The NIJ Ballistic Shield Rating

Enforcement agencies often place ballistic shields, also known as bunker shields or ballistic blankets, in strategic locations when armed conflict threatens. Ballistic shields are constructed to deflect dangerous projectiles such as gunshots. Personal shields (if carried by hand) and mobile personnel shields (if they come with wheels) are used by SWAT, special operations, and emergency response teams worldwide to neutralize […]

A-Z of Ceramic Body Armor Plates

Ceramics is an inorganic and non-metallic material most frequently manufactured from nitride or carbide. Since the Vietnam War, at the earliest, it has been utilized as a form of body armor because it is lightweight. Due to the versatility and adaptability of steel and ceramics, many modern warriors have used both materials as body armor plates in their combat strategies.  […]