Officer Safety Items

A bit of hype in the actual description.

Officer Safety Items: "BODY ARMOR DEFEATING HANDGUN

On 10/15/04, the Trumbull Police Dept seized a FN Herstal pistol model #57 in 5.7mm caliber loaded with 5.7 x 28mm rounds. This is a relatively new caliber which was specifically designed to defeat body armor, according to the company's website. The 5.7x28 mm round currently comes in four variants, which are the ss190ap, the l191 tracer, the SB sub-sonic and the ss1902 duty/training ball ammunition. The ss190ap ammunition is advertised as being able to penetrate 48 layers of Kevlar at 50 meters when fired from the model 57 pistol; however tests revealed that the ss192 training ammo also penetrated one panel of a Threat Level 2 vest and nearly exited the second panel at a range of seven yards. A recent article in a police magazine indicated that the ss190ap round penetrated completely through 2 overlapped Threat Level 2 vests. Sales of this weapon in the U.S. have increased tremendously according to the manufacturer.

Description:This may be the closet thing to a laser gun! It's the new Five-SeveN IOM from FN Herstal. It features a new caliber 5.7X28mm SS192 which reaches over 2100FPS. FN says this gun has little or no recoil so you can stay on target. The IOM is a single action and has an ambidextrous safety, fully adjustable rear sight, three 10 rd mags, and cleaning kit. It�s made of a very light polymer and easy to take down for cleaning.


Information provided by Craig Furey. "