Abstract: Vehicle armor may include an assembly of components including an outer armor pack, an air gap, an inner armor pack, and a high energy absorbing layer. At least one version of the outer armor pack may include an outermost outer fiber reinforced composite protective layer of ?1 mm thickness, an outer ceramic armor layer, and an inner fiber reinforced composite support layer to absorb residual energy from small arms. The air gap may be between 1-10 mm to allow for deflection of the outer armor pack. The inner armor pack may include an outer fiber reinforced composite protective layer of ?0.5 mm thickness, an inner segmented ceramic armor layer, and an innermost inner fiber reinforced composite layer of ?10 mm thickness. The high energy absorbing layer may have ?25 mm thickness and be configured to mitigate the effect of residual fragments defeating the outer and inner armor packs.

Abstract: Vehicle armour comprises an assembly of:—a) an outer armour pack (A) comprising:—i) an outermost outer fibre reinforced composite protective layer (1) of at least 1 mm thickness; ii) an outer ceramic armour layer (2) to protect against small arms and provide initial fragmentation of a penetrator; and iii) an inner fibre reinforced composite support layer (3) to absorb residual energy from small arms; the outermost outer fibre reinforced composite protective layer being configured to protect the outer ceramic armour layer against minor impacts; b) an air gap (B) of between 1 mm and 10 mm to allow for deflection of the outer armour pack; c) an inner armour pack (C) comprising; i) an outer fibre reinforced composite protective layer (5) of at least 0.