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<p>British troops are being kitted out with special anti-blast underpants to protect them from homemade bombs.</p>
<p>More than 340 soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan and thousands injured &#8211; often horrifically from roadside bombs.</p>
<p>But troops are now being issued with &#8220;pelvic protection&#8221;, a three-tiered system of clothing and armour consisting of special protective underwear and detachable armoured modular trousers.</p>
<p>The £10 million system is designed to integrate with current kit.</p>
<p>Colonel Peter Rafferty, personal combat equipment team leader at Defence Equipment and Support, said: &#8220;Our troops in Afghanistan face specific threats and by working together, the MoD and industry have created a layered system of clothing and body armour that offers troops fighting on the frontline the best balance between protection, mobility and comfort. Troops on operations already have world-renowned body armour but we continually seek to improve the personal protection available to them.&#8221;</p>
<p>Army chiefs said the new kit balances protection with comfort and manoeuvrability.</p>
<p>It allows troops to undertake operations, enabling them to wear one or more of the protective layers depending on the task.</p>
<p>They are already being worn by troops on operations, with 45,000 pairs delivered to Afghanistan and another 15,000 ready to be issued to deploying troops. A further 60,000 are to be manufactured and delivered to troops early next year.</p>
<p>The first layer of protection is a pair of shorts which troops wear as underwear.</p>
<p>Using cutting-edge science and technology developed by the MoD and Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL), the underwear is manufactured from scientifically-tested ballistic material that provides an initial level of protection to mitigate against blasts, including shrapnel.</p>
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