A flak jacket is a form of protective clothing originally developed by the Wilkinson Sword company during World War II to help protect Royal Air Force (RAF) air personnel from the flying debris and shrapnel thrown by German anti-aircraft guns' flak (Fliegerabwehrkanone), a type of exploding shell. The jacket consisted of Manganese plates sewn into a waistcoat made of ballistic nylon (a material engineered by the DuPont company); therefore, flak jackets functioned as an evolved form of plate armour. Protective clothing is clothing designed to protect either the wearers body or other items of clothing from hazards such as heat, chemicals and infection. ... Wilkinson Sword is the name given to a brand of mens shaving equipment. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ... A sectioned Shrapnel shell displayed at the Canadian War Museum, Ottawa For other uses, see Shrapnel (disambiguation). ... American troops man an anti-aircraft gun near the Algerian coastline in 1943 Anti-aircraft, or air defense, is any method of combating military aircraft from the ground. ... FLAK was a punk rock side project of members of the band Machinae Supremacy in 2001. ... A shell is a projectile, which, as opposed to a bullet, contains an explosive or other filling, though modern usage includes large solid projectiles previously termed shot (AP, APCR, APCNR, APDS, APFSDS and Proof shot). ... Look up jacket in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... General Name, Symbol, Number manganese, Mn, 25 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 7, 4, d Appearance silvery metallic Atomic mass 54. ... Ballistic nylon is a thick, tough synthetic fabric used for a variety of applications. ... This article is about the DuPont company. ... Gothic armour Plate armour is personal armour made from large metal plates, worn on the chest and sometimes the entire body. ...

Unfortunately, flak jackets proved to be too bulky for wear within the confines of the RAF's standard bomber aircraft, the Avro Lancaster. The Royal Air Force subsequently offered the jackets to the United States Army Air Forces, which adopted them as a Defense Standard. Ultimately, however, the jackets proved to be less effective than hoped, and are now generally considered to be inferior to body armor. A bomber is a military aircraft designed to attack ground targets, primarily by dropping bombs. ... The Avro Lancaster was a British four-engine Second World War bomber aircraft made initially by Avro for the British Royal Air Force (RAF). ... The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) was a part of the U.S. Army during World War II. The direct precursor to the U.S. Air Force, the USAAF formally existed between 1941 and 1947. ... A United States Defense Standard, often called a military standard, MIL-STD, or MIL-SPEC, is used to help achieve standardization objectives by the U.S. Department of Defense. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

In modern usage, the term flak jacket sometimes refers to contemporary bulletproof vests, or to a rib-cage protector worn by a quarterback in American football. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Navy quarterback Aaron Polanco sets up to throw. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ...

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