.45 ACP Armor Piercing bullets VBR-Belgium
Caliber .45 ACP Armor Piercing bullets VBR-Belgium. Penetrating ammo for Glock and 1911 pistols. Suitable bullet-proof vest to stop AP ammunition.
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This technology is protected by a patent and can not be imported, distributed or produced in Belgium without the written permission of VBR-Belgium.
Info Page: No ammunition or ammunition component can be purchased at VBR Belgium!
Separate bullets, penetrators and sabots are no screws or bolts but ammunition components and are subject to the Belgian Weapons Act!
Possession of armor piercing bullet is forbidden for ordinary citizens.
Military and law enforcement only
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The use of this kind of .45 caliber brass sabots and different penetrators is claimed in the Belgian patent application no. 1015378A5 at name of Rik Van Bruaene manager VBR-Belgium in the year 2003. This means that this or a similar ammunition covered by this specification may not be manufactured, imported or distributed in Belgium without the written permission of Rik Van Bruaene! This also means that this technology is the first in his kind and cannot be claimed by others as a new state of technology..
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This technology explained with impact at a 3 mm titanium plate form a full caliber penetrator and a VBR-Belgium sub caliber penetrator with sabot.
Situation A : The point of both projectiles is in contact with the titanium plate. All the energy of each projectile is at the point ready to penetrate the titanium plate.
Situation B : Both projectiles use their full energy to push the tip of the projectile point through the titanium plate.
Situation C : At a certain moment the head of the sub caliber penetrator gets through the titanium plate and has almost no resistance anymore while the full caliber penetrator starts now to push the bigger diameter (45 cal.) through the plate. It requires a lot of energy to push a big hole like .45 through a 3 mm titanium plate. The VBR-Belgium projectile uses a heavy weight penetrator and a light weight brass sabot. This also means that the most energy is with the penetrator and only a small energy with the light weight sabot. Because of the sub caliber penetrate is already through the titanium plate, the light weight penetrator has only a small amount of energy and get the most resistant caused by his big (.45) diameter surface. The sabot start to separate for the penetrator.
Situation D = The sub caliber penetrator is already through the high resistance of the titanium plate and separates further from the sabot. The sabot stays at the titanium plate while the sub caliber penetrator enters the target. In the meantime, the full caliber .45 penetrator needs all his energy to push a big .45 hole in the strong titanium plate and has no energy left to enter the target.
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The typical .45 brass sabot of the VBR-Belgium projectile stays in the bullet proof Kelvar vest.
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The typical hardened steel penetrator of the VBR-Belgium projectile penetrates the bullet proof Kevlar vest and causes the shot wound to the victim.
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Because of the high energy of the .45 caliber and also because of the big .45 caliber diameter, the disposes are there to use penetrator heads with different dimensions. Bigger penetrators can cause a bigger permanent wound cavity, while smaller penetrator heads providing more drill performance.
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The typical impact at bare calibrated gelatin of a .45ACP - 6mm AP bullet. The penetrator – sabot separation increases the content of the permanent wound cavity and doubles the chance to hit a vital organ.
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In some old single stack 1911 magazines the AP bullets with an exposed steel core can cause feeding problems. For these old 1911 pistols, the VBR-Belgium .45 AP bullets can be provided with a plastic tip to prevent feeding problems. These feeding problems do not appear with new double stack pistols.
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Youtube video about the VBR-Belgium
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.45 Armor piercing bullets and suitable protection.
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.45 AP11 and .45 BAP
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Full caliber Armor Piercing bullets exists already form the second World War. Most of them dispose about a steel core bullet. Also VBR-Belgium has a Full caliber AP bullet in the .45 caliber, then composed in accordance with our patented technology. Fact is Full caliber .45 Armor Piercing bullets have rather a small penetration capability, this because they have to punch a big .45 caliber hole in the body armor.
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Fact is that all .45 AP Full Caliber bullets can penetrate a level NIJ-3A bullet proof vest. However, when terrorist start to manufacture there full caliber Armor Piercing bullets by themselves, a soft bullet proof vest with a double packet is hard to defeat for a full caliber .45 AP bullet. As a double NIJ-3A bullet proof packet contains around the 64 layers of Kevlar. Although, this is not a certified solution to stop Full caliber AP pistol ammunition, a bullet proof vest with a double NIJ-3A packet offers a serious protection against shrapnel and is not to penetrate by the most full caliber AP pistol rounds.
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The multi-functional bullet proof packets NIJ-3A from 250x300mm, can be purchased separately so there is no big problem to put two or even three of these NIJ-3A bullet proof packets in a plate carrier. (Sales only within Europe)
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Sub caliber penetrators VBR-Belgium
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The VBR-Belgium sub caliber penetrators can be compared with small caliber bullets. Because the aramid fibers (Kevlar) can get no grip at the sharp point of the steel penetrator, with as consequence these small sharp penetrators penetrate easy through soft bullet proof vests.
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Hardened steel penetrators are made out one piece solid steel and do not fragment like Full Metal Jacket armor piercing bullets. That means that a lot of protection principles do not work to stop solid steel penetrators. Only NIJ-4 Stand Alone plates have an operating principle that not can be defeated if strong enough, by solid steel penetrators
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