Ceramic Poly Plates

At armor plates weigh as little as 4 pounds each in contrast to steel plates that often weigh in the 8 to 9 pound range.

Ceramic poly plates. Poly monolithic materials allow the plates to be thinner and reinforced to stop many armor piercing threats. Our body armor plates suit all types of defense needs and protect your workers from trauma. From level iiia to level iv you can be confident that rma s nij certified and compliant hard armor will do the job. Polyethylene plates weigh between two to five pounds which make them lighter in comparison to steel and up to seventy percent lighter compared to ceramic plates.

With polyethylene plating in some cases when they stand alone there is no requirement for any backing material such as aramid. A pair of 10 by 12 level 3 polyethylene rifle plates typically weigh around 6 5 lbs and they are capable of stopping 6 rounds of 308 which makes this an exceptional body armor defense. Rma manufactures the strongest lightest and most affordable ceramic and polyethylene hard armor plates in the u s. The most significant burden of rifle plate body armor is the weight with which it comes.

The difference in body fatigue is drastic making ceramic the preferred choice for sustained operations. The tradeoff is that it isn t possible currently with the available materials and procedures to mass produce level iv plating at a commercial level which means it isn t rated to. Polyethylene plates besides ceramic plating the only other option when it comes to bulletproof vests for sale is at least for now and in terms of being affordable is polyethylene.