Advanced Modular Armor Protection Advanced Modular Armor Protection ( AMAP ) is modular composite armour concept , developed by the German company IBD Deisenroth Engineering . According to IBD AMAP is a 4th generation composite armour , making use of nano - ceramics and modern steel alloy technologies . AMAP is the successor of MEXAS . Some modules of the AMAP family can be combined to create an all - around protection . Structure . AMAP is making use of new advanced steel alloys , Aluminium - Titanium alloys , nanometric steels , ceramics and nano - ceramics . The new high - hardened steel needs 30 % less thickness to offer the same protection level as ARMOX500Z High Hard Armour steel . While Titanium requires only 58 % as much weight as rolled homogeneous armour ( RHA ) for reaching the same level of protection , " Mat 7720 new " , a newly developed Aluminium - Titanium alloy , needs only 38 % of the weight . That means that this alloy is more than twice as protective as RHA of the same weight . AMAP is also making use of new nano - ceramics , which are harder and lighter than current ceramics , while having multi - hit capability . Normal ceramic tiles and a liner backing have a mass - efficiency ( E ) value of 3 compared to normal steel armour , while it fulfills STANAG 4569 . The new nano - crystalline ceramic materials should increase the hardness compared to current ceramics by 70 % and the weight reduction is 30 % , therefore the E value is larger than 4 . Furthermore the higher fracture toughness increases the general multi - hit capability . Some AMAP - modules might consist of this new ceramic tiles glued on a backing liner and overlaid by a cover , a concept which is also used by MEXAS . Lightweight SLAT armour is also part of the AMAP family . In excess new nano - ceramic armour overlaying a vehicle ' s base armour , which is backed up by a spall - liner , can archieve a weight reduction of more than 40 % to meet the Level 3 of STANAG 4569 . Furthermore AMAP ' s glue and lining components are working efficiently even at high temperatures ( like ) . AMAP is a modular protection concept , therefore several modules , some of them in different variants according the required protection level , are formed . The efficiency may be increased if more types of AMAP - modules are used . AMAP modules . AMAP - ADS . An active protection system named AMAP - ADS ( Active Defense System ) was developed to prevent a vehicle from being hit by ballistic threats . The system is also known under the name " AAC " in Sweden and under the name " Shark " in France . AMAP - ADS is by now one of the fastest active protection systems . In contrast to millisecond systems like Raytheon ' s Quick Kill or IMI ' s Iron Fist it is a microsecond system , needing only microsecond s to react . This reduces the minimum defeat distance and enables protection against more different threats like RPGs or EFPs . Sensors for target detection and countermeasure s are installed all around the vehicle . The system weight is 140 kg for light vehicles and up to 500 kg for heavy vehicles . AMAP - AIR . AMAP - AIR is designed to protect aircraft like the Eurocopter Tiger . Aircraft require special lightweight armour . AMAP - B . AMAP - B ( ballistic ) provides protection against kinetic energy penetrator s like bullet s , autocannon calibers like 20 mm or 30 mm and against APFSDS of tank gun s like modern 120 mm or 125 mm rounds . Like MEXAS AMAP - B exists in three versions . Light offers protection against small arms for light armoured or soft - skinned vehicles , helicopters , aircraft and boats . The medium version of AMAP - B is normally used on medium armoured vehicles such as the IFVs and APCs . These vehicles normally need protection against autocannons up to 30 mm caliber . The heavy AMAP - B version is for use on tank s . AMAP - IED . AMAP - IED is designed for protection against mines . Mines have caused high losses to troops in Afghanistan and Iraq . AMAP - IED is used in two protection levels , level 1 provides protection against small arms fire , fragments and blasts , upgraded to level two it is also protecting against EFPs and rocket - propelled grenades like the RPG - 7 . The level 2 also includes a mine protection . AMAP - L . AMAP - L ( liner ) is the spall liner of AMAP . AMAP - L can be attached to soft - skinned or armoured vehicles . The spall cone which is normally 87° can be reduced to only 17° . Over 30 , 000 vehicles have been fitted with spall lining systems of IBD . AMAP - M . AMAP - M ( mine ) is a mine protection armour module . It fulfills STANAG 4569 and has a lower weight than conventional mine protection systems . AMAP - MPS . AMAP - MPS ( multi purpose seat ) is a special blast - protected seat . Contrary to normal seats , it is not attached to the vehicle floor or roof , so shock - energy can be absorbed by the seats . AMAP - P . AMAP - P uses retractable modules , similar to side skirts or slat armour , to effectively defeat RPGs . It is a modern variant of spaced armour . AMAP - P is multi - hit - capable . It ' s areal density is lower than 15 kg / m² . AMAP - R . AMAP - R ( roof ) is designed to protect the roof of a vehicle against artillery bomblet s and EFPs . AMAP - R consists of two armour layers , called AMAP - R Level 1 and AMAP - R Level 2 . Compared to conventional roof protection , which can have an aerial density of up to 450 kg / m² , AMAP - R is very lightweight ( Level 1 has an aerial density of only 25 kg / m² , Level 1 and 2 together have an aerial density of 120 kg / m² ) . The normal vehicle armour is overlaid by one or two layer of AMAP - R . Level 1 provides protection against bomblets , while Level 2 protects against EFPs . AMAP - S . AMAP - S ( stealth ) is IDB ' s solution of reducing the vehicles signature . AMAP - S can be fitted to naval vehicles , like ships , land vehicles and aircraft . The facility of IBD has own instruments to measure the signatures of a vehicle . AMAP - SC . AMAP - SC ( shaped charge ) has a very high mass - effency , the E is between 8 and 10 . AMAP - SC has multi - hit capability and protects also against other threats including mines . Since AMAP - SC is passive armour , in contrast to ERA , no explosives are used , so collateral damage is reduced to a minimum . AMAP - T . AMAP - T ( transparency ) is the bulletproof glass component of AMAP . The use of modern ceramic armour reduces the weight by up to 50 % compared to normal bulletproof glass of the same protection level . It meets STANAG 4569 levels 1 to 4 . Applications . Some of the known applications for AMAP include following armoured vehicles : Aircraft . The active protection system AMAP - ADS have already been tested on several vehicles including the SPz Marder , SEP , CV90120 , AMV 8x8 and LMV .