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So I'm here in Europe and looking into getting a decent stab vest that also has impact protection. They are expensive as fuck, 500 - 700 euroes each, out of my budget at the moment.

So I'm considering the possibility of getting a hard plate carrier + large steel plates. It would provide equal protection if not better at a decent price + will also provide ballistic protection.

Now here is a question, what is the coverage like for the biggest plates available? From what I've seen on the photos, they cover mainly chest area, but lower stomach is exposed. Are there bigger options than that? Also sides would be exposed, I know, but stab vests in general offer very poor side coverage so it wouldn't be a huge difference.

What are your thoughts?

So I'm here in Europe and looking into getting a decent stab vest that also has impact protection. They are expensive as fuck, 500 - 700 euroes each, out of my budget at the moment. So I'm considering the possibility of getting a hard plate carrier + large steel plates. It would provide equal protection if not better at a decent price + will also provide ballistic protection. Now here is a question, what is the coverage like for the biggest plates available? From what I've seen on the photos, they cover mainly chest area, but lower stomach is exposed. Are there bigger options than that? Also sides would be exposed, I know, but stab vests in general offer very poor side coverage so it wouldn't be a huge difference. What are your thoughts?

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[–] • 2 pts

I read through all the comments here and I gotta second what said about chain mail. Not a whole bunch of guns in the EU but cuts and stabbing are very common. Good tight chain mail like you can find at ringmesh.com will protect you from stabbing and slicing. It also offers a bit of blunt force trauma protection.

No matter how big you get steel plates you are always going to have vulnerable spots. Think inside your arms and legs where you have great big arteries, kidneys, lower back area.

[–] • 1 pt

Now you are regressing into how platemail was originally developed, chain most places with plates here and there.

Nothing like EU history NEEDING to repeat itself.