Sunday, 1 November 2026
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on Countering the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
Standing Office 81

ML13.Armoured or protective equipment, constructions, components, and accessories, as follows:

List
Wassenaar Arrangement – Munitions List – WA-LIST (25) 1
a. Metallic or non-metallic armoured plate, having any of the following:
1. Manufactured to comply with a military standard or specification; or
2. Suitable for military use;
N.B. For body armour plates, see ML13.d.2.
b. Constructions of metallic or non-metallic materials, or combinations thereof, specially designed to provide ballistic protection for military systems, and specially designed components therefor;
c. Helmets and specially designed components and accessories therefor, as follows:
1. Helmets manufactured according to military standards or specifications, or comparable national standards;
2. Shells, liners, or comfort pads, specially designed for helmets specified in ML13.c.1.;
3. Add-on ballistic protection elements, specially designed for helmets specified in ML13.c.1.;
N.B. For other military helmet components or accessories, see the relevant ML entry.
d. Body armour or protective garments, and components therefor, as follows:
1. Soft body armour or protective garments, manufactured to military standards or specifications, or to their equivalents, and specially designed components therefor;
Note For the purposes of ML13.d.1., military standards or specifications include, at a minimum, specifications for fragmentation protection.
2. Hard body armour plates providing ballistic protection equal to or greater than level III (NIJ 0101.06, July 2008), or "equivalent standards".
Note 1 ML13.b. includes materials specially designed to form explosive reactive armour or to construct military shelters.
Note 2 ML13.c. does not apply to helmets that meet all of the following:
a. Were first manufactured before 1970; and
b. Are neither designed or modified to accept, nor equipped with items specified in the Munitions List.
Note 3 ML13.c. and ML13.d. do not apply to helmets, body armour or protective garments, when accompanying their user for the user's own personal protection.
Note 4 The only helmets specially designed for bomb disposal personnel that are specified in ML13.c. are those specially designed for military use.
Note 5 ML13.d.1. does not apply to protective eyewear.
N.B. For "laser" protective eyewear, see ML17.o.
N.B.1. See also entry 1.A.5. on the Dual-Use List.
N.B.2. For "fibrous or filamentary materials" used in the manufacture of body armour and helmets, see entry 1.C.10. on the Dual-Use List.