Armored vehicles are reinforced with metal or composite materials to resist attacks and are used by high-profile individuals, military personnel, and in war zones. They may be produced by car manufacturers or retrofitted with armor plates, but are not completely attack-proof.
An armored vehicle is a vehicle that has been reinforced with plate metal or composite materials to make it resistant to attack. Armored vehicles often have a range of other safety features as well, ranging from the ability to become negatively pressurized in the event of a gas attack to having tires that will work when deflated. Armored cars are produced on the inventory lines of some car manufacturers, but are usually made by reinforcing a normal vehicle.
There are several uses for an armored vehicle. They are the vehicle of choice for diplomats, heads of state, and other high-profile individuals who may be at risk of attack. Some people, such as celebrities, choose to wear armored vehicles as a status symbol, as these vehicles imply a status of importance. In war zones, armored vehicles are standard, and military personnel and visiting state officials use armored vehicles and escorts to travel safely.
In the case of armored cars that are built as production vehicles, the car company reinforces the car with heavy materials and installs bulletproof windows; Often the armor is subtle enough that the car looks normal to the naked eye. This makes the car significantly heavier than an unarmored vehicle of the same size, forcing the manufacturer to fit a more powerful engine to compensate. Ordinary armored vehicles may have tinted windows, remote start keys, intercoms, alarms, heavily insulated fuel tanks to resist explosions, and other security measures designed to make them resistant to all but the most determined attacks.
Many companies also offer armor services, in which they will retrofit a vehicle into an armored car. In this case, high-end armored cars have armored plates inserted under the “skin” of the car, so that the car looks no different to the naked eye, while the windows are replaced with bulletproof glass and other Security features can be installed as requested. In other cases, armor plates can simply be bolted directly to the exterior of the car; This is more common in war zones, where it is more important to protect the occupants of a car than to worry about hiding the fact that the car is armored.
Armored vehicles are certainly not attack proof. Many of them are vulnerable to rockets or bombs, for example, and can be stopped with the use of roadblocks and diversions. However, traveling in an armored car is certainly safer than traveling in an exposed vehicle, especially when the car is accompanied by an escort that may include decoys and heavier armored vehicles with police or military personnel.
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