Patent ID: 7080587

Claim:
A method of protecting a body against projectiles and shaped-charged warheads, the method comprising the steps of: fitting the body on an outside thereof with at least one armor module for protection against said projectiles and shaped-charged warheads, said armor module comprises a rigid casing having a front face, a top face defining a top of the casing, and a bottom face defining a bottom of the casing, wherein a plurality of multi-layer planar cassettes are fixedly mounted within the casing; each cassette having a top base plate and a bottom base plate, sandwiching between them at least a layer of one of an energetic material and a non-energetic material; wherein the cassettes comprise at least an uppermost cassette and a lowermost cassette and situated therebetween at least one intermediate cassette, wherein the cassettes are mounted within the casing in such a manner that the top face comprises the top base plate of the uppermost cassette, and the bottom face comprises the bottom base plate of the lowermost cassette, the arrangement being such that the cassettes face the projectiles and shaped-charged warheads; wherein the casing further comprises a rear face facing the body; wherein at least a top and a bottom armor modules are successively mounted on the outside of the body such that the bottom face of the top armor module adjoins the top face of the bottom armor module; said top and bottom faces are parallel to each other and askew with respect to the front face of the casing.