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** In 2006, the US Army banned the use of privately purchased armor (making any deaths while wearing non-approved armor not eligible for certain death benefits), specifically the Dragon Skin, although some elite troops are known to hold on to their Dragon Skin after the ban, prefering it over the standard-issue Interceptor Body Armor.
*** The decision was likely also driven by a nasty collapse of accountability for body armor during the War in Iraq. The upsurge in privately-purchased body armor was driven by a breakdown in the supply of armor in the run-up to the war (the Army switched body armor types ''right'' before the war).
* The term bulletproof comes from the process of bulletproving, that is, [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|proving something resists bullets]] [[Simple Yet Awesome|by shooting at it.]] Specifically seventeenth and eighteenth century arsenals after producing breastplates (still issued to some heavy cavalry units) would fire muskets at them. That is why some of the models in museums have dents; the dent is proof that they have been properly tested (for the rigors of their own time) at the factory.
* In the April 1907 issue of ''Conjurers’ Monthly Magazine'', [[Harry Houdini]] told the story of a 19th-century [[Stage Magician]] who had invented a primitive Bulletproof Vest and used it as part of his act:
{{quote|For the benefit of those who have not heard of this sensational attraction—which was indeed a great novelty for a brief time—I will explain that the man was a German who claimed to possess a coat that was impervious to bullets. He would don this coat and allow anyone to shoot a bullet of any caliber at him. Alas! One day a marksman shot him below the coat, in the groin, and eventually he died from the wounds inflicted. His last request was that his beloved invention should be buried with him. This, however, was not granted, for it was thought due the world that such an invention should be made known. The coat, on being ripped open, was found stuffed or padded with powdered glass.}}
:Houdini later bought the coat. However, the name of its creator appears to be lost to history.
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