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NMX-BETL-01 · ENGINEERED TO ORDER — IS 17051 / NIJ 0106 REGIME

Ballistic evaluation testing laboratory. Every shot, measured to the standard.

A complete instrumented facility that ballistically qualifies body armour, helmets and ballistic shields to IS 17051:2018 and NIJ 0106. A remote-fired range line puts every round through two independent velocity screens at 0.1% and a ±0.5° yaw gate on the way to a motorised target table — with V50 fragment testing, backing-face deformation, and the full conditioning train behind it. Engineered to order in Noida.

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Fig · 01 The range line — representative render of the instrumented test cell

Velocity

50–1800m/s · twin-gate · 0.1%

Yaw Accuracy

±0.5° · 45° range

Target Table

Ø900mm · 450 kg · 360°

Test Regime

IS 17051NIJ 0106.06 · 0101.06

V50 Fragments

2–64gr RCC · 17 gr FSP

ISO 9001 / 14001 Built to IS 17051:2018 NIJ 0106.00 / 0106.06 / 0101.06 Make in India · Class 1 Noida · India

Overview

A panel stops a round — now prove it, repeatably.

Certifying body armour is not a single measurement. It is a disciplined sequence — condition the sample, fire a calibrated round at a known velocity and yaw, and read the back-face deformation in a clay reference — repeated across calibres, fragments and temperatures until the statistics hold. This laboratory is that whole sequence, instrumented end to end.

Representative render — the motorised circular target table carrying a 610 by 610 by 140 mm metallic backing-material fixture packed with oil-based clay, an armour panel clamped on the strike face, with the velocity screens visible down-range

Fig · 02 The target station — motorised table and clay backing fixture (representative render)

The laboratory is built clause-by-clause to the IS 17051:2018 and NIJ 0106 test regimes. A round leaves a remote-fired EPVAT firing rest, crosses two independent non-contact light-gate screens that time its velocity to 0.1% anywhere from 50 to 1800 m/s, passes a ±0.5° yaw gate, and strikes the armour panel clamped to a 610 × 610 × 140 mm backing-material fixture — whose metallic edges are the reference planes the back-face deformation is measured against.

The panel sits on a motorised target table — 900 mm across, 450 kg capacity, 360° stepless rotation and X-Y-Z travel — positioned entirely from a 20 metre remote, because everything down-range of the muzzle is behind armour when the shot breaks. Ballistic software captures per-shot velocity, rolls up the V-averages, and runs the statistics that turn a magazine of rounds into a V50 ballistic limit.

The number that matters is not that a panel stopped one round. It is the velocity at which it stops half of them — measured, not asserted.

Regime · IS 17051 / NIJ 0106

Built to the standard, not around it

Sample fixtures for hard- and soft-armour panels, a 900 × 600 mm shield holder and NIJ size 7¼ helmet head-forms; velocity screens per NIJ 0106.06; backing and drop-test rigs per NIJ 0101.06 — each subsystem answers a specific clause of the regime.

Measurement · 0.1%

Velocity and yaw, without contact

Two independent light-gate screen sets read strike velocity to 0.1% from 50 to 1800 m/s, centred 2.5 m from the backing face; a separate high-speed gate resolves projectile yaw to ±0.5° — so a rejected shot can be told apart from a rejected panel.

Coverage · Rounds & Fragments

Service calibres and V50 fragments

NATO/CIP velocity barrels cover the 9×19, 5.56×45, 7.62×39, 7.62×51 and 7.62×54 service calibres; a fragment barrel and reloading station cover the 17 gr FSP and 2/4/16/64 gr RCC simulators used for V50 ballistic-limit work. Velocity and yaw are read for 12.7 mm as well.

Architecture

The range line, muzzle to backing face.

The plan below is the shot line as the regime defines it — firing rest, twin velocity screens, yaw gate and the motorised target table, with the 2.5 m screen-to-backing geometry that fixes where velocity is read.

FIG · 03RANGE LINE · PLAN · V50 BALLISTIC-LIMIT GEOMETRY

Fig · 03 Remote-fired rest → twin light-gate screens → yaw gate → motorised target table and clay backing fixture — velocity read 2.5 m from the backing face

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Firing & Barrels

A mobile EPVAT firing rest holds and fires the test barrel by remote control, with elevation and azimuth trim of ±5° and a safety-door interlock that disables firing whenever the cell door is open. A NATO/CIP-pattern universal receiver takes velocity barrels for every service calibre and a dedicated V50 fragment barrel; each calibre carries spare firing pins and a barrel life of several thousand rounds.

