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AR500 Armor C2 Multi-Hit Ceramic Body Armor Plate has been discontinued by AR500 Armor and is no longer available. Our product experts have helped us select these available replacements below.You can also explore other items in the Military & Tactical Gear, Armor Plates yourself to try and find the perfect replacement for you!
The more armor develops, the less you have to compromise on things such as stopping power, durability, and price. This time, Armored Republics R&D team has developed a plate that can take multiple Level IV threats without allowing a passthrough.Manufactured in-house, the C2 Multi-Hit is made to handle more powerful military-grade weaponry than any other plate. Most importantly, this design is able to stop .30 caliber armor-piercing bullets (U.S. Military designation M2 AP) at a velocity of 2,880 ft/s. Whereas such a threat would punch through most plates, and even other Level IV ceramic plates would likely collapse after one hit, this plate has been tested to successfully stop as many as three successive M2 AP rounds.Ceramic plates stop rounds in a unique fashion: Rather than the mere hardness of the plate outmatching the strength of the bullet, ceramic armor allows a section of itself to shatter so as to absorb the bullets impact more completely. The downside of this method is that the shattering process can hurt the integrity of the plate. But further development and higher-quality materials have enabled the C2 Multi-Hit to limit that shattering to a much smaller area, leaving the rest of the plate strong enough to stop more hits.The C2 Multi-Hit is compatible with all standard-size carriers; it is a normal 10 x 12 plate size with a thickness of 1 inch. It weighs 7.4 pounds- the same weight as the C2 despite having greater stopping power.![]()