The primary component of the armour is the plate carrier vest, an all encompassing armour designed to protect the torso of the user. This consists of a fabric vest, designed to carry defensive plate inserts. The outer vest in manufactured from a high strength fibre, descended from Aramid. Lightweight and extremely flexible, this material is resistant to abrasion, resistant to heat, non-flammable and provides limited protection against glancing blows and shrapnel. It carries several dozen modular webbing grids for mounting exterior equipment, such as extra armour, or pouches. It has a number of these on the front, rear and side facing panels. The vest carries a number of internal pouches, allowing it to mount internal ceramic plating, intended to stop munitions. It carries two plates on the