Composhield

Composhield
Privately held company
Industry Defence
Founded 2000
Headquarters Lystrup, Aarhus, Denmark
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

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

References

  1. ↑ Company History
  2. ↑ The American Tank & Fabricating Company has Agreed to Join Forces with Composhield A/S
  3. ↑ Composhield Brochure
  4. ↑ Constructor de paneles antibalas escoge DOPAG ECONO-MIX
  5. ↑ Enhancing the performance under close-in detonations with polymer reinforced CRC, Electronic Journal of Structural Engineering, 6 (2006)
  6. ↑ IDEX 2013 - Day Three News from the Show from Andre Forkert
  7. ↑ 12 Vehículos de recuperación para las FAS alemanas en Afganistán
  8. 1 2 Knokler køretøjer klar til ISAF hold 8
  9. ↑ Army recognition, DSEI 2009
  10. ↑ Nuevo Vamtac Blindado
  11. ↑ LMT wins Danish order

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