A pant-type underwear article (10), comprising a front (12), back (14), crotch (16) and waist (18) regions, said article (10) having a longitudinal (y) and a transverse direction (x). According to the invention, at least part of the article (10) comprises an elastic laminate (20) composed of first (22) and second (24) layers of fibrous material and an elastic film layer (26) located between said first and second fibrous layers (22, 24), said elastic laminate (20) having a puncture resistance of at least (15N).
