The PPSS Group, based at Knaresborough in North Yorkshire, in the UK has launched the world?s first slash resistant combat shirt made out of 100 per cent Cut-Tex PRO, the high-performance knitted fabric for the protective wear sector. Cut-Tex PRO is described as a combination of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene and other technical fibres produced on special, high-density knitting machines.
Up to now, the technology has mainly found applications in the glove sector. However, following a number of well-documented edged weapon related assaults on homeland security professionals in many countries around the globe, UK-based PPSS Group have launched the slash resistant combat shirt.
UBAC (Under Body Armour Combat) shirts are usually being manufactured using a range of specialist materials, including lightweight, moisture wicking and breathable fabric, and are usually worn alongside the very latest in body armour systems, assault clothing and webbing.
PPSS Group?s UBAC shirt is different. It is offering comfortable and truly exceptional cut protection around the arm area, side of torso, neck and throat area, protecting four key arteries from laceration, subsequent rapid blood loss and potential subsequent death.
Even whilst wearing the most modern type of bullet or stab resistant vests, the areas harbouring the extremely vulnerable radial artery, brachial artery, carotid artery, as well as axillary artery will remain exposed and vulnerable.
This new slash resistant UBAC shirt is ideal for law enforcement professionals, SWAT teams, prison and security officers, as well as civil enforcement officers operating within a higher risk environment.