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Ballistic materials protect armored Lincoln Town Car. (Materials Progress: Metals).

Advanced Materials & Processes,  July, 2003  

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This armored Lincoln Town Car BPS (ballistic protection system) contains several advanced ballistic materials. Many of its vertical surfaces are composed of advanced ceramic composites, which provide a very hard strike face to break up bullets. Lightweight, bullet-resistant plates of steel back up the ceramics. A thick blanket of DuPont ...

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