Armored Vehicles - The Most Sought Armored Vehicle Categories

The term ‘Armored Vehicle’ leaves the first impression that they are used primarily for military purposes. But it plays an equally important role in the non-military world for protecting the life of valuables operating in various fields. Most of the non-military purpose armored vehicles come under lightweight vehicle armoring category. Some of the industries in various sectors like mining, oil and gas, police force, private security organization, construction, medical emergency, fire emergency, prisoner transport, banks, commercial organizations, etc require the use of armored vehicles for their certain day to day activities. Armored Vehicles are built with Bulletproof Glasses in the transparent areas and Ballistic Materials like Steel for protecting the opaque areas.

Listing below certain categories of Armored Vehicles or Bulletproof Vehicles that are widely built by the after sales armored vehicle industry.

1. Armored SUVs 
2. Armored PickUp Trucks
3. Armored Bus
4. Luxury Armored Vehicles
5. Armored Cash-in-transit
6. Armored Passenger Carrier (APCs)
7. Armored Ambulance

Armored SUVs are highly preferred for transporting civilians like high profile individuals, VIPs, business figures, celebrities etc.  But certain Armored SUVs like Armored Land Cruiser, Armored Land Cruiser Prado etc are ordered by private security organizations also. Those who prefer safety along with sports utility features will certainly order the Armored SUV vehicle category. 

Armored PickUp Trucks are mostly used as a multi-utility vehicle for transporting both valuables and people depending on the business needs. They are widely used for military purposes also. Some of the most common Armored Pickup Truck includes Armored Toyota Hilux, Armored Ford Ranger, etc.

Armored Bus is mainly used for the transportation of the large group of people safely in  insecure areas. They are also used for transporting prisoners in high-risk areas. Some of the widely armored buses are Armored Toyota Coaster, Armored Yutong, Armored Ashok Leyland, etc.

Luxury Armored Vehicles  are widely used for VIP transport where there is no compromise in the luxurious element while designing the safety and armoring feature of the vehicle. For building Luxury Armored Vehicles, luxurious vehicle brands are mostly chosen like Armored Mercedes Benz, Armored Lexus, Armored Cadillac, etc. 

Armored Cash-in-transit vehicles are widely used by banks, commercial sectors, etc for transporting valuables like cash, coins, jewelry, precious stones etc. The vehicles that are chosen for building CashBoxes are Toyota Hilux, Toyota LandCruiser 79, etc.

APCs are widely used in the military, private security organization and government sectors for transporting a large group of people and other equipment safely in the severe threat prone areas. 

Armored Ambulance can be used effectively in the medical emergency sector by the first responders to provide the best protection in the war zone areas. These armored ambulances are highly equipped with onsite medical emergencies like oxygen cylinder, wheelchair lift, back lift, etc. Armored Ambulance built on Toyota Land Cruiser 78 Hard Top Chassis is much in demand.

Check Out an infographic showing various categories of Armored vehicles designed and built at SHELL SPECIAL VEHICLES LLC in UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.

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Some Interesting Facts About Armored PickUp Trucks

Have you thought why Pick-Up Trucks are chosen to do armoring and bulletproofing to use for secured transportation in dangerous places? Due to certain facts Pick-Up Truck is chosen as the best candidate for armoring over other Armored Vehicle Types.

 10 Interesting Facts about Armored Pickup Trucks :

1. Most of the makes and models of Armored Pick-Up Truck are designed to handle tough mission.
2. When compared to Armored SUVs or Armored Cars, Armored Pickup is considered as a multi-tasked Armored Vehicle world wide.
3. Another stunning feature of Armored Pickup Truck is its ability to withstand any kind of harsh environment.
4. Armored Pick-Up is designed to tackle almost any terrain easily.
5. Its most unique feature is the capability to transport both people and cargo.
6. It also exhibits great off-road capability like Armored SUVs.
7. Armored Pickup is considered to be durable as well as reliable.
8. Most banks and other private organizations that frequently transport high value and economic prospects like coins, currencies, precious stones, gold, weapons etc prefer pick-up trucks for their secure transportation.
9. One of the prime intention of using Armored pick-up truck is to resist robbery and hijacking.
10. Armored Pick-Up Truck can be a great relief for a film director to use in movie action scenes.

4 Major considerations during the design and making of an Armored Pick-Up Truck 

       1: Ballistic Protection: Decide the right Ballistic Protection required for your armored                pickup. Ballistic Protection works with the added thickness of steel and glass, which

        will work against the below second factor, (GVW)

      2. GVW (Gross Vehicle Weight) : It is the maximum weight an armored pickup truck can
          carry safely including the passengers and cargo

      3. Security: The Ballistic Resistance will go waste if the valuables and the people inside the           truck  are not securely separated from the outside world.

      4. Comfort: Due to added weight and sealed nature of the armored truck, the inside
          becomes very hot, so make sure proper air-conditioning is given to regulate the
          temperature inside.

Shell Armored Vehicles (SAV) is a premium Armored Vehicle Manufacturer in UAE providing various armoring customizations to various makes and models of Pickup Trucks for military, civilian and commercial use. We are a well known Armored Truck Manufacturer in the Middle East region providing Armored Cash-in-transit (Armoured Money Truck). We guarantee best quality armoring solutions at lowest price. Click Here to check out the various makes and models of Armored pickup truck that we manufacture in UAE and supply to various countries in the Middle East, Africa, South America, South Asia and Far East Asian countries. To know us in detail, please visit our website www.shellarmoredvehicles.com and Start Whatsapp chat with our dedicated sales team for the quotes and all sales enquires.

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Armored & Non-armored Hilux

We are premium manufacturers of armored hilux and we also deal in non-armored hilux as well for our clients who are spread all over the world. We have our head office in UAE and we do all the works from the same place.

We have four levels of armoring. The highest armoring level for hilux is Level 7 with Shell Armored Vehicles in which we have the maximum coverage for the vehicles. We only use the highest standard of materials for the maximum protection for the vehicles that are available in the market.

Please visit us at https://shellarmoredvehicles.com/armoredhilux.html for more details on armored hilux.

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