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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1996
Vernon Peregrin Joynt, Pretoria, ZA;
Denel (Proprietary) Ltd., Pretoria, ZA;
Abstract
An up-armouring kit is suitable for use in protecting a protected zone behind a base 24 against a self forming fragment type landmine. The up-armouring kit comprises an outer wear plate 12, which is advantageously of armour plating of a composition and thickness suitable to prevent penetration by small arm bullets including light machine gun bullets; an inner catch plate 18 of a material having a ductility of at least about 8%; and an intermediate impact absorbing layer 16 of a material selected from the group consisting of a ceramic material, a refractory material, a glass based material and glass. The wear plate, the impact absorbing layer and the catch plate are bonded together in that order to form a sandwich construction (22).