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Safe Protection Levels - Ballistic Armor

Class M rating - For those insisting on the best of the best...

This is our highest protection rating. This rating is currently used by no safe company other than Brown Safe and is reserved for our ballistic armor encased safes and vaults.

Brown Safe is currently working with the U.S. military in ongoing testing to develop a new protection rating for safes made with this plating. It's expected that the new GSA rating will surpass all current protection levels.

The armor plating of an M rated safe is of the same thickness as steel plating from a Class B rated safe but with penetration resistance equaling that of the strongest hardplate material available.

This means an M rated safe can be installed in locations an excessively heavy Class F safe just can't go, like an upstairs bedroom, while providing superior protection beyond the class F rating.

One major challenge our M rated test safe has already passed consists of firing multiple 50 caliber anti-sniper bullets directly into the safe. Aside from the missing paint, the safe shows little to no visible indentation, a feat no other known safe is capable of achieving, and a testament to the incredible strength of these safes.

This armor also resists conventional penetration entry attempts. Carbide tipped drill bits, for instance, have little to no success at boring through as the armor hardness is an even match to that of the bits.

Updated Weapon Testing Results for M Rated Ballistic Plate Armor
Steel
Thickness
Threat
Projectile
Velocity
Min/Max/fps
Shots
Fired
Shot
Spacing
Testing
Standard
3mm (.118")&
1/8"
.44 mag
9mm Para
1350-1450
5
8"Square
NlJ lll-A
3mm & 1/8"
44 mag
9mm Para
1350-1485
1400-1540
3
5
4.5"triangle
4.5"triangle
UL Level3
UL Level6
3/16"
7.62 x 39 ball (soviet)
2380-2450
5
8"Square
NlJ lll(mod)
1/4"
7.65 NATO M80
BALL .30-06,180 gr Jsp
2700-2800
2540-2794
5
5
8"Square 8"Square
NlJ lll UL level4(mod)
5/16"
7.65 NATO M80
BALL .30-06,180 gr Jsp
2750-3025
2540-2794
5
1
4.5"Square
UL Level 8
(Upper Vol) UL Level 4
(Upper Vol)
3/8"
5.56mm(M193)
3080-3388
5
4.5"Square
UL Level 7
1/2"
.30-06 M2 AP 7.62 NATO M61
.50 Cal, M2 BALL 710 gr
2800-2900
2625-2657

2800-2900
1
3

3
Center
4.9"triangle 8"

Circle
NlJ lV
DlN-C5-SA

NlJ lV(mod)