Ceramic Esapi Plates

The vast majority of ceramic plates on the market available to civilians are not esapi.

Ceramic esapi plates.

Esapi means enhanced sapi small arms protective inserts which consists of boron carbide a form of ceramic. The pgd esapi iv is made to stop armor piercing rounds and is tested against a single shot from 30 06 springfield and will defeat multiple hits from 7 62 39 msc. Unlike the sapi an esapi is not readily available to civilians. The boron carbide lets the esapi be more efficient at a lighter weight.

The esapi is lighter which can weigh approximately 6 5 to 8 pounds. Our sapi small arms protective inserts plates come in a variety of levels sizes and colors. Only hard plate armor can prevent penetration from rifle rounds and all of our plates are made using top quality lightweight high strength armor materials. All our body armor plates are made by ltc leading technology composites the worlds largest and most respected body armor manufacturer.

Ballistic plate pgd esapi iv sa made in monolithic sic ceramic the pgd esapi iv sa is our strongest and lightest nij level 4 ceramic plate with full edge to edge ceramic. In the case of esapi plates each company has a similar design with slight changes. Design changes from time to time. If you like lightweight plates then you should pick a plate that is made up of lightweight good quality material.