Inventors:
Charles W. Semple - Everett MA
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army - Washington DC
International Classification:
F41H 526
Abstract:
Transparent ceramic armor consisting of a light weight composite formed by tilizing a face plate of transparent aluminum oxide or transparent magnesium oxide with a back-up plate of transparent plastic and the two plates bonded together with a transparent adhesive. This composite on test affords complete ballistic protection against 0. 30 AP M2 projectiles at 0. degree. obliquity with a muzzle velocity of 2770 ft. per sec.