Diy Bullet Proof Ceramic Plates

Shooting the diy plate armor the second video is couch potato mike and i shooting the ballistic plate.

Diy bullet proof ceramic plates.

For the 20 30 bucks i spent building this diy body armor it was money well spent. In this video i show you the complete process i use to make a curved ballistic plate insert that could be used in a plate carrier. These small cracks can drastically decrease the integrity of the plate and reduce its chances of defeating multiple rounds. Now that you know how to build a diy ballistics plate body armor it s time to destroy it.

Level iv multi hit rifle ceramic body armor plates use a monolithic piece of ceramic that can produce small cracks throughout the body armor plate when hit by an m2ap round. Beside these qualities other ceramic materials have also been considered and were examined intensive ly for the purpose of ballistic. A thick ballistic steel plate over level iiia armor is also considered to be effective as level iii armor against light rifle fire. Simple diy painted plates.

The ceramic tile was demolished. In a shtf i would wear one of my diy ballistic plates over wearing nothing. No bullets got through the plate. Only when an extremely low weight is required e g.

Shooting the diy plate armor. This thing is heavy. In my own testing i was able to shoot a 5 56mm rifle round through a ballistic steel plate which would tend to invalidate it for body armor. You start with plain white ceramic plates and use gold markers and gold star stickers to embellish them.

I used a steel i beam piece a ceramic floor tile duck tape and a can of plastidip. The cost for this was around 30. Mix polyresin and the hardener and pour it over the ceramic tile plate and sheet metal ensuring that the sheet metal is placed on the bottom of the mold. Is the preeminent ceramic armor material for ve hicular applications.

And tough as a hell. Allow it to cure for three days. For personal protec tion or for helicopters silicon carbide materials may be used. Ceramic plates fail to offer the weight advantages and ease of handling fabricators and installers enjoy with fiberglass based bullet proof panels.

Cut the fiberglass into 8 by 96 inch wide strips on a board covered with saran wrap.