page_title: Modular Tactical Vest
section_title: Design
hierarchical_section_title: Modular Tactical Vest / Design
caption_attribution_description: English: w:Modular Tactical Vest broken into its parts
context_page_description: The Modular Tactical Vest is a ballistic vest originally adopted by the United States Marine Corps in 2006. The MTV was designed as a solution to shortcomings in the current, decade-old Interceptor Body Armor and was selected after a rigorous proposal and examination process by the Marine Corps. The MTV provides better protection levels than the IBA, although it uses the same Small Arms Protective Insert plates. The MTV weighs 30 pounds, three pounds more than the IBA, but is designed to more effectively distribute its weight throughout the wearer's torso. The Navy also ordered 28,000 MTVs in August 2008.
context_section_description: The MTV includes the following features:
  Quick-release system to remove the vest in emergencies, meant to help corpsmen get to an injured Marine's body. Troops complained that the pull string got caught on equipment and the MTV would accidentally fall off in the middle of battle.
  Greater coverage of the lower back, side torso, and shoulders.
  Integrated side SAPI pouches.
  Integrated channels for communications wiring.
  Rifle bolster to assist in seating the wearer's rifle.
  Same modular PALS webbing as the Interceptor.
  A changed closure system. This was intended to be an improvement, but some wearers have complained that it takes too long to put on because the vest slips over the head. An updated version of the MTV is currently in production to address these issues.
  The vest is donned and doffed using a hook-and-pile "cummerbund," which fastens around the waist, and a buckle atop each shoulder. Some users have complained that the vest is more time-consuming to don (especially with a full combat load attached) when compared to the Interceptor's single hook-and-loop flap.
  The quick-release system was designed in response to concerns that the Interceptor was difficult for medical personnel to remove from incapacitated troops, and in some cases had to be cut off. When pulled firmly, a cord at the bottom of the vest causes the cummerbund  to separate into two pieces. The shoulder buckles can then be unfastened and the vest removed in pieces, with no need to change the casualty's body position.
caption: An MTV broken down into its basic components
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