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Velocity & Yaw

Two independent light-gate screen sets — non-contact, ~400 × 800 mm active area — time the projectile at the same station and are centred 2.5 ± 0.025 m from the front face of the backing fixture. Velocity resolves to 0.1% across 50–1800 m/s. A separate high-speed X-Y gate, splinter-shielded and on wheels, measures yaw to ±0.5° over a 45° range so obliquity is recorded with every shot.

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Target Table & Backing

The motorised target table is 900 mm across with 450 kg capacity, 360° stepless rotation, 300 mm X-Y-Z travel and a 700–1300 mm working height — all driven from a 20 m remote. It carries the 610 × 610 × 140 mm backing-material fixture, whose metallic edges (±2 mm) form the reference plane for the oil-based clay, plus holders for HAP and SAP panels, a 900 × 600 mm shield and NIJ size 7¼ helmet head-forms.

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Conditioning & Data

Before firing, samples are conditioned to the regime: a −40 to +180 °C environmental / thermal-cycle chamber (±1 °C), a temperature-and-humidity tumbler at 65 °C / 80% RH per NIJ 0101.06, an armour-submersion bath, and drop-test rigs that validate both the clay backing and the hard armour. Ballistic software logs per-shot velocity, average V-values and full statistics on the included workstation.

Holding a ballistic-test, proof-range or armour-QA requirement? Send the specification — clause-by-clause compliance matrix within two working days · [email protected]

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Specifications

Reference specification, system by system.

The parameters below follow the IS 17051:2018 / NIJ 0106 evaluation regime. Calibre set, conditioning ranges and instrumentation are configured against your specification.

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Facility	Complete ballistic evaluation testing laboratory for hard-armour panels (HAP), soft-armour panels (SAP), ballistic helmets and ballistic shields · design, manufacture, integration, installation, training and documentation
Test Regime	IS 17051:2018 · NIJ 0106.00 (helmets) · NIJ 0106.06 (velocity method) · NIJ 0101.06 (backing & drop validation)
Sample Fixtures	Holders for HAP & SAP per IS 17051 · 500 × 500 mm sample holder · 900 × 600 mm ballistic-shield holder (≤40 mm thick) · pair of helmet head-forms, size 7¼ per NIJ 0106.00 · sample-mounting framework
Backing-Material Fixture	610 × 610 × 140 mm (±2 mm) · metallic reference planes for the oil-based clay · removable wooden back · 2 off
Motorised Target Table	Ø900 mm · platform height 700–1300 mm (±300 mm) · X-Y-Z travel 300 mm · 360° stepless rotation · 450 kg capacity · all X-Y-Z motorised · operated from a 20 m remote (per IS 17051:2018)
Velocity Measurement	Two independent non-contact light-gate screen sets (per NIJ 0106.06) · active area ≥400 × 800 mm · screens centred 2.5 ± 0.025 m from the backing-fixture face · range 50–1800 m/s · accuracy 0.1% · 0–50 °C · LAN / Ethernet / RS232 / RS485 / Wi-Fi
Yaw Measurement	Two high-speed X-Y detectors · active area ≥380 × 380 mm · max bullet length 180 mm · range 50–1800 m/s · yaw range 45°, accuracy ±0.5° · splinter-shielded, mobile on wheels · LAN / Wi-Fi
Calibres & Fragments	Fired: 9×19, 5.56×45, 7.62×39, 7.62×51, 7.62×54 · 17-grain FSP · 2 / 4 / 16 / 64-grain RCC fragment simulators · velocity & yaw also measured for 12.7 mm
Firing Rest (EPVAT)	Mobile on wheels / fork-lifter · remote hold-and-fire of test barrels · height ≥960 mm to match the table · total mass ≥500 kg · recoiling mass ≥18 kg · 220 V · elevation & azimuth ±5° · 20 m remote · safety-door interlock on firing
Breech & Velocity Barrels	NATO/CIP universal receiver · complete firing mechanism, adjustable head-space · velocity barrels 9×19 (250 mm), 7.62×39 / 7.62×51 / 5.56×45 7″ & 12″ twist (650 mm), 7.62×54R (≥740 mm) · dedicated V50 fragment barrel · 10 firing pins per calibre · barrel life 3000–5000 rounds
V50 Ballistic Limit	Reference V50 BL(P): 2-gr RCC 1280 m/s · 4-gr RCC 1059 · 16-gr RCC 754 · 64-gr RCC 533 · 17-gr FSP 300–1800 · reloading station (dies, turret, press, priming, case trimming, 200 g / 5 mg balance) for test-round preparation
Drop-Test Validation	Backing-consistency drop test per NIJ 0101.06 — 63.5 ± 0.05 mm steel sphere, 1043 ± 5 g, 2000 ± 2 mm drop · hard-armour drop test — ≥1200 mm free fall, 10 ± 0.1 kg fixture on 4.5 ± 0.1 kg clay
Conditioning	Environmental / thermal-cycle chamber ≥1 × 1 m, −40 to +180 °C (±1 °C, RH ±3%), 10-day programmable cycle · NIJ 0101.06 tumbler, SS-304 Ø832 mm drum, 5 rpm, 65 °C / 80% RH · armour-submersion bath (~1000 × 1000 × 500 mm, 21 °C)
Software & DAQ	Ballistic software records per-shot velocity, average V-values and full statistical analysis · included workstation (i7 / 8 GB / 1 TB SSD / Windows 11) · reloadable software media
Utilities & Environment	Input 230 V ±10% single-phase or 415 V ±10% three-phase, 50 Hz · ambient 10–45 °C, 45–98% RH · minimum equipment life 6 years
Support & Documentation	Installation, integration & acceptance trials demonstrating repeatable results across all calibres, V50 fragments and HAP / SAP / helmet / shield · operator training · 3 sets of O&M manuals with electrical & mechanical drawings · 24-month warranty · AMC available
Status	Engineered to order — built to the IS 17051:2018 and NIJ 0106 test regime · calibre set, conditioning ranges and instrumentation configurable to customer specification

