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Bulletproof Wall Goes Balls Deep
SAAB, yes the Swedish Auto Manufacturer, has a defense division called SAAB Barracuda that develops things like this bullet proof wall. Here is their website. The “Soft Armour” uses Lemonhead candy...
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AJAX Armor System Overview
Tactical Revolutions has published a video showing how their AJAX armor system works. Last year I posted an article about the armor. In this new video you can see how the armor is installed, deployed...
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Not DragonSkin Armor’s Secret: Hockey Pucks
Okay, I was a little bit sarcastic in the title, but the idea behind Dragon Skin armor is to use overlapping discs of armor. That said, I would hope that they would not use a hockey puck as the basis...
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Lightweight Armor from RMA Armament
Those of you have that have worn plates, did you wear steel or ceramics? I was issued ceramic plates (ESAPIs), and while lighter than steel (the ESAPIs were somewhere around 6 lbs each, if I recall...
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Iraqveteran8888 Pits Spartan AR550 Armor Against a 12-Gauge
The Target Man’s Spartan AR550 Armor isn’t just tough, it’s tough as nails – or, more accurately, tough as Level III body armor. According to The Target Man, their AR550 has a 10% harder ballistic core...
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Angel Armor announces Ally One
Angel Armor out of Fort Collins, Colorado has released some new ballistic protection called the Ally One Level IIIA. It seems to be shaped in the size of a rectangle. Not sure if it is meant to be worn...
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Not All Penetration Data Is Created Equal
The subject of armor penetration previously was largely confined to the realm of big bore rifles or cannons intended to tackle tanks and other kinds of armored vehicles, but as the popularity of steel...
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Body Armor: Make It or Buy It?
Body armor is a topic that comes up on a fairly regular basis, and for good reason. Although some see wearing body armor as something strictly in the realm of military and law enforcement, the truth is...
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Hoplite Shoulder armor
A company called Hoplite Armor has come up with an armor package that are shoulder plates, that covers about half of a shooters bicep. The system is attached to the arm via a strap that connects to an...
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Ballistic Mandalorian Armor
Ryan B. Flowers of Galac-Tac has been making Boba Fett inspired cosplay armor for a couple years. Here are some photos of his work that have circulated around the internet. It has garnered massive...
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Titanium Armor Plate? How well does it do?
I’m not sure that wearing around an inch and a quarter thick plate of titanium is an improvement over the thinner steel (based on bulkiness), but it sure does stop the rounds, even a black tip .50BMG...
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Mercedes Attacks its Own Maybach Armored Car
In a combined marketing ploy and to prove the capabilities of their Maybach “Guard” edition cars, Mercedes took their own gloves off and assaulted the vehicle with a rifle. At the end of the magazine,...
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Is Aluminum Bulletproof? Demo Ranch Tests
While your standard tin foil is, of course, not bulletproof, there is a long history of using aluminum for armor in fighting vehicles. Its relative strength to density (and therefore weight) makes it...
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Rapid Armor/SMG Backpack
Remember the Ares Armor RAD Pack? It was a backpack system that rapidly deploys a front armor plate and a handgun from a backpack. Well these people made a better version of that design. This backpack...
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The Age of Telescoped Ammunition Has Arrived – UK Receives 40mm CTA
The United Kingdom has become the first nation in the world to receive a modern cased telescoped ammunition (CTA) automatic weapon, the French 40mm CTCS, according to IHS Jane’s. The UK procured the...
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Protech X-CAL US Hard Armor Plates
The Safariland Group announced the expansion of the X-CAL line of hard armor plates sold under its Protech brand. The new plates are a special threat plate that has been tested to meet the Level III...
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Old Weapons & CANNON v. AR-500 Body Armor – FIGHT!
Eric from IraqVeteran8888 and crew are back at it with the cannon, this time instead of taking on poor, old, defenseless ballstics gelatin, takes on something a bit more formidable, AR500 armor. The...
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A Smart Marine with a Good Idea? Quick-Clotting Body Armor
The running joke in the Marine Corps is that one tends to get their common sense and intelligence back with their DD-214. Having been in and living it for years, there is certainly some credence to the...
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New Ballistic Shield: sub-$600
BulletSafe announced the company was introducing its new Ballistic Shield at the 2017 SHOT Show, and it will have a very affordable price: only $599. The new shield is 700 square inches in total area...
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Cool Yourself with IcePlate – Frozen Water Body Armor Insert
Having spent a fair amount of time encumbered (yet appreciative) in full battle-rattle, I can say that full armor, especially full military body armor is hot. The coverage required to keep one safe...
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