Ballistic Testing
OTS employ some of the UK's leading experts in Ballistics and Armour and have access to some of the best indoor Small Arms and Cannon testing facilities within Europe at their Faldingworth site in Lincolnshire, UK.

OTS offer a totally independent ballistic testing service to our customers to conduct:

  • Personal Armour Testing
  • Vehicle Armour Testing
  • Ballistic Research including Wound Ballistics
  • Materials Research
All testing is carried out in accordance with either International Ballistic Standards or with the customer's specific requirements where applicable.

Body armour testing can include Behind Armour Blunt Trauma (BABT) assessments can also be made by a variety of methods. Body Armour, Helmets, Shields, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Suits and material sample packs can all be tested.

In addition to the complete range of Small Arms Ammunition calibres OTS have developed a number of gas guns to be able to fire Fragment Simulating Projectiles (FSPs) or any other specific projectile as required.

Vehicle Armour testing can be conducted using small arms ammunition of all calibres, standardised FSPs and bespoke projectiles up to 500g high velocity FSPs. Accurate dynamic firings of RPGs are possible indoors as well as other small explosive trials.

All testing and research fully instrumented and is delivered with detailed Technical Reports supported by still and high speed photography.

APFSDS upon launch
105mm Tank gun fired HESH fuze testing through 6 inch pine