Esapi means enhanced sapi small arms protective inserts which consists of boron carbide a form of ceramic.
Ceramic esapi plates.
Only hard plate armor can prevent penetration from rifle rounds and all of our plates are made using top quality lightweight high strength armor materials.
Ballistic plate pgd esapi iv sa made in monolithic sic ceramic the pgd esapi iv sa is our strongest and lightest nij level 4 ceramic plate with full edge to edge ceramic.
The vast majority of ceramic plates on the market available to civilians are not esapi.
In the case of esapi plates each company has a similar design with slight changes.
Our sapi small arms protective inserts plates come in a variety of levels sizes and colors.
Choose a design that fits perfectly in the vest and keeps your body.
Design changes from time to time.
The esapi is lighter which can weigh approximately 6 5 to 8 pounds.
If you like lightweight plates then you should pick a plate that is made up of lightweight good quality material.
Unlike the sapi an esapi is not readily available to civilians.
The pgd esapi iv is made to stop armor piercing rounds and is tested against a single shot from 30 06 springfield and will defeat multiple hits from 7 62 39 msc.
You can choose any design you like.