An outboard engine ballistic protection system is provided that can be adapted for use with existing small water craft outboard motors. A mounting band circumscribes and is affixed to the power head cowling. The mounting band may be formed of a pair of symmetrically affixed band straps that may be impinged about the cowling and secured fore and aft via a fastening mechanism. Laterally extended struts are provided offset from the port, starboard and aft sections of the power head. A panel support is perpendicularly affixed at an outer terminus of each strut. Mounted to the panel supports about an outer perimeter are a port protection panel, a starboard protection panel, and an aft protection panel. Each protection panel forms ballistic barrier system providing low weight, high energy absorbing structures and materials for ballistic protection against projectiles from munitions and/or shrapnel.

An outboard engine ballistic protection system is provided that can be adapted for use with existing small water craft outboard motors. A mounting band circumscribes and is affixed to the power head cowling. The mounting band may be formed of a pair of symmetrically affixed band straps that may be impinged about the cowling and secured fore and aft via a fastening mechanism. Laterally extended struts are provided offset from the port, starboard and aft sections of the power head. A panel support is perpendicularly affixed at an outer terminus of each strut. Mounted to the panel supports about an outer perimeter are a port protection panel, a starboard protection panel, and an aft protection panel. Each protection panel forms ballistic barrier system providing low weight, high energy absorbing structures and materials for ballistic protection against projectiles from munitions and/or shrapnel.

A quick-release ballistic plate assembly for a protective vest includes an outer chassis configured to attach to a chest and/or back panel of the vest. The outer chassis has an open lower end leading to an inner cavity, wherein a ballistic plate and sleeve subassembly inserts upward into the cavity. An emergency release handle depending downward from the subassembly may be pulled to overcome a retention mechanism and jettison the subassembly in case the wearer ends up in a body of water or alternative situation requiring such function. This avoids the need to shed the entire protective vest which typically has numerous pockets for a variety of tools, survival gear and ammunition. The assembly may be built into the protective vest at the OEM level, or may be retrofit to existing vests.

A quick-release ballistic plate assembly for a protective vest includes an outer chassis configured to attach to a chest and/or back panel of the vest. The outer chassis has an open lower end leading to an inner cavity, wherein a ballistic plate and sleeve subassembly inserts upward into the cavity. An emergency release handle depending downward from the subassembly may be pulled to overcome a retention mechanism and jettison the subassembly in case the wearer ends up in a body of water or alternative situation requiring such function. This avoids the need to shed the entire protective vest which typically has numerous pockets for a variety of tools, survival gear and ammunition. The assembly may be built into the protective vest at the OEM level, or may be retrofit to existing vests.

A slat arrangement for redirecting the trajectory of a bullet has a plurality of elongated steel slats, and each elongated steel slat has a longitudinal front edge and a longitudinal back edge stretching between a first end and a second end. The steel slats are positioned in a louver-like fashion for changing the direction of a bullet following a trajectory along the normal of the slat arrangement. A support structure is connected to each steel slat at the back edge of the steel slat, between the first end and the second end of the steel slat.

A slat arrangement for redirecting the trajectory of a bullet has a plurality of elongated steel slats, and each elongated steel slat has a longitudinal front edge and a longitudinal back edge stretching between a first end and a second end. The steel slats are positioned in a louver-like fashion for changing the direction of a bullet following a trajectory along the normal of the slat arrangement. A support structure is connected to each steel slat at the back edge of the steel slat, between the first end and the second end of the steel slat.

A system is provided with a multi-piece ballistic shield having a primary shield with an outward face exposed to projectiles and an opposing inward face. A first offset layer is mechanically coupled to a first section of the outward face of the primary shield and a second offset layer that is mechanically coupled to a second section of the outward face of the primary shield. The multi-piece ballistic shield further includes a secondary shield that is mechanically coupled to the first offset layer and the second offset layer. The system includes a first handle mechanism mechanically coupled to the inward face and having a fastener secured thereto. The system further includes a harness coupled to the fastener and to a vest shoulder strap to support a weight of the multi-piece ballistic shield.

A system is provided with a multi-piece ballistic shield having a primary shield with an outward face exposed to projectiles and an opposing inward face. A first offset layer is mechanically coupled to a first section of the outward face of the primary shield and a second offset layer that is mechanically coupled to a second section of the outward face of the primary shield. The multi-piece ballistic shield further includes a secondary shield that is mechanically coupled to the first offset layer and the second offset layer. The system includes a first handle mechanism mechanically coupled to the inward face and having a fastener secured thereto. The system further includes a harness coupled to the fastener and to a vest shoulder strap to support a weight of the multi-piece ballistic shield.

A tile to be used in an arrangement of identical tiles of an armor, the tile including an obverse face, a reverse face opposite the obverse face, and an endless edge between the obverse face and the reverse face, the endless edge being defined by a plurality of peripheral boundaries connected by curved sections, wherein the obverse face includes a first region and a second region each configured to be overlapped by a corresponding region of a reverse face of another tile, and a strike face region that is not overlapped by another tile, the first region and the second region being adjacent to the non-overlapped strike face region, the strike face region including a Y-shaped raised portion and no other raised portion or recessed portion, and the reverse face including a Y-shaped depression at a location corresponding to the location of the Y-shaped raised portion, and no other depression or raised portion.

A tile to be used in an arrangement of identical tiles of an armor, the tile including an obverse face, a reverse face opposite the obverse face, and an endless edge between the obverse face and the reverse face, the endless edge being defined by a plurality of peripheral boundaries connected by curved sections, wherein the obverse face includes a first region and a second region each configured to be overlapped by a corresponding region of a reverse face of another tile, and a strike face region that is not overlapped by another tile, the first region and the second region being adjacent to the non-overlapped strike face region, the strike face region including a Y-shaped raised portion and no other raised portion or recessed portion, and the reverse face including a Y-shaped depression at a location corresponding to the location of the Y-shaped raised portion, and no other depression or raised portion.