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Soldiers Test New Body Armor Design Army News Service | Maj. Wayne Marotto | January 25, 2008 BAUMHOLDER, Germany -- For as long as the Army has used Interceptor Body Armor, Soldiers have complained that it is too heavy, too hot and too cumbersome. But those complaints may be a thing of the past for Soldiers in U.S. Army Europe's 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division. Those Soldiers recently donned the Army's newest body armor -- the Improved Outer Tactical Vest. "The IOTV is a lot more comfortable because of the mesh lining inside," said Sgt. Brian Freeman, a tanker with 2nd BCT's 1st Battalion, 35th Armor. "The waist strap also makes it fit better by redistributing the weight off my shoulders and moving it around my waist." Freeman ought to know. He deployed with the 2nd BCT for the first iteration of Operation Iraqi Freedom carrying woodland camouflage pattern IBA. "We didn't even get small arms protection insert plates until the...
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