Diy Bullet Proof Ceramic Plates

Simple diy painted plates.

Diy bullet proof ceramic plates.

As a commercial domestic bullet proof system manufacturer jim richards isn t all that impressed with ceramics. 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. For the 20 30 bucks i spent building this diy body armor it was money well spent. Once you heat these in the oven to set in the design they will stay designed for years and you can do them in various different colors if you want just use different colored markers.

You start with plain white ceramic plates and use gold markers and gold star stickers to embellish them. For personal protec tion or for helicopters silicon carbide materials may be used. No bullets got through the plate. Only when an extremely low weight is required e g.

And tough as a hell. These small cracks can drastically decrease the integrity of the plate and reduce its chances of defeating multiple rounds. 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.

Cut the fiberglass into 8 by 96 inch wide strips on a board covered with saran wrap. 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. Shooting the diy plate armor the second video is couch potato mike and i shooting the ballistic plate. Shooting the diy plate armor.

I used a steel i beam piece a ceramic floor tile duck tape and a can of plastidip. Ceramic plates fail to offer the weight advantages and ease of handling fabricators and installers enjoy with fiberglass based bullet proof panels. 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. In a shtf i would wear one of my diy ballistic plates over wearing nothing.

The cost for this was around 30. The ceramic tile was demolished. Now that you know how to build a diy ballistics plate body armor it s time to destroy it. Is the preeminent ceramic armor material for ve hicular applications.

Allow it to cure for three days.