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To: C19fan

Our armored crewmembers still wear Nomex balaclavas to protect from flash fires...

...which is really just an update of a concept that goes back to the very first tank crews in WWI who wore chain mail veils to protect from spalling...

10 posted on 05/01/2012 9:32:39 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)

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To: Joe 6-pack

What is spalling?

12 posted on 05/01/2012 10:30:39 AM PDT by ops33 (Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))

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