9 Best Plate Carriers (2023 Update) Buyer’s Guide

The plate carrier provides frontline protection against ballistic threats ranging from small caliber handguns to high-powered rifles.

In recent years the plate carrier has quietly gone from a specialty item, used in only the most extreme circumstances, to must-have survival kit for military and police personnel, private security officers, politicians, celebrities and average citizens.

The number and variety of plate carriers on the market today is vast and ranges from discrete accessories that slip under your business suit, to feature-rich vests worn externally by soldiers patrolling the mountains of central Asia. (more…)