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Weinberger is the proud inventor of a new nylon "body armor" - a 1/8-in.-thick fabric that holds great promise for wide use in war, law enforcement and industry. According to Davis Air craft Products Inc., the Long Island firm which is producing and developing it, the material is 48% more...
Chopper Armor. As protection against shrapnel, which inflicts 80% of all wartime wounds, U.S. troops now wear 10-lb. nylon felt vests. Davis claims that his 8-lb., all-nylon version wards off not only shrapnel, but also direct hits from small arms up to .38 caliber.
For helicopter pilots, he is also developing a 23-lb. vest (too heavy for infantrymen) with 14 layers; the eighth layer has stopped submachine gun slugs fired from 15 yds. In Viet Nam, helicopters are armored with titanium that stops snipers' .30-cal. bullets at 200 yds. But "any...
Before his latest injury, Davis had been developing well in the Patriots preseason practice at Andover. "He was quick and agile," said Boston defensive line coach Jesse Richardson about the six-foot-six 235-pound bruiser. "It's too bad that his injury set him back so that I never...
While at Harvard, Davis led the defensive pass rush for two years from his tackle position. The Patriots, however, switched him to end where his speed and size would be more effective.