Available in bullet-resistant fiberglass and ballistic steel.

FIBERGLASS STRUCTURAL ARMOR:

Advantages:

  • Light Weight
  • Easy to install with standard tools
  • Cost efficient
  • Bullets embed in the laminate limiting ricochet
  • Non-spalling
  • Excellent multiple-hit capability

Applications:

  • Bank Teller Counters
  • Gas stations
  • Convenience Stores
  • Pay Counters
  • Remote Electronic Buildings
  • Secure Rooms & Officers
  • Judges Benches

 

  • Armored Cars
  • Kiosks
  • Postal Facilities
  • Reception Areas
  • Where personnel and valuables need protection
  • Guard Booths

 

Ratings of Bullet-Resisting Materials

Rating
Ammunition
Grain 
(g)
Minimum
Velocity

fps

(m/s)
Number of shots
Paragraph
Level 1
9mm full metal copper jacket lead core
124
(8.0)

1,175
(358)

3

4.3

Level 2
.357 Magnum jacketed lead soft point
158
(10.2)

1,250
(381)
 3
4.4
Level 3
.44 Magnum lead semi-wadcutter gas checked
240
(15.6)

1,350
(411)
 3
4.5
Level 4
.30 caliber rifle lead core soft point
180
(11.7)

2,540
(774)
 1
4.6
Level 5
7.62mm rifle lead core full metal jacket, military ball
150
(9.7)

2,750
(838)
1
4.7
Level 6
9mm full metal copper jacket with lead core
124
(8.0)

1,400
(427)
5 
4.8
Level 7
5.56mm rifle full metal copper jacket with lead core
55
(3.56)

3,080
(939)
 5
4.9
Level 8
7.62mm rifle lead core full metal copper jacket, military ball
150
(9.7)

2,750
(838)
 5
4.10
Supplementary
Shotgun
12-guage rifled lead slug and
12-guage 00 lead buckshot
(12 pellets)

437

650

(28.3)

(42)

1,585

1,200

(483)

(366)

 3
4.11

 
Fabrication:
Fiberglass Structural Armor is readily fabricated using commonly available tools.
Carbide or Ceramic grit edge saw blades are recommended. Drilling, spot facing, and counterboring are easily done with carbide tooling.
 Decorating:
The composition of panels is similar to material used in the hull of fiberglass boats. Most good paints and adhesives bond readily to it. Sheet-rock and wood veneers can be bonded directly to its front face (the side bullet enters).		 Applications Information:
Butt joints are ballistically weak. Reinforce them with 4" wide strip of the same material.
No rigid high density material should be used adjacent to the panel's inner-surface (surface opposite the site bullet enters). Allow a minimum gap of 1/4".
     

 

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