CHS Female Guardsmen pack

[eldargal]

Sure:
[url]http://www.bodyarmornews.com/body-armor-news/women-body-armor.htm[/url]
[url]http://www.dailyglow.com/female-military-uniforms-get-feminine-makeover-0424.html[/url]
[url]http://www.military.com/news/article/army-news/army-works-to-tweak-female-body-armor.html[/url]
[url]http://www.peaceopstraining.org/theses/carbone.pdf[/url]
I can't find the one about male body armour on female soldiers not dispersing the impacts from shots properly though, not sure where that has got to, had it bookmarked.
There is also this, written by a female soldier:
[url]http://www.soldiergeek.com/milblog/2011/4/24/better-body-armor-for-female-soldiers.html[/url]

I too have friends who are female soldiers, I've also kitted up myself when my brothers were in the Army. I also do historical reenactment in full plate to a far higher standard than 99% of SCA groups. When you are a different shape it is very difficult to get armour that is made to fit which doesn't look feminine. To be fair some of the male gothic harnesses acted like a corset so it is less noticeable but it is still there.

(Most) Women are a different shape and have different proportions to men, and it shows.


Because the body armour they are wearing was designed for men

Do a simple image search for "female body armor." Look around at any sort of forum dedicated to that sort of thing. Female physiology isn't visible from the surface layers of pretty much any type of significant body armor. (If you're talking just a simple kevlar vest, then yes, that's a different matter, but Flak is much more akin to the full-body armors worn by the military and riot police. Unless you're a Catachan, in which case it's a sleeveless vest and a bandanna.)