Body Armour
 

so i was wondering who wears fake body armour, fake plates, real armour etc?? i just picked up a VN flack vest to help fill out my chest rig since im a scronny s*!t and i dont mind it since i wear a flack vest in the reserves im a sucker for punishment, but im curiouse as to what others think or do.

Myself and other like minded airsofters who attempt to achieve historical accuracy in our impressions frequently wear armor carriers to games, I think plastic plates and foam armor are the most commonly used inserts. I don't mind it, others I know do. Think it's one of those things you just have to try before you knock it.

I used to have a woodland flak vest, never wore it though.
I use an OTV at games, foam padding inside, not only for realism but because theres nothing more rigid than a plate carrier to hold all your mags :)

While I don't agree with "Wearing plates because it looks cool" theory, I'll be buying a CIRAS when I get back to Canada in a month, it'll have plates: Plates give the system rigidity which is required for it to fit properly. :)

yeah i kinda bought the flak vest so my stuff would be a lil bit more rigid etc.

Both of my armor vests are real but not because I wanted them that way for airsoft. My Danish flak vest is issue and you can't get anything else like it in non-armor, and my CQB vest has the panels in it back from my Brinks days and I just never bothered to take them out (not like 1000 Cordura would breathe any better without them anyways).

I weir an HSAGI Wasatch with plates. Like the other guys said, plates just make the vest fit better.

I have a friend who has a plate carrier for fake amour. It is multi-cam.

Steel 10X12 IIIa front and back in an Eagle Plate Carrier.

In CQB, I ofter wear a real level IIIA vest under my level III + NIJ plate carrier replica. Why so many, well, the real IIIA is superfluous, but I like how it keep me warm in the winter. I also like the bulk for CQB, since I play assault and need to look/feel big. :D