Advanced Steel Armour - AS Series

Typical Composition:

• High hardness, ballistic grade steel
• Quenched, Hardened & Tempered

Typical Uses:

• Vehicle Armour - Personnel Carrier, Ambulances, Refuelling Vehicles, Cash in Transit, Missile Launchers
• Naval armour - Gun turret, Hardened Zones
• Defence structures - Land Based Launch Systems, Fuel & Ammunitions Depots & Stores, Gun Emplacements
• High Profile Data Centres - Financial Institutions, Military, etc
• Under Counter Protection - Banks, Building Societies, Bureau de Change, Casinos
• Blast Structures & Doors

Advantages:

• Low Cost
• Thin for protection level offered
• Can be welded to form a unified structure
• Inherently Fireproof

Typical Properties:

• Ultimate Tensile Strength: 1650 MPa
• Yield Strength: 1400 MPa
• Modulus of Elasticity: 200,000 MPa
• Hardness: HB 480 – 530
• Charpy V Impact: (+20°C) 25 J  (0°C) 30 J
• Fracture Toughness (KIC) 55 MPa (m)1/2
• Density: 8000 Kg/m3

A cutting / profiling service is available. Please send us your requirements. We accept many standard formats.

Hybrids combining the best qualities of both steel & composite armour are being developed. Please call for details.