Why didn't China's army equip itself with bulletproof vests on a large scale! ?

This is related to military expenditure, national conditions, war needs and materials.

In China, only frontline combat troops and special operations troops are equipped with bulletproof vests, while other troops are hardly equipped with bulletproof vests. China's military spending is increasing every year, but the comprehensive equipment of bulletproof vests costs a lot of money. And the material of bulletproof vest has a shelf life. The minimum period of military service in China is two years. Moreover, body armor should be customized according to everyone's height, waist circumference and chest circumference. This will lead to a large amount of expenses being wasted. The United States is different. Their minimum service period is four years.

Nowadays, in the war, the role of body armor has also dropped to the extreme, and it can only protect against the attacks of some fragments or light weapons. According to our current production strength, when the war breaks out, we can also mass-produce bulletproof vests in a short time.