INCH-POUND
MIL-PRF-46108C
3 June 1999
SUPERSEDING
MIL-A-46108B
8 August 1983
PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATION
ARMOR: TRANSPARENT
This specification is approved for use by all Departments and Agencies of the Department of Defense.
1. SCOPE
1.1 Scope. This specification covers the performance requirements for transparent armor used in armored
military vehicles and aircraft. Transparent armor is the technical term for protective transparencies commonly
called ballistic resistant windows.
1.2 Material selection. There is no restriction on the type of construction needed to fabricate the transparent
armor specified herein for protective transparencies used in ballistic resistant windows. Construction may be
monolithic or any combination of plies such as glass, plastic, and adhesive interlayers. All combinations of
materials should be chemically and structurally compatible and produce integral bonds that will meet the
requirements of this specification (see 6.3).
2. APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS
2.1 General. The documents listed in this section are specified in sections 3 and 4 of this specification. This
section does not include documents in other sections of this specification or recommended for additional
information or as examples. While every effort has been made to ensure the completeness of this list, document
users are cautioned that they must meet all specified requirements documents cited in sections 3 and 4 of this
specification, whether or not they are listed.
Beneficial comments (recommendations, additions, deletions) and any pertinent data which may be of use in
improving this document should be addressed to: Director, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Weapons and
Materials Research Directorate, ATTN: AMSRL-WM-M, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005-5069 by using
the Standardization Document Improvement Proposal (DD Form 1426) appearing at the end of this document or
by letter.
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