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Ballistic Evaluation Laboratory — Capability Sheet

Tender Response

Send your specification — line-by-line itemised response

Configurations

One evaluation discipline, scaled to the mandate.

Requirements call it a ballistic test range, an armour proof laboratory, a V50 test facility or a body-armour QA cell. The same instrumented architecture answers all of them.

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The Full Laboratory

The complete range line on this page — remote firing rest, twin velocity screens, yaw gate, motorised target table — with the full conditioning train (thermal-cycle chamber, tumbler, submersion, drop-test) to IS 17051:2018 and NIJ 0106.

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Range-Line Only

Firing rest, velocity and yaw instrumentation and the motorised target table as a stand-alone proof range, integrated into an existing armoured cell where sample conditioning is already covered elsewhere.

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Other Standards & Calibres

The same architecture instrumented to other national and NATO regimes — alternative calibre and fragment sets, V50 protocols, STANAG-style obliquity and back-face limits — with the calibration and evidence pack built to the customer’s standard.

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The Wider Test-Systems Line

Impact, proof-pressure and endurance test systems from the same test-and-measurement engineering line — built to the same instrumentation, safety-interlock and documentation discipline.

Applications

Where it serves.

Wherever armour has to be proof-tested before it is issued.

A · 01Body-armour manufacturers — bullet-resistant jacket & hard-plate lot qualification to IS 17051

A · 02Ballistic-helmet makers — NIJ 0106 shell testing on size 7¼ head-forms

A · 03Ballistic-shield & vehicle-armour makers — large-panel and shield evaluation

A · 04Defence & ordnance QA and proof establishments — in-house armour acceptance

A · 05Independent NABL-accredited ballistic test houses — third-party certification

A · 06Police, paramilitary & export armour procurement labs — subject to Government of India authorisation

FAQ

Common questions.

Plain-language answers from the engineering team.

Q · 01 How is this different from an impact or drop-test rig?

An impact rig measures blunt energy — a headform or striker dropped onto a sample at a few tens of metres per second, reading deceleration and deflection. This is a ballistic laboratory: it fires real service calibres and fragment simulators at hundreds to over a thousand metres per second and measures penetration, back-face deformation in a clay reference, and the V50 ballistic limit. Different physics, different instrumentation, different standard — IS 17051 and NIJ 0106 rather than an automotive or protective-equipment impact code. The laboratory does include NIJ 0101.06 drop tests, but only to validate the clay backing and the hard armour, not as the primary measurement.

