Hephaestus Consulting supplies inert fragmentation bodies for armoured vehicle blast testing. These products include: DTG-5 surrogate to suit PAS-300 and VSAG-12 CAV test standards (HG-85 surrogate) DM-31 surrogate to suit AEP-55 / STAMAG 4569 level 1 under-belly mine blast DM-51 surrogate to suit PAS-300, VSAG-12, VPAM All our blast testing devices are produced in house … Continue reading Fragment grenades for Vehicle Blast Testing

NIJ 0101.06 is the most recent version of the internationally recognised standard for testing the protection levels of body armour materials. This is a comprehensive standard which significantly improves on previous documents with the inclusion of significant environmental and robustness testing. Care is to be taken not to confuse this standard with NIJ 0108.06 which … Continue reading NIJ 0101.06 Ballistic Resistant Of Body Armour Test Standard

Hephaestus Consulting are extremely proud to offer surrogate test projectiles to suit the most recent version of STANAG 4569 for levels 5 and 6 KE – Medium Cannon. These cost effective surrogate projectiles are reverse engineered from the specified but almost impossible to acquire PMB 073 (25x137mm APDS-T), PMB 090 (25x137mm APFSDS-T) projectiles as well … Continue reading Medium Cannon Surrogate Projectiles – STANAG 4569 Level 5 & 6

NIJ 0108.01 is an internationally accepted standard for testing the protection levels of armour materials. Whilst a very simplistic standard this same simplicity means that this document finds itself in use worldwide for many different applications. Care is to be taken not to confuse this standard with NIJ 0101.06 which is intended for the testing … Continue reading NIJ 0108.01 Ballistic Resistant Protective Materials Test Standard

EN1063 is a common standard used in the UK and Europe for Ballistic Protection. Originally intended for transparent armour this standard has also been widely adopted for testing of composite (especially GFRP) armour. This standard is also used in conjunction with BS EN 1522 test standard for Bullet resistant doors, shutters and blinds. The threat … Continue reading EN 1063 / EN 1522 (commonly used for Composite Armour)