prEN 16448-2

Protective Clothing - Body Armour - Part 2: Bullet resistance, requirements and test methods

Part 2 of this of European Standard contains the performance requirements and test methods for determining the resistance of body armour to impacts by bullets from handguns (pistols and revolvers), and rifles.

Schutzkleidung - Körperschutz - Teil 2: Ballistische Schutzwesten - Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren

Teil 2 dieser Europäischen Norm enthält die Leistungsanforderungen und Prüfverfahren zur Festlegung des Widerstandes von Körperschutz gegen Treffer von Geschossen aus Handfeuerwaffen (Pistolen und Revolver) und Gewehren.

Vêtements de protection - Protection corporelle - Partie 2: Gilets pare-balles - Exigences et méthodes d'essai

La partie 2 de la présente Norme européenne contient les exigences de performance et les méthodes d'essai
permettant de déterminer la résistance d'une protection corporelle (gilet pare-balles) aux impacts de balles tirées
par des armes de poing (pistolets et revolvers) et des fusils.

Varovalna obleka - Neprebojno oblačilo - 2. del: Odpornost proti izstrelkom, zahteve in preskusne metode

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• Publication Date: 29-Sep-2014
• ICS: 13.340.10 - Protective clothing
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 162 - Protective clothing including hand and arm protection and lifejackets
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 162/WG 5 - Resistance to mechanical impact of protective clothing
• Current Stage: 0098 - Decision to abandon - Definition of new project
• Completion Date: 31-May-2018
• Directive: 89/686/EEC - Council Directive 89/686/EEC of 21 December 1989 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to personal protective equipment
• Mandate: M/031 - Standardization mandate to CEN/CENELEC concerning standards for Personal Protective Equipment
• Ref Project: oSIST prEN 16448-2:2012 - Protective Clothing - Body Armour - Part 2: Bullet resistance, requirements and test methods

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
oSIST prEN 16448-2:2012
01-september-2012
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Protective Clothing - Body Armour - Part 2: Bullet resistance, requirements and test
methods
Schutzkleidung - Körperschutz - Teil 2: Ballistische Schutzwesten - Anforderungen und
Prüfverfahren
Vêtements de protection - Protection corporelle - Partie 2: Gilets pare-balles - Exigences
et méthodes d'essai
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 16448-2
ICS:
13.340.10 Varovalna obleka Protective clothing
oSIST prEN 16448-2:2012 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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EUROPEAN STANDARD
DRAFT
prEN 16448-2
NORME EUROPÉENNE

EUROPÄISCHE NORM

June 2012
ICS 13.340.10
English Version
Protective Clothing - Body Armour - Part 2: Bullet resistance,
requirements and test methods
Vêtements de protection - Protection corporelle - Partie 2: Schutzkleidung - Körperschutz - Teil 2: Ballistische
Gilets pare-balles - Exigences et méthodes d'essai Schutzwesten - Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren
This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee CEN/TC 162.

If this draft becomes a European Standard, CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which
stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.

This draft European Standard was established by CEN in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language
made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management
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Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom.

Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are aware and to
provide supporting documentation.

Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without notice and
shall not be referred to as a European Standard.


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© 2012 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. prEN 16448-2:2012: E
worldwide for CEN national Members.

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Contents Page
Foreword .4
1 Scope .6
2 Normative references .6
3 Terms and definitions .6
3.1 General ballistic terms .6
4 Requirements, classifications and test conditions .8
4.1 General .8
4.2 Permitted indentation depth in backing material .8
4.3 Test ammunition to be used for different protection levels .8
4.4 Test conditions and Test Specimen/samples .9
4.5 Number of test shots to make for different protection levels and features .9
4.5.1 Basic tests .9
4.5.2 Additional tests on soft armour .
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