Found a Tencate armor catalog and designed to make some headway on the Tencate (now Integris) armor reference guide I mentioned last thread. This is an EARLY draft and will be expanded / revised at a future point.
1. A lot of these aren't really for sale to the US market, annoyingly. The ones with prices are the ones that are available. The plates available to the US market are relatively tame.
2. Tencate is the only major armor manufacturer with no product recalls, NIJ suspensions, contracts being revoked because the plates delaminate. They are exceedingly reliable. Problem is, like LTC and others, they don't really like selling their best wares to civilians. We're stuck with the second-rate stuff.
3. Tencate is third-fiddle on paper when it comes to all-PE Level III plates, but they do overbuild their plates. If you need something lighter hit up Hesco or Highcom, but do your due diligence. The 3801 in particular is far lighter than Tencate's options.
4. They absolutely floor the shit out of Hesco / Highcom in the Level IV department. The CXP-800 on paper annihilates the upcoming 4801.
5. This guide does not get into their more advanced compositions such as Ceraflex (flexible rifle armor) and LIBA (the super-multi-hit plates).
6. Tencate is the only armor company besides Adept with a VPAM PM-12 (3x Swiss P AP or 