Gila Defense Systems

In 2015 Gila Defense Systems (GDS) was challenged by our civilian law enforcement customers and friends to find a solution to emerging high-risk threats; body armor, vehicles and barricades. To add to the challenge the solution had to function in all existing firearms and calibers used by police departments and the military, additionally the ammunition could not cause abnormal wear to the firearm or be over-pressured. Challenge in hand, GDS with its core team having supported law enforcement customers for over a decade went to work. Our in-house expertise and diverse experience of our engineering team created ceramic hybrid ammunition to meet the challenge. The new technology meets every requirement specified; functions in all firearms, not over-pressured, no undue wear and tear, defeats hard and soft body armor systems.

Gila Defense Systems patent pending ceramic hybrid ammunition is the first real innovation in ammunition performance in the last 50 years. This new technological innovation allows small arms to defeat all emerging high-risk threats including wearable body armor systems, barriers, as well as many of the military grade light armor vehicle systems, without sacrificing terminal ballistic performance. Gila Defense Systems ceramic hybrid ammunition defeats armor systems and still provides wound channel performance equal to and in many cases better than traditional ammunition.

Gila Defense Systems is certain this technology will provide your officers with a decisive force multiplier to quickly bring lethal engagements to a positive outcome.  For the first-time officers will be able to engage and defeat threats with sidearms which normally would require a rifle.

Gila Strike ammunition is NOT armor piercing as defined by 18 U.S.C., §921(A)(17)(B).

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