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A jacket is a light coat. A flak jacket is a MILSPEC jacket used by troops in wartime conditions. They were supposed to protect the body from shrapnel from 'flak' (fliegerabwehrkanone - WWII German 88 mm anti-aircraft guns) much like body armor, but were extremely poor at this. See also: dust jacket, water jacket
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