Esapi Ceramic Armor Plates

We get confused and we don t know either to pick steel plates or ceramic plates.

Esapi ceramic armor plates. Made in monolithic sic ceramic the pgd esapi iv sa is our strongest and lightest nij level 4 ceramic plate with full edge to edge ceramic. The pgd esapi iv is made to stop armor piercing rounds and is tested against a single shot from 30 06 springfield and will defeat multiple hits from 7 62 39 msc ak47 7 62 51 nato m80 and 5 56 45. Our sapi small arms protective inserts plates come in a variety of levels sizes and colors. Sapi means small arms protective inserts while esapi pertains to enhanced sapi or ceramic plate inserts.

Normally will be of a lighter weight than rifle threat steel armor esapi plates without soft armor will have a higher threat rating rated l3 plates will stop at least 3 rounds of 5 56x45mm or a round of 7 62x54 m80 ball and higher velocity rounds. Esapi training plates are also reviewed here. The small arms protective insert sapi is a ceramic trauma plate used by the united states armed forces it was first used in the interceptor body armor a ballistic vest it is now also used in the improved outer tactical vest as well as the modular tactical vest in addition to commercially available plate carriers the kevlar interceptor vest itself is designed to stop projectiles up to and. L3 1 round of 7 62mm fmj 150fr 2750 50 fps.

Otherwise you will end up with an armor plate that won t be according to. Only hard plate armor can prevent penetration from rifle rounds and all of our plates are made using top quality lightweight high strength armor materials. Keeping these things in mind before choosing a plate is very important.