Q · 02 What is V50, and why does the whole range line exist to measure it?

V50 is the velocity at which a given projectile has a 50% probability of perforating a given armour — the statistical ballistic limit. You find it by firing a series of shots at velocities bracketing the limit and recording, for each, whether it was a complete or partial penetration, then computing the velocity that splits them. That is why velocity must be known to 0.1% for every shot, why yaw is recorded (an off-axis strike is not a valid data point), and why the target is remotely repositioned between shots so each impact lands on fresh material at the right spacing. The reloading station exists so rounds can be trimmed to arrive at the velocities the V50 series needs.

Q · 03 Why two independent velocity screens instead of one?

NIJ 0106.06 calls for redundant, independent velocity measurement at the same station so a single screen fault cannot silently corrupt a qualification result. The two non-contact light-gate sets read the same projectile over an active area of about 400 × 800 mm and are centred 2.5 ± 0.025 m from the front face of the backing fixture — a fixed geometry so the recorded velocity is genuinely the strike velocity, not an extrapolation. If the two disagree beyond tolerance, the shot is flagged rather than counted.

Q · 04 Why does the clay backing get its own conditioning and drop test?

In IS 17051 and NIJ 0101.06 the back-face deformation is read as an indent in an oil-based modelling clay held in the 610 × 610 × 140 mm fixture — so the clay is the instrument, and its consistency has to be verified before every test block. That is what the drop-test validation does: a 63.5 mm, 1043 g steel sphere dropped 2000 mm must leave an indent within a specified band, at the test temperature. The environmental chamber and tumbler bring the clay and the armour samples to the standard’s conditioning state first — temperature, humidity and, for armour, the tumble and submersion protocols — so results are comparable shot to shot and lab to lab.

Q · 05 How is the range operated safely with live fire down-range?

Everything down-range of the muzzle is handled remotely. The EPVAT firing rest holds and fires the barrel under remote control with ±5° elevation and azimuth trim; the target table is positioned in X, Y, Z and rotation from a 20 metre remote; and a safety-door interlock ties the cell door directly to the firing circuit, so a round cannot be fired while the door is open. The yaw instrument sits in a splinter-shielded housing, and the whole line is designed to be walked up to and reset only when the firing circuit is disabled.

Q · 06 What is the current status — and can you build to our standard?

The laboratory is engineered to order. It is built to the IS 17051:2018 and NIJ 0106 evaluation regime as an integrated facility — range line, conditioning train, instrumentation and software — installed, integrated and taken through acceptance trials that demonstrate repeatable results across the calibre and fragment set. For other national or NATO standards, the calibre and fragment set, the V50 protocol, the conditioning ranges and the documentation are re-scoped to your regime, with a clause-by-clause compliance matrix returned within two working days of receiving the specification. Export engagements are managed end-to-end, subject to Government of India authorisation.

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Ballistic evaluation testing laboratory. Every shot, measured to the standard.

A panel stops a round — now prove it, repeatably.

Built to the standard, not around it

Velocity and yaw, without contact

Service calibres and V50 fragments

The range line, muzzle to backing face.

Firing & Barrels

Velocity & Yaw

Target Table & Backing

Conditioning & Data

Reference specification, system by system.

One evaluation discipline, scaled to the mandate.

The Full Laboratory

Range-Line Only

Other Standards & Calibres

The Wider Test-Systems Line

Where it serves.

Common questions.

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Ballistic evaluation testing laboratory. Every shot, measured to the standard.

A panel stops a round — now prove it, repeatably.

Built to the standard, not around it

Velocity and yaw, without contact

Service calibres and V50 fragments

The range line, muzzle to backing face.

Firing & Barrels

Velocity & Yaw

Target Table & Backing

Conditioning & Data

Reference specification, system by system.

One evaluation discipline, scaled to the mandate.

The Full Laboratory

Range-Line Only

Other Standards & Calibres

The Wider Test-Systems Line

Where it serves.

Common questions.

Test & measurement systems from Neometrix.

Head Impact Test Rig

Hydraulic Proof & Pressure Test Rig

Ammunition Hydro / Pressure Test System

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