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Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b
In the 1983, in Basic, we were shown a Soviet body armor vest that was basically canvas with fiberglass-stiffened cotton with additional pockets for additional fiberglass/cotton or plates. Unfortunately, we weren't able to get more than a cursory look at it. The "Soviet" advisor teaching us said it was captured in Angola a few years before that.
(I say "Soviet" because I don't believe he was really Soviet.)
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When I went through Benning in '89, we had a similar drill, but I don't recall any body armor. Unfortunately for them, the guy pretending to be a Soviet defector didn't speak any Russian (my major in college) and the Cuban dissident was called out by all of the Puerto Ricans sitting near me as being one of their own based on his accent. Good times though, LOL!
