Adept Armor Colossus VPAM 12 Standalone Hard Armor Plate

*Manufacturer’s Lead Time: Estimated at 6 – 8 weeks.

RF3 Armor Plate Colossus: Threats are evolving. The .30-06 M2 AP projectile is nearly 100 years old, and, in a military context, is practically obsolete.

The Colossus™ is a future-proofed armor plate built strong enough to counter today’s most modern AP threats — and the emerging AP threats of tomorrow. Built to handle the rigors of war against peer adversaries, it offers protective capabilities far beyond the run-of-the-mill Level IV or RF3 plate, yet weighs just over six pounds, far less than the average Level IV or RF3 plate.

Product Details: 

• Manufacturer: Adept Armor
• Product type: Hard Armor Plate
• Product configuration: Stand alone
• Type of protective cover: Durable thermoplastic wrap

Ballistic rating: 

• VPAM 12:

7.62x51mm Swiss P AP (tungsten core) at 810 m/s

• VPAM 11:

7.62x51mm M993 (tungsten core) at 940 m/s

• Level IV (RF3):

.30-06 AP M2 at 880 m/s

• Special Threats:

• Thickness: 1.13” // 28.7mm
• Weight: 6.5 pounds // 2.95kg (based on 10×12” Shooter’s Cut)
• Curvature: Multi-Curve
• Composition: Advanced SiC-TiB2 ceramic, Vectran, UHMWPE Composite, thermoplastic wrap
• Specialty: Peerless protection from the most advanced small arms threats.
• Sizes: 10×12” Shooter’s Cut

The Colossus™ is the culmination of years of R&D in ceramic armor materials and systems. It was designed from the ground-up to be the strongest plate in its category while maintaining a below-average weight: First, by utilizing the most advanced materials available anywhere; second, by stripping plate construction down to the ruthless essentials, until the plate is all lean muscle and bone, without a surplus molecule anywhere on the thing.

Built to stop:

• 7.62x51mm Ruag Swiss P AP at 2660 fps
• 7.62x51mm M993 at 3100 fps
• .30-06 M2 AP at well over 2880 fps
• 7.62x51mm M80A1 at well over 3100 fps
• Standoff protection from .50 Caliber M33 Ball
• All lesser threats such as M995, M193, .270, .22-250, etc.
• Just as importantly, the Colossus armor plate is engineered for near-future peer conflict — built to stop emerging military AP threats.

Product Features and Benefits:

• SiC-TiB2 composite strike-face. A next-gen ceramic material developed specifically to counter tungsten-cored small arms threats.
• Next-gen UHMWPE backer.
• High-strength Vectran Liquid Crystal Polymer cladding layer on the strike-face.
• Resilient, premium-grade thermoplastic foam on the strike-face, for drop protection, and on the body side, for trauma reduction. On the body side, this serves as an integrated trauma pad.
• Comfortable and form-fitting multi-curve geometry.
• Just 6.5 pounds (2.95kg) and 1.18″ thick.
• A full-sized strike face with full edge-to-edge ceramic coverage.