Ballistic armour

Abstract

An armour cassette comprising a gel interlayer sandwiched between two plates.

1 . An armour cassette comprising:
 a first plate;   a second plate; and   a single gel interlayer encapsulated in a skin sandwiched between, and having the skin contiguous with both the plates;   wherein the gel interlayer comprises a water content equal to about 95%.   
     
     
         2 . The armour cassette according to  claim 1  wherein the first plate comprises at least two regions having different thicknesses. 
     
     
         3 . An armour cassette comprising:
 a first plate comprising at least two regions having different thicknesses;   a second plate; and   a single gel interlayer sandwiched between and contiguous with both the plates;   wherein the gel interlayer comprises a water content equal to about 95%.   
     
     
         4 . The armour cassette according to  claim 2  wherein the first plate is integrally formed as a single piece. 
     
     
         5 . The armour cassette according to  claim 4  wherein the first plate is formed by structurally integrating two plates formed independently of each other. 
     
     
         6 . The armour cassette according to  claim 1  wherein the gel interlayer is absent micro-inclusions. 
     
     
         7 . The armour cassette according to  claim 1  wherein the gel interlayer comprises micro-inclusions configured to increase the mass efficiency of the armour cassette. 
     
     
         8 . The armour cassette according to  claim 7  wherein the micro-inclusions comprise gas-filled voids. 
     
     
         9 . The armour cassette according to  claim 7  wherein the micro-inclusions comprise gas filled microballoons. 
     
     
         10 . The armour cassette according to  claim 9  wherein the micro-inclusions comprise active energy components. 
     
     
         11 . The armour cassette according to  claim 10  wherein the active energy components comprise Magnesium particles. 
     
     
         12 . An armour cassette comprising:
 a first plate;   a second plate; and   a single gel interlayer sandwiched between and contiguous with both the plates;   wherein the gel interlayer is absent micro-inclusions and comprises a water content equal to about 95%.   
     
     
         13 . The armour cassette according to  claim 12  wherein the first plate comprises at least two regions having different thicknesses. 
     
     
         14 . The armour cassette according to  claim 13  wherein the first plate is integrally formed as a single piece. 
     
     
         15 . The armour cassette according to  claim 13  wherein the first plate is formed by structurally integrating two plates formed independently of each other. 
     
     
         16 . The armour cassette according to  claim 1  wherein the gel interlayer comprises a hydrogel. 
     
     
         17 . The armour cassette according to  claim 1  wherein the gel comprises a viscoelastic polymer. 
     
     
         18 . The armour cassette according to  claim 1  wherein the gel comprises a partially polymerized polymer. 
     
     
         19 . (canceled) 
     
     
         20 . An armour module housing a louvered configuration of armour cassettes according to  claim 1 . 
     
     
         21 . An armour cassette according to  claim 1  any of the preceding claims wherein the interlayer comprises at least two layers each comprising a different gel. 
     
     
         22 . An armour cassette according to  claim 1  and comprising an adhesive on the skin.