ARMOURING PHILOSOPHY

& BALLISTIC SPECIFICATIONS

 

 

 

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HUGE EXPERIENCE

In accumulating more than twenty years, in research and development, "one off" production, enhancing and armouring of first class vehicles (mainly MERCEDES, ROLLS-ROYCE and several models of 4WD including the LAND ROVER DISCOVERY and MERCEDES "G"), Jet Class Manufacturer's philosophy has always been to obtain the upper most quality for its products and full satisfaction of its clients.

 

WIDE RANGE

Jet Class Manufacturer's Security Department armours several types of vehicles, saloon and off-road cars to the highest ballistic standards of protection (B6 & B7) for the transportation of VIP, policemen, UN representatives.

Its in house R&D, engineering and armouring departments dedicate their know-how to the study, design and completion of security vehicles meeting the stringent requirements of its customers, hard to please in matters such as security and fitting.

 

WHICH LEVEL OF PROTECTION ?

When speaking of armoured vehicles, the first step is to determine the type of vehicle (sedan, 4WD, transportation of people or valuables) and moreover the type of arms or ammunitions against which the user wants protection.

Jet Class manufacturer's vehicles are designed to resist against arms ranging from hand-gun such as Magnum 44 to automatic rifles like the F.A.L., including the Kalashnikov AK74 using armour piercing or standard ammunition, or grenades, type DM-51, which could explode under a car.

 

THE SHELL IN THE SHELL CONCEPT :

A step closer to the major automotive manufacturers

Jet Class Manufacturer's philosophy in armouring a vehicle, similarly to the major automotive manufacturers, is to create a "shell in the shell " structure, starting from a completely stripped body in white. This means that it build inside the original body a complete armoured structure that is welded into the original body.

This reinforced structure not only drastically improves the body strength ensuring remarkable stiffness against torsion and bending, but mainly, creates the best protection against collision, explosion and ammunition attacks while respecting the original body shape and structure with no ballistic holes which would permit intrusion of projectiles in the car.

This armoured shell includes doors, doors frames and window protection. Moreover the front and rear bulkheads, the floor, the roof and electric circuitry are also protected.

 

SUSPENSION, BRAKES AND ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENTS

The new suspension developed by Jet Class Manufacturer, protected by a patent application, allows all the refinements of the original active suspension of the vehicle to be preserved, be it Airmatic with Adaptive Damping System or the Active Body Control system, without suffering from the added weight of the armouring. it also offer additional, optional equipment i.e. anti-explosion or self repairing gas tanks, bomb detectors, automatic fire extinguisher, oxygen supply system for the passenger compartment, front bumper shield, special tyres allowing driving with flat tyres, secondary protected battery, siren, flashing lights, intercom for communication between passengers and the outside without opening doors or windows.

Once all the vehicle is completely armoured in Jet Class Manufacturer's plant, it deliver the vehicle wherever in the world the customer wishes.

 

MAINTENANCE AS IMPORTANT AS ARMOURING ITSELF

It is important to draw your attention on the fact that, as far as possible, the cars maintenance and servicing is done by the local, official agent of the original car manufacturer. In case of need Jet Class Manufacturer's engineers and technicians are sent on the spot, in any part of the world.

 

CERTIFICATION

For each vehicle coming out of Jet Class Manufacturer's plant it provides the ballistic certificates produced by a NATO recognised Authority stating that the materials are in accordance with the standards and protection levels requested.

At the request of prospective owner of the vehicle or his experts we organise ballistic tests in (his) their presence at a Military School.

We remain of course at your disposal for extra information that you should require.

We would be very glad to meet you soon to discuss cars, security and to share our passion (which has become our profession) for your complete safety and satisfaction or to welcome you for a visit of Jet Class Manufacturer's premises so that you can get your own feeling for Jet Class Manufacturer's high level of know-how.

 

BALLISTIC SPECIFICATIONS

For additional details on the B6 & B7 ballistic specifications, please refer to section "ballistic specifications"

 

Comparison of Italian, Belgian, British, German, American & European standards

Level

Range Meters

Number of shots

Spacing MM

Weapons

Bullet

From level 4

TYPE

CALIBER

TYPE

WEIGHT GRAMS

VELOCITY M/SEC

ENERGY

I
V

APSD/D

10

3

100

Rifle kalashnikov

7.62 x 39

F.M.J.

7.95

729

2112

HPR

10

1

Center

Rifle Winchester M70

30.06

Soft point

14.25

790

4446

APS/E

10

3

100

Aut.Rifle F.A.L.

7.62 NATO

F.M.J

9.45

842

3350

R1

10

3

100

Rifle (1-7 twist)

5.56 x 45

SS 109

4.0

919 (+30/-0)

1800

B5

10

3

120

Aut.rifle Colt

5.56 x 45

FJ4/PB/FC

4.0

920

1693

D

10

3

120

Rifle AR15

5.56 x 45

FJ/SC

3.55

1187

2500

C4SF

10

3

125+/-10

Aut.rifle G3

7.62 NATO

VMS/Wk

9.55

785/795

3018

R2

10

3

100

Aut.rifle F.A.L.

7.62 NATO

Ball

9.50

815 (+30/-0)

3116

B6

10

3

120+/-10

Aut.rifle F.A.L.

7.62 NATO

FJ2/PB/SC

9.45

830

3444

E

10

3

120

Aut.rifle F.A.L.

7.62 NATO

FJ/SC

9.3

842

3300

V

APS/F

10

3

100

Aut.rifle F.A.L.

7.62 NATO

A.P.

9.75

810

3200

C5 SF

25

3

125

Aut.rifle F.A.L.

7.62 NATO

VMS/Hk

9.75

800/810

3200

B7

10

3

120+/- 10

Aut.rifle F.A.L.

7.62 NATO AP

FJ4/PB/HC

9.80

820

3280

Comparison of italian, belgian, british, german, american & european standards

Belgian Standards :

STS-38 T9 : A, B, C, D, E

Italian Standards :

UNI9187 : APS/A - APS/B - APS/C - APS/D - APS/F

British standards :

BSI 5051 : G0 - G1 - G2

German Standards :

DIN 52290 : C1SF - C2SF - C3SF - C4SF - C5SF

American Standards :

U/L/ 752 : MPSA - HPSA - SPSA - HPR

European Standards :

B2 - B3 - B4 - B5 - B6 - B7

2 = full steel jacket - tombak plated
3 = full steel jacket
4 = full tombak jacket
5 = solid lead slug

RN = round nose
FN = flat nose
CB = coned bullet
SC = soft core with lead
SCP = soft core with lead & steel penetrator (type SS109)
PB = pointed bullet
HC = steel hard core - hardness more than 3.8g
FMJ = full metal jacket
SP = soft point
SJ = semi jacketed

VMR/Wk =

full jacket round nose, soft point

VMF/Wk =

full jacket flat nose, soft point

VMKS/Wk =

full jacket coned nose, soft point

VMS/Wk =

full jacket point nose, soft point

VMS/Hk =

full jacket point nose, hard point

ARMS

_FAL

_FNC

_Kalashnikov AK47 _____

_Kalashnikov AK74 _____

_Winchester M70 ____

_Colt _____

_Magnum 44 ____