>>64269529
>Rifle rounds smoke straight through most materials
Soft armor yes, hard armor no. Anon was referring to how magazines in front of hard plates able to defeat various rifle rounds would affect performance.
Pre-fragmentation would be excellent for the armor because it disrupts the penetrator going in, leaving less "work" for the ceramic strike face to do. Since catching fragments is also the job of the plate's composite backer, that takes some load off the backer too. This depends entirely on the ammunition and armor, but is one of many reasons why I'd think the v50 would be somewhat raised. Depends entirely on the round and armor in play.
>I feel like frag has enough saturation
Depends on the threat. If it's large preformed or tungsten fragmentation from artillery shells, special grenades, or drone-carried munitions then it'll pierce most soft armor anyway.
What matters with armor is shielding the parts that cannot be attended to with available medical care.
>schizos will wear sometimes backpacks on their torsos in shootouts with cops
Usually they'll include a toilet seat cover in front of a phone book or something similar in a ridiculous ersatz attempt to emulate a ceramic-composite plate.
>>64269342
These are similar to the torso plates. 0101.03-era, made in 1999, rated to NIJ Level III. While the material is different from the PE torso plates, these will likely get creamed by M855 all the same. However, the rating is well north of virtually all pistol threats (you'd have to get real fancy with something like 5.7 SS190 out of a PS90 or 9x19mm DM91 out of a G40 or longer barrel) and you can't beat that price. Hell I'll go in for some.
>pic unrelated, some dude is selling 2018-dated Ceradyne plates meant to boost the Crye Blast Belt up to 7.62x39mm BZ API.