A CERAMIC ARMOUR ELEMENT FOR USE IN ARMOUR

摘要

The invention concerns an armour panel to provide protection from projectiles. The present invention relates to an armour panel comprising a layer of hexagonal ceramic armour elements (10) having a spacing means in the form of lugs (12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22) which are on the side of the ceramic armour element 10 and arranged to co-operate with adjacent ceramic armour elements (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600) and form a bond line in the space (48) between elements.