Can you "uparmor" a level III AR500 armor plate with a floor tile?

[chopinbloc]

At this point, pretty much everybody knows that lightweight, high velocity .223 or 5.56mm can perforate Level III AR500 armor. Does placing a single floor tile in front of the plate transform it into a sort of hillbilly Level III+ plate? Can a tile "uparmor" the plate such that M193 doesn't penetrate?

 

[hso]

Well, that works...once.

 

[chopinbloc]

Lol. This was just a proof of concept. Bed liner does a real good job of holding tiles together.

 

[MechAg94]

I was thinking about the sheets of bathroom tiles that are all small. The Bed liner might work also.

 

[chopinbloc]

Yeah, one of the problems is that for this concept to work on a curved plate requires small tiles but the small tiles means gaps, which means another layer.

 

[cdk8]

Interesting. How much does the tile weigh relative to the steel trauma plate? I am guessing it's quite a bit of weight?

If you took smaller piece of ceramic (ideally ones with a slight bow), and overlapped them to form a pattern, do you think this would be equally effective?

 

[Highcaliber]

Might as well upgrade to 3/8" AR500 plates. Problem solved and multi-hit capable.

 

[chopinbloc]

Level III+ AR550 plates do perform really well. Do you know of any 3/8" AR500 testing?

 

[MtnCreek]

3/8 AR500 target hanging from chains just gets a little dinged up from 55gr Hornady FMJ loaded to ~ M193 velocity at ~30 yds (not advocating shooting steel with a rifle at that range though). Even if it had a solid backing to keep the plate from moving, I doubt it would penetrate.

 

[chopinbloc]

M193 only gets through AR500 level III at close range, like less than 50 feet for a 20" barrel, if I remember right.