Buffalo Armory makes a revolutionary design for armor plating, which which provides a new standard for ballistic performance by: absorbing multi-hits from high velocity rifle weapons; offering freedom of action with its ultra-thin design, and; providing greater value at a fraction of the price for alternative ceramic plates.
In light of the recent attacks on police officers and lone shooter situations, police departments nationwide are gearing up with Buffalo Armory’s plates, which are packaged into Point Blank Enterprise‘s Active Shooter Response Kits. Each kit, which includes a vest with front and back body armor plates, weighs less than 18 pounds and protects a first responder’s vital organs when confronted with an active shooter with a high velocity rifle. When confronted with an active shooter, the officer simply dons the Active Shooter Response Kit over whatever he or she is wearing to take immediate action.
Buffalo Armory President and CEO, Major General John Batiste, US Army (Retired) says “We are partnered with Point Blank Enterprises as our distribution channel partner. Every police car, fire truck and ambulance should be equipped with body armor vests with Star Armor 555 armor plates to protect our first responders from the active shooter, high velocity rifle threat,” says Batiste. “The old days where a first responder would contain an active shooter until the tactical unit arrived are over.”
One of the most recent orders came from the Miami Police Department. “We feel it’s important for officers to have the Active Shooter Response Kit as another tool to respond to incidents with active shooters,” Major Lazaro Ferro said. “It’s not just for the officer. It’s so that we can take immediate action to get in there and rescue innocent lives that we must save,”
Founded in 2011, Buffalo Armory invested several years in research and development, before entering production in 2014. Customers range from defense and military applications to manufacturers of agriculture and mining equipment, snowplow blades, civilian armored vehicles, safe rooms, as well as body armor, firing range equipment, and targets. The company uses American-made steel for raw material, and applies a proprietary heat treating process to produce an armor with superior ballistic properties.
