It was my understanding that "training plates" are just real plates that have passed their best before date and are repackaged with "training" labels, and issued back out as "training" plates.

Since ceramic is brittle, there's only so much routine wear and tear they can take before their integrity diminishes below mil-spec minimums. So after a certain amount of use they get pulled from service, re-packaged and re-issued out as "training" plates. Reason being, it's a lot more economical to just issue expired plates out as "training plates" than it is to throw the expired plates away and manufacture new fake plates of the same weight and dimensions, when expired plates can fit that role perfectly.

In that case, the "training" plates are nearly as good if not as good as operational plates, it's just that they've passed their expiry date. Granted, some could be really old and really weak.

It was my understanding that "training plates" are just real plates that have passed their best before date and are repackaged with "training" labels, and issued back out as "training" plates.

Since ceramic is brittle, there's only so much routine wear and tear they can take before their integrity diminishes below mil-spec minimums. So after a certain amount of use (I think generally 5 years of normal use) they get pulled from service, re-packaged and re-issued out as "training" plates. Reason being, it's a lot more economical to just issue expired plates out as "training plates" than it is to throw the expired plates away and manufacture new fake plates of the same weight and dimensions, when expired plates can fit that role perfectly.

In that case, the "training" plates are nearly as good if not as good as operational plates, it's just that they've passed their expiry date. Granted, some could be really old and really weak.

It was my understanding that "training plates" are just real plates that have passed their best before date and are repackaged with "training" labels, and issued back out as "training" plates.

Since ceramic is brittle, there's only so much routine wear and tear they can take before their integrity diminishes below mil-spec minimums. So after a certain amount of use they get pulled from service, re-packaged and re-issued out as "training" plates. Reason being, it's a lot more economical to just issue expired plates out as "training plates" than it is to throw the expired plates away and manufacture new fake plates of the same weight and dimensions, when expired plates can fit that role perfectly.

In that case, the "training" plates are nearly as good if not as good as operational plates, it's just that they've passed their expiry date. Granted, some could be really old and really weak.

It was my understanding that "training plates" are just real plates that have passed their best before date and are repackaged with "training" labels, and issued back out as "training" plates.

Since ceramic is brittle, there's only so much routine wear and tear they can take before their integrity diminishes below mil-spec minimums. So after a certain amount of use, they get pulled from service, re-labeled and re-issued out as "training" plates. Reason being, it's a lot more economical to just issue expired plates out as "training plates" than it is to throw the expired plates away and manufacture new fake plates of the same weight and dimensions, when expired plates can fit that role perfectly.

In that case, the "training" plates are nearly as good if not as good as operational plates, it's just that they've passed their expiry date. Granted, some could be really old and really weak.