Model 9049 Low Fragmentation Ceramic Armor Plate With Trauma Reducer

What is the Model 9049 Ceramic Armor Plate?

 

This is one of the strongest ceramic armor plates on the market.  It is built especially for Special Operations members engaged in potential multiple-hit scenarios.  The armor is designed to limit or eliminate ceramic fragmentation while enhancing multiple hit performance.  This armor uses an especially powerful adhesive that has a high melt temperature.  This requires more time during the manufacturing process than our other models.

The Model 9049 is built to resemble the Model 9042 with a slightly thinner UHMWPE backer and an extra carbon/aramid stiffener on the wear face to resist backface deformation.  It has over 10mm of high performance Ultra High Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) behind a robust, 99%+ alumina ceramic mosaic tile array. In addition, a carbon fiber, aramid fiber thermoplastic Trauma Reducer Plate (TRP) is installed against the wear face that resists deformation along the inside surface of the UHMWPE.

The Model 9049 is unique from our other in house armor because it uses a substantial crack arresting plate (CAP) on the strike face of the armor.  This results in a noticeable reduction in ceramic fragmentation (often incorrectly referred to as spall).  The well-designed CAP also increases crack arresting ability which enhances multiple hit performance.  

The Model 9049 is built to withstand all of the testing required of the new National Institute of Justice (NIJ) 0101.07 standards with built-in redundancies.  You can read about the testing requirements associated with the 0101.07 standard.

Armor conditioning tests: 2 hour intervals of temperature extremes ranging from sub-zero to 194F.

Armor mechanical drop testing: Dropped two times on the strike face (as opposed to only once under 0101.06).

Extreme temperature exposures during short time interval: Armor is placed between conditioning chambers at extreme temperature ranges (high and low).

Armor submersion testing (underwater).

Ballistics testing to include P-BFD and Ballistic Limit Testing (see 0101.07 Standard).

Due to the high heat resistance of the armor and components, we do not add any foam trauma padding to the wear face. Instead of an extra trauma reduction plate, we simply add additional high-performance UHMWPE to the backing plate.

Model	Built-In Trauma Pad (Foam)	Crack Arrestor Plate (CAP)	Trauma Reduction Plate (Hard Carbon and Aramid)	Weight (Shooter's Cut, Pd)
9042	No	Yes	No	7.9
1023	Yes	No	No	7.5
9049	No	Yes	Yes	7.9