A textile protective clothing unit having protection against splinters and fragments and/or having a ballistic protection function, preferably having a protection function against splinters or fragments caused by explosion, wherein the protective clothing unit comprises or consists of at least one textile protective clothing item with a protective function against splinters or fragments caused by explosion, wherein the protective clothing item is designed such that the protective clothing item under the influence of an explosion and/or under a ballistic effect, while being hit by primary splinters or primary fragments, at least in sections or regions, preferably over at least substantially the entire surface of the protective clothing item, at least substantially does not release or form any secondary splinters or secondary fragments and/or such that the protective clothing item, at least in sections and/or regions, preferably over at least substantially the entire surface of the protective clothing item, at least substantially does not comprise any components or elements releasing or forming secondary splinters or secondary fragments, wherein the protective clothing item comprises at least one separating or opening device for opening the protective clothing item in sections, wherein the separating or opening device at least substantially does not comprise any components or elements releasing or forming secondary splinters or secondary fragments, and wherein the separating or opening device is optically or visually different from the protective clothing item, wherein the separating or opening device is incorporated or integrated into the protective clothing item, wherein the separating or opening device comprises at least a first separating or opening means and at least a second separating or opening means (3"), wherein the first separating or opening means and the second separating or opening means (3") interact to provide a closed and/or connected state of the separating or opening device, wherein the first separating or opening means on the one hand and the second separating or opening means (3") on the other hand, each comprise a plurality of connecting or receiving elements for receiving or guiding at least one closure or opening element, wherein the connecting or receiving elements are designed in the form of hollow elements and wherein the connecting or receiving elements comprise or consist of at least one material that is designed to be flexible or pliable, wherein the material is selected from the group consisting of soft plastics, gums, rubbers, silicones, textile materials and combinations thereof, wherein the separating or opening device comprises at least one closure or opening element for connecting the first separating or opening means to the second separating or opening means (3"), wherein the closure or opening element comprises or consists of a material designed to be flexible or pliable, wherein the material of the closure or opening element is selected from the group consisting of soft plastics, gums, rubbers, silicones, textile materials and combinations thereof, and wherein the closure or opening element is a thread, yarn, rope or cord, and wherein, in the closed state of the separating or opening device, the connecting or receiving elements of the first separating or opening means are alternatively or alternately connected or joined together with the connecting or receiving elements of the second separating or opening means (3") of the closure or opening element.