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A primer on Ballistic Resistant Armor There are two major forms of body armor with five levels or ratings. These forms are either hard plates of soft flexible armor. The five levels or ratings are level IIA, II, IIIA, III, and IV. Each level provides some measure of protection and, inversly, some measure of limited mobility. Police officers wearing a vest under their uniform shirt often sacrifice higher levels of protection for greater mobility. This is due to the lower likelihood of a police officer facing off against an armed rifleman shooting an AK. Soldiers, on the other hand, of