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>I wonder if it does actually make infantry more resilient in combat, I have not heard it mentioned anywhere so far and certainly nothing indicates that it's proving to be an issue. It could be that as the area it protects is so small it's still easy for a round to hit somewhere that while it may not kill them instantly it may incapacitate them, plus there are casualties due to explosions that might not care much for what body armour has to offer. But this kind of analysis might have to wait for post war.
Rifles are probably responsible for a small minority of casualties, so if their effectiveness lowers total casualties don't change much. Machine guns and especially artillery matter a lot mote.