Southwest Research Institute

Gregory N Wattis

Neal Andrew Seegmiller

Kristopher Charles Kozak

Nicholas J Mueschke

Stephan J Lemmer

James D Walker

Isaias S Chocron

Jesse A Beavers

Daniel J Pomerening

Oliver P Harrison

An armor system for protecting vehicles and other equipment against projectiles and similar threats. A track is mounted on the equipment, and an upper sled and lower sled are moveably attached to the track. An armor panel is pivotally attached to one sled and is pivotally attached with arms to the other sled. The two sleds are independently actuated along the track, such that their relative positions determine both the translational and rotational position of the armor panel. The armor panel can be quickly rotated from an undeployed position against the vehicle through a desired arc outward from the vehicle, which increases the edge-on or nearly edge-on presentation of the armor panel to the projectile.

Edge-on armor system with translating and rotating armor panels

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San Antonio, TX, United States of America

Gregory N Wattis