scope:

This Defence Standard specifies the material and performance requirements for weldable aluminium-magnesium armour in the form of rolled homogeneous plate of nominal thickness 6 to 1OOmm 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 material. The quality of production shall be assured by quality control, inspection and testing procedures defined in a Process Control Schedule.

Relevant parts of this Defence Standard may be used to control the quality of components made from the alloy plate but whose final shape is achieved by a working process during which the cross section of the plate is not substantially changed.