The first obviously is to don my flak jacket.
However, it is much heavier than the normal flak jacket, which continues to be used where mobility and speed of reaction are required.
Was he ordered to pass on his reinforced flak jacket to other troops thought to be more vulnerable?
The purpose of the "flak jacket" is to protect the soldier from the smaller flying fragments of exploding ordnance.
For example, was he ordered to pass on his reinforced flak jacket to others thought to be more vulnerable?
He was wearing a flak jacket.
In the second half of the 15th century, the cuirass was occasionally superseded by the brigandine jacket, the medieval forerunner of the flak jacket.
It has not been necessary to purchase any flak jackets in the last three years.
