Firefight Armor Series

Our Firefight Armor Series is designed to include armor with redundant design for added safety and performance.  Firefight plates include Model 1948, Model 6001, and Model 6001 SRT.

How is it different?

Firefight plates are made just like typical ceramic armor.  Typical ceramic plates become vulnerable after the ceramic is destroyed because the rest of the plate components are not strong enough to resist incoming shots on their own.  In our Firefight armor, the Ultra-High-Molecular-Weight-Polyethylene (PE) backer is more robust.  It can offer protection independently to certain projectiles, especially when they are disrupted by impacted or compacted ceramic fragments.

Figure 1: The robust Firefight PE plate backing

This design makes for a lighter, somewhat thicker armor - but results in more performance, dependability and safety against a burst of shots.

We designed the Firefight line to directly assist in mitigating ceramic vulnerabilities that are associated with the damaged ceramic strike face.