Composhield
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| Company type | Privately held company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Defence |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Vehicle armor, Composite armor, Structural Armor |
| Subsidiaries | AMTANK Armor |
| Website | www.composhield.com |
Composhield A/S is a Danish armor manufacturer and integrator established in 2000. It develops, manufactures and assembles custom-built vehicle armour systems as well as composite add-on armor protection kits for lightweight military tactical trucks and APCs (wheeled & tracked) and commercial vehicles.
Composhield was created in 1996 as an internal research project in the company Giantcode A/S. In 2000 it became an independent company as Composhield A/S.[1] In 2007 Composhield A/S formed a joint-venture, AMTANK Armor LLC., together with American Tank & Fabricating Company, to serve the North American market.[2] Composhield is a privately held company.
Products[edit]
The products offered protect against custom and standard threats, such as those defined by STANAG 4569[3]
The add-on armor kits are based on Ceramic-polymer technology that allows them to withstand extreme dynamic loads compared to traditional steel armor.[4]
The company produces polymer compact reinforced composites as for structure protection.
[5]
At IDEX 2013 Composhield presented a low weight RPG protection kit based on 3D add-on armor modules.[6]
Composhield composite armor is used in various military vehicles, several of which have been fielded in theaters of operation such as Afghanistan.[7][8]
- Vehicles with armored components designed or manufactured by Composhield
- Urovesa Vamtac[9][10]
- Mercedes-Benz Actros[11]
- HMMWV Jülkat [8]
- Pindad ANOA
- Nimr II
- Streit Typhoon
- AVF Tuwaiq
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Urovesa Vamtac -
Danish Jülkat HMMWV -
Mercedes Benz Actros -
Streit Typhoon vehicle on display at DSEi 2011
References[edit]
- ^ Company History
- ^ The American Tank & Fabricating Company has Agreed to Join Forces with Composhield A/S
- ^ Composhield Brochure Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Constructor de paneles antibalas escoge DOPAG ECONO-MIX
- ^ Enhancing the performance under close-in detonations with polymer reinforced CRC, Electronic Journal of Structural Engineering, 6 (2006)
- ^ "IDEX 2013 - Day Three News from the Show from Andre Forkert". Archived from the original on 2013-03-13. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
- ^ 12 Vehículos de recuperación para las FAS alemanas en Afganistán Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Knokler køretøjer klar til ISAF hold 8[permanent dead link]
- ^ Army recognition, DSEI 2009
- ^ Nuevo Vamtac Blindado
- ^ LMT wins Danish order
