Major Anoop Mishra developed bullet-proof jacket Sarvatra to develop his bulletproof jacket the day hit by a stray bullet during an operation. Mishra hit by a ball on his coat during deployment in Jammu and Kashmir. The Indian Army officer stressed that the full-body protection jacket could withstand a sniper bullet from even 10 meters. The jacket developed at the College of Military Engineering in Pune and can provide full-body protection against sniper rifle bullets.
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The officer awarded the Army Design Bureau Excellence Award by Army Chief General Bipin Rawat at the Army Technology Seminar for indigenously developing the bullet-proof jacket. The sniper attacks the Line of Control and Kashmir valley the full-body protection be provided to the soldiers. The jacket tried and tested by the Infantry at their test facilities. Indian Army expected to issue a tender for these full-body protection bullet-proof jackets, which would be produced by one of the selected Indian defence industry partners.
