I've been searching threads on body armor and protection and such. Some of them are pretty helpful, but I came across the equipment page of marines.com, it's worth the look if you want to get a good idea of what a well dressed prepper could look like in the case of a combat situation. It lists everything a soldier is equipped with, but doesn't get down to specifics, names of equipment, grade of armor, who makes it. It tells about the type of vest they wear as well as what caliber of rounds it can protect against, but it seems like the soldiers in the pictures are wearing more than what is in the description. he appears to be wearing a neck guard, some kind of shoulder pads, etc. Wear can I find this equipment for sale? What else is a marine equipped with? Surly we have some veterans on the forums.
http://www.marines.com/operating-forces/equipment/gear/imtv
http://www.marines.com/operating-forces/equipment/gear/imtv