DKX MAX III and Developmental MAX IV Lightweight, Multi-Hit/Drop-Resistant Dyneema “Floaty Armor” (Floating Armor) Maritime Hard Armor Plates at SHOT Show 2012 (Video!)

By David Crane
defrev (at) gmail (dot) com

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March 2, 2012

While DefenseReview (DR) was at SHOT Show 2012, we came across the DKX Advanced Manufacturing booth and got a quick look at the DKX MAX III lightweight, multi-hit/drop-resistant “floaty armor” (DR’s tongue-in-cheek term for floating armor) plates, which are positively-buoyant thanks to their DSM Dyneema fiber construction. NIJ Level III hard armor plates. The DKX MAX III plates’ polyethylene fiber (Dyneema) construction is what gives them their multi-hit/drop-resistant qualities, and why you don’t have to X-Ray them like you would with ceramic armor plates.

According to Evan Anderson of DKX, the company is currently developing DKX MAX IV NIJ Level IV anti-rifle armor plates.

The DKX floating hard armor (tactical body armor) product might be a good fit with London Bridge Trading Company Ltd.’s (LBT) maritime tactical armor plate carrier.

Company Contact Info:

Clyde Caceres
DKX Advanced Manufacturing
850-368-9598 Sales Office
866-638-7169 Toll free Fax
clyde@DKXarmor.com Email Direct
info@DKXarmor.com Email Info
oem@DKXarmor.com Email OEM
http://dkxarmor.com Website

DSM Dyneema
DSM Dyneema LLC
1101 Highway 27 South
Stanley, NC 28164
Toll Free: 800.883.7404
Office: 704.862.5000
Website: http://www.dyneema.com

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