Breeze John, Helliker Mark, Carr Debra J
Academic Department of Military Surgery and Trauma, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Birmingham, UK.
Proc Inst Mech Eng H. 2013 May;227(5):581-7. doi: 10.1177/0954411913478714. Epub 2013 Mar 6.
Ballistic protection for the neck has historically taken the form of collars attached to the ballistic vest (removable or fixed), but other approaches, including the development of prototypes incorporating ballistic material into the collar of an under body armour shirt, are now being investigated. Current neck collars incorporate the same ballistic protective fabrics as the soft armour of the remaining vest, reflecting how ballistic protective performance alone has historically been perceived as the most important property for neck protection. However, the neck has fundamental differences from the thorax in terms of anatomical vulnerability, flexibility and equipment integration, necessitating a separate solution from the thorax in terms of optimal materials selection. An integrated approach towards the selection of the most appropriate combination of materials to be used for each of the two potential designs of future neck protection has been developed. This approach requires evaluation of the properties of each potential material in addition to ballistic performance alone, including flexibility, mass, wear resistance and thermal burden. The aim of this article is to provide readers with an overview of this integrated approach towards ballistic materials selection and an update of its current progress in the development of future ballistic neck protection.
颈部的防弹保护在历史上一直采用附着在防弹背心上的颈圈形式（可拆卸或固定），但现在正在研究其他方法，包括开发将防弹材料融入贴身防弹衣衬衫领口的原型。当前的颈圈采用与背心其余部分的软质防弹衣相同的防弹保护织物，这反映出历史上一直认为仅防弹保护性能是颈部保护最重要的特性。然而，颈部在解剖学脆弱性、灵活性和装备集成方面与胸部存在根本差异，因此在选择最佳材料时需要与胸部采用不同的解决方案。针对未来颈部保护的两种潜在设计，已开发出一种综合方法来选择最合适的材料组合。这种方法不仅需要评估每种潜在材料的防弹性能，还需要评估其灵活性、质量、耐磨性和热负荷等特性。本文旨在向读者概述这种选择防弹材料的综合方法，并介绍其在未来防弹颈部保护开发方面的最新进展。
