Bulletproof Bras?
August 7, 2008 by Kristen King
Filed under Women's Health
(www.livelywomen.com) — Reuters reported yesterday that policewomen in Germany are being issued special bras to go with their bulletproof vests.
“There was a slight safety risk for women wearing normal bras with metal parts underneath a bullet-proof vest,” a police spokesman in the northern city of Hanover said.
“If the vest is hit by a projectile, this can have an impact on the metal bit in the bra underneath and cause injuries.” (source)
The thing about bulletproof vests is that you will still feel the impact of the bullet — it just shouldn’t enter your body. So if you’re wearing an underwire bra and the bullet hits right where the underwire is, the indentation in the vest can cause the underwire to hurt you.
The bras themselves aren’t bulletproof, but they make the bulletproof vests more effective by not causing secondary injury. I never would have thought of that, but I’m sure glad someone did! And I bet these ladies are, too.
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