Premier Body Armor has just introduced a new 10×15 special threat rifle-rated backpack insert.

Armor panel backpack inserts are a simple but great way to add some defense to your day-to-day life, and Premier Body Armor has just launched a new 10×15-inch special threat rifle-rated backpack insert designed specifically for the most common 5.56x45mm and 7.62x39mm rifle threats.

With a weight of 3.6 pounds and a thickness of just 16mm, the new special threat backpack insert is thinner and lighter than Premier Body Armor’s previous version. It’s designed to fit in most backpack laptop compartments and provides discrete, quiet, all-day protection to anyone who regularly carries a backpack.

While the special threat backpack insert isn’t NIJ-certified, it is optimized to defeat the most common rifle rounds used in crime—5.56x45mm and 7.62x39mm. By ignoring the NIJ RF1 certification requirement for the rarely-seen-in-crime 7.62x51mm round, Premier Body Armor can make a thinner, lighter armor insert that focuses on the two much more common rifle threats. The full test report is available on the product page. The backpack inserts are also multi-hit capable, feature a durable UHMWPE composite construction with a waterproof polyurea coating and they come with a 7-year limited warranty.

Alex Stewart, President of Premier Body Armor, said this about the special-threat backpack insert:

The best armor is the armor you’ll actually carry … By focusing this plate on the most common rifle threats, the AR-type 5.56×45 M193 and the AK-type 7.62×39 MSC, we cut thickness and weight while protecting where it matters most. For people who carry a backpack every day, that tradeoff makes protection a realistic, daily habit.

The Premier Body Armor 10×15 special threat rifle-rated backpack insert has an MSRP of $290 and it’s available now.

For more information, visit premierbodyarmor.com.

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