The L-ROD® bar armor kit is a low-cost defense system for military vehicles, providing full-vehicle, passive protection effective against rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs).

AUSTIN, Texas - BAE Systems has received an $11 million U.S. Army contract to produce bar armor kits that protect soldiers in ground vehicles from rocket-propelled grenade attacks. The company will continue to produce L-ROD® bar armor kits for the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command's RG-31 Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected vehicles.

L-ROD bar armor is a lightweight, modular bar armor system made of an aluminium alloy that provides protection against rocket-propelled grenades, or RPGs, without compromising the operational capabilities of the vehicle or adding significant weight.

May 8, 2008 · The Army chose BAE's L-Rod bar-armor rocket-propelled grenade protection solution because the kits are easily repaired if damaged and they only add a small amount of weight to the...

L-ROD provides protection against rocket-propelled grenades, or RPGs, with minimum impact to operational capabilities. L-ROD has become standard equipment on the Army’s MRAP Class III Buffalo explosive ordnance disposal vehicles.

El blindaje de rejas (en inglés: Slat armor) también se conoce como blindaje de barras (en inglés: bar armor), blindaje de jaula (en inglés: cage armor) o blindaje de distancia de seguridad (en inglés: standoff armor) es un tipo de blindaje diseñado para protegerse contra ataques de granadas propulsadas por cohete (en inglés: Rocket ...

Oct 8, 2007 · Under the contract from the Army's Tank-automotive Armaments Command, BAE Systems will equip RG31 and Cougar vehicles with its L-ROD aluminum armor, used widely on Army Buffalo ordnance...

Oct 25, 2010 · L-ROD provides protection against rocket-propelled grenades, or RPGs, with minimum impact to operational capabilities. L-ROD has become standard equipment on the Army's MRAP Class III Buffalo explosive ordnance disposal vehicles.

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Nov 17, 2009 · BAE Systems has received a $42 million U.S. Army contract to produce bar armor kits that protect soldiers in ground vehicles from rocket-propelled grenade attacks. The company will produce L-ROD(r) bar armor kits for the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command's RG-31 and Cougar mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles.