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Armour Kits Summary
Since our personnel and clients operate within high-risk locations and conflict zones, they require protection against ballistic threats such as explosive blast and fragmentation (car-bombs, mortars, etc.) and ammunition used in machine-guns and other military-style weapons. We have studied and tested many commercially available armour systems and found that most have not met our quality standards and operational requirements. To overcome this deficiency, we have designed and developed a number of armour kits designed to provide effective protection of different asset types against ballistic threats.
These products are designed to demanding specifications to ensure they will function properly in the harshest environments, such as conflict zones. Failure of products or services within these types of environments often has results detrimental to the health of the operator or organization which exists in these environments. This requires a sometimes foreign mind-set from conventional product design and requires unique and innovative solutions which must be thoroughly thought out in advance from a security view-point.
End-User Considerations
It is generally recognized that the market for ballistic armour is limited to the following select user groups;
The end-user refers to the group that will purchase and use the armour for their own purposes. Military and Police are self-explanatory, but it needs to be mentioned that “security” has two sub-groups and refers to both contract-oriented organization/individuals which provide security services and products to external clients and those individuals/departments internal to an organization (also called in-house) which are responsible for providing security services and products to protect the assets they own or control. Members of these primary groups ultimately protect others and their armour needs reflect this.
Selecting an Armour Kit
It is simply not possible to select one armour type, material, or system which will be suitable for, or usable in, all situations. Therefore, the user must identify, classify and rank the most probable, possible, and emergency response situations in which armour may be required to provide effective protection of the targeted assets. Only through a thorough analysis of their characteristics and protection requirements can a suitable armour system be chosen which will provide effective protection in these situations. A number of factors must be taken into consideration when selecting suitable armour for the tasks to be performed and the assets to be protected
In accordance with the first criteria of the preceding selection guide, specific and distinct armour kits designed for use by organizations operating in high-risk situations have been created to protect the following main asset classes;
In general, a separate armour kit is required to adequately protect each different asset type and its contents. However, there will be many situations in which the user can not accurately identify, in advance; the assets to be protected; the threats, and any other factors which may be present in any given situation. It is also entirely possible that some individuals, or organizations. may be required to be operating in a large variety of situations, threat levels and own/control a variety of assets (with or without similar characteristics and protection/performance requirements) requiring protection at any given time. For this scenario, a generic armour kit which can be used in a large variety of situations and assets is available. Its modular nature allows it to be scaled up and down to protect both small and large assets of various types and construction.
Specific product descriptions, photos, pricing and technical specifications are available in their respective kit catalogues and price lists, accessible by clicking on the photos below;
More details on our armour kits are available in the accompanying document “Bastion Security Armour Kit Overview”, available below, or via e-mail on request.
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