Major Anoop Mishra develops World’s First Bulletproof Helmet against AK-47 bulletsTop Stories

February 10, 2020 13:23
Major Anoop Mishra develops World’s First Bulletproof Helmet against AK-47 bullets

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An Indian army Major has developed a helmet which is claimed to be a bulletproof helmet against AK-47 bullets. It has been claimed that the bulletproof helmet that has been developed can stop an AK-47 bullet round from a distance of ten meters.

Major Anoop Mishra has developed this bulletproof helmet under the project Abhedya. It has also been said that the Major Anoop Mishra has also earlier developed a bulletproof jacket for protection against sniper bullets known as Sarvatra in the year 2019.

The Major is a part of the Indian Army’s College of Military Engineering and paved a way into the development of bulletproof jackets after he had received gunshots on his vintage bulletproof jacket.

Major Anoop Mishra had been hit by a bullet in the year 2014 while he was serving in the Kashmir valley. He has been Being lucky enough as the bullet has hit his armour plate and he has survived the attack.

Around 50,000 bulletproof jackets have been acquired through the Revenue route for the Indian Army during the years 2016- 2017. The conclusion regarding the procurement of 1,86,138 BPJs through Capital route, under Buy (Indian) category has been made in 2018 in the month of April and also another contract of procuring of around 1,58,279 Ballistic Helmet through Capital route had been concluded in December in the year 2016, as informed to Lok Sabha in a written reply in July 2018 by the then Minister of State for Defence, Subhash Bhamre.

The Indian Army’s College of Military Engineering along with a private firm has together developed a gunshot locator which is said to be the cheapest in the world. It has been identified that the gunshot locator will be able locate the exact location of the bullet from the distance of 400 meters.

By Shrithika Kushangi

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