scope:

This standard specifies the material and performance requirements for armour quality castings for the protection of crew and mechanism of armoured fighting vehicles against attack. It includes a requirement for suppliers to validate their proposed material production route and for the assessment of product quality by ballistic and other tests of pre-production or prototype castings. The quality of production shall be assured by quality control, inspection and testing procedures defined in a process Control Schedule (PCS)

Where the "design end use" of the armour material is primarily for protection against overmatch or shock then the ballistic testing for release purposes may be amended to test for these attributes only. Any purchase orders must be clearly annotated and the armour material clearly identified to reflect the reduced testing and hence limited use of the material.