Ballistic Charts
UL 752 Ratings of Bullet Resisting Materials
(UL Standard 9th edition, January 1995)
Rating Level | Ammunition | Grain | Velocity | Number of Shots |
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Min (ft/s) | Max (ft/s) | ||||
Level 1 | 9mm Full Metal Copper Jacket with Lead Core | 124 | 1175 | 1293 | 3 |
Level 2 | .357 Magnum Jacketed Lead Soft Point | 158 | 1250 | 1375 | 3 |
Level 3 | .44 Magnum Lead Semi-Wadcutter Gas Checked | 240 | 1350 | 1485 | 3 |
Level 4 | .30 Caliber Rifle Lead Core Soft Point | 180 | 2540 | 2794 | 1 |
Level 5 | 7.62mm Rifle Lead Core Full Metal Copper Jacket, Military Ball | 150 | 2750 | 3025 | 1 |
Level 6 | 9mm Full Metal Copper Jacket with Lead Core | 124 | 1400 | 1540 | 5 |
Level 7 | 5.56mm Rifle Full Metal Copper Jacket with Lead Core | 55 | 3080 | 3388 | 5 |
Level 8 | 7.62mm Rifle Lead Core Full Metal Copper Jacket, Military Ball | 150 | 2750 | 3025 | 5 |
Supplementary Shotgun | 12-Gauge Rifled Lead Slug | 437 | 1585 | 1744 | 3 |
12-Gauge 00 Lead Buckshot (12 pellets) | 650 | 1200 | 1320 | 3 |
NIJ 0108.01 Ratings of Bullet Resisting Materials
(September 1985)
Armor Type | Ammunition* | Nominal Bullet Mass | Suggested Barrel Length | Required Bullet Velocity | Required Hits per Armor Specimen |
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I |
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II-A |
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5 |
II |
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5 |
III-A |
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5 |
III |
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5 |
IV |
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1 |
*Abbreviations: | AP | Armor Piercing | |||
FMJ | Full Metal Jacket | ||||
JSP | Jacketed Soft Point | ||||
LRHV | Long Range High Velocity | ||||
RN | Round Nose | ||||
SWC | Semi-Wadcutter |