Hesco 3100 Level III Side Plate

The Hesco 3100 Level III Side Plate is a stand-alone Tensylon® design. It does not require a soft armor backer to be worn with it. It pairs with the Hesco 3800 Rifle Plate. 

This side plate is extremely lightweight hard armor rifle protection that does not need to be worn with soft armor.

The 3100 is buoyant and is finished with water repellant polyurethane coated CORDURA® fabric.

Single Hit Threat Performance

5.56x45mm M193

3150 ft/s

7.62x39mm M67

2390 ft/s

7.62x39mm M43 (Mild Steel Core)

2390 ft/s

7.62x51mm M80

2800 ft/s

NIJ Standard–0101.06 

Tested and verified to meet or exceed ballistic resistance as specified under NIJ Standard– 0101.06 (modified) plus Special Rifle Threats validated.

The 3100 Side Plate is sold individually. Order 2 plates if you want a pair.

Made in the USA.

This item is subject to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). It may not be sold or otherwise provided to any non-U.S. Person and/or exported or re-exported without a valid U.S. Department of Commerce BIS export license, or applicable EAR license Exception.

Hesco Testing Protocol 

NIJ Certification of hard armor requires submission of 10” x 12” test plates which must demonstrate the ability to defeat specific rounds tested to a valid NIJ shot pattern, after exposure to a stringent conditioning protocol to simulate aging and wear. Level III requires six M80 rounds per plate. Level IV requires one AP M2 per plate. 

 NIJ’s process provides for the inclusion of other size torso plates of identical construction to be included under the Certification without further NIJ testing. 

 Hesco holds itself to a higher standard by publishing the minimum number of shots that each size plate can be expected to defeat under similar NIJ testing methods, as well as listing many additional threats not addressed under the NIJ Certification process. The minimum number of shots are shown in the Threat Performance Matrix.