Short notice given only substantially as follows: TenCate has developed a new product made with TenCate Armourtex BM to strike the balance between protection and mobility for armoured vehicle design. The composite vehicle armour is designed to be as lightweight as possible, while affording the greatest levels of protection. According to its maker, the new material is less than half the weight of traditional steel rolled homogeneous armour (RHA), minimising the added weight to the vehicle. The armour offers protection against armour piercing projectiles as well as the more complex threats of Explosively Formed Projectiles (EFP) and Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) often used in roadside bombs, says TenCate. TenCate aims at a system approach by working together with vehicle manufacturers in order to establish the optimal configuration for vehicle protection.


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    Title :

    Armotex GM. TenCate


    Published in:

    Future Materials - fm ; Dec 100 Innovations for 2010 ; 16


    Publication date :

    2009


    Size :

    1 Seite, 1 Bild



    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English