Composhield

Composhield A/S is a Danish armor manufacturer and integrator established in 2000. It develops, manufactures and assembles custom-built vehicle armour systems as well as composite add-on armor protection kits for lightweight military tactical trucks and APCs (wheeled & tracked) and commercial vehicles.

Composhield

Company type	Privately held company
Industry	Defence
Founded	2000
Headquarters	Lystrup, Aarhus , Denmark
Products	Vehicle armor, Composite armor, Structural Armor
Subsidiaries	AMTANK Armor
Website	www.composhield.com

Composhield was created in 1996 as an internal research project in the company Giantcode A/S. In 2000 it became an independent company as Composhield A/S.^[1] In 2007 Composhield A/S formed a joint-venture, AMTANK Armor LLC., together with American Tank & Fabricating Company, to serve the North American market.^[2] Composhield is a privately held company.

Products

The products offered protect against custom and standard threats, such as those defined by STANAG 4569^[3] The add-on armor kits are based on Ceramic-polymer technology that allows them to withstand extreme dynamic loads compared to traditional steel armor.^[4]
The company produces polymer compact reinforced composites as for structure protection. ^[5]
At IDEX 2013 Composhield presented a low weight RPG protection kit based on 3D add-on armor modules.^[6]

Composhield composite armor is used in various military vehicles, several of which have been fielded in theaters of operation such as Afghanistan.^[7][8]

Vehicles with armored components designed or manufactured by Composhield

• - Urovesa Vamtac^[9][10]
• - Mercedes-Benz Actros^[11]
• - HMMWV Jülkat ^[8]
• - Pindad ANOA
• - Nimr II
• - Streit Typhoon
• - AVF Tuwaiq

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  Urovesa Vamtac
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  Danish Jülkat HMMWV
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  Mercedes Benz Actros
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  Streit Typhoon vehicle on display at DSEi 2011