Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Inc (KBLB)

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Why use both shock plates and Kevlar???

Mojo, I understand the role of hard shock plates in bullet-resistant vests quite well. What I don't understand is: Why use both Kevlar and the shock plates? Assuming there is some benefit, it is likely the case that the stiff Kevlar fabric serves to translate the impact force laterally and thereby widen the effective impact zone on the shock plate.

Note this is only a conjecture on my part. I'm interested in the physics underlying the situation. That's what I was trying to ask.