Bullet-proof bras designed to be comfortable and injury-proof have been issued to 3,000 policewomen in Germany for their protection.

The bras are made of cotton or polyester and are padded. Unlike bullet-proof vests, they have no metal or plastic under-wire or fasteners that can pierce skin and injure the wearer when a bullet hit the body armor.

"These can save someone's life so it's not a laughing matter," Carmen Kibat, a policewoman in Hamburg, was quoted as saying by Telegraph.co. Kibat tested the bullet-proof bra and started a campaign to encourage German policewomen to try the new underwear in the line of duty.

Each German policewomen will get three of the bras.