2000 headquarters lystrup aarhus denmark products vehicle armor composite armor structural armor subsidiaries amtank armor website www.composhield.com 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 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 edit 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 j lkat 8 pindad anoa nimr ii streit typhoon avf tuwaiq urovesa vamtac danish j lkat hmmwv mercedes benz actros streit typhoon vehicle on display at dsei 2011 references edit company history the american tank & fabricating company has agreed to join forces with composhield a s composhield brochure constructor de paneles antibalas escoge dopag econo mix enhancing the performance under close in detonations with polymer reinforced crc electronic journal of structural engineering 6 2006 idex 2013 day three news from the show from andre forkert 12 veh culos de recuperaci n para las fas alemanas en afganist n a b knokler k ret jer klar til isaf hold 8 army recognition dsei 2009 nuevo vamtac blindado lmt wins danish order external links edit official website amtank armor website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title composhield & oldid 552455935 categories companies established in 2000defense companies of denmarkprivately held companies of denmark navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 27 april 2013 at 18 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view