993! (Afghanistan, Chechnya, etc.)

The performance characteristics of the bulletproof vest:
The vest provides protection (chest, abdominal cavity and back) from bullets of pistols of the type: 7.62 mm TT, 9 mm Makarov, 9 mm Parabellum, 11.43 mm Colt and hunting shotguns with cartridges equipped with various types of shots, canister;
Protection area - 40.5 dm2;