Army Ceramic Plates

One main reason for this is its up to 50 weight advantage.

Army ceramic plates.

Level iv multi hit rifle ceramic body armor plates use a monolithic piece of ceramic that can produce small cracks throughout the body armor plate when hit by an m2ap round. Level 4 body armor plates. Buy armour plates body armor plate from security pro usa unmatched collection. They are made from a ceramic material that contains alumina and high strength polyethylene and has a durable nylon cover.

Ncstar ceramic level 4 plate shooters cut 307 99 save 29 217 80 instant savings ar500 armor level iiia 11x14 hybrid asc soft body armor plate 229 99 save 20 99 209 00. However in composite systems such as ceramic polymer composites ceramic has largely replaced the steels previously used for personnel and vehicle protection. Composite armor plates are lighter thicker and more flexible than steel plates. It also prevents blunt force trauma from other rounds that may not penetrate the kevlar but still cause indentations in the material.

Ceramic is brittle which makes it sensitive to shock. Service personnel this came just one day after the times reported that the armor was deemed. Bulletproof ceramic boron carbide plates for army body armor 13 mm original. Spartan armor s level iv body armor plates are the strongest of their kind on the market providing the highest rated threat level protection.

We sell them to both law enforcement and civilians. The approximate weight for one nij type iii plate is 4 to 8 pounds 1 8 3 6 kg for the typical size of 10 by 12. Ceramic composite armor plates are placed in body armor plate carriers and worn to protect against bullets projectiles fragmentation shrapnel and stab threats. By david crane defrev at gmail dot com february 5 2009 on january 29 2009 the washington times reported that the u s.

There are other types of plates that come in different sizes and offer different levels of protection. Army is recalling more than 16 000 sets of ceramic body armor plates that the pentagon s inspector general believes were not properly tested and could jeopardize the lives of u s. Just like the kevlar the ceramic plates redistribute the kinetic energy of an incoming rifle round slowing it down enough that it would not be able to penetrate the kevlar if it passed through the ceramic at all. Only 2 left 2 strike face body armor side plates left right level iii ceramics 7 x 8 189 95.

The plate is curved and has angled corners for comfort and fits perfectly into tactical and military molle style plate carriers. So on its own it offers very little ballistic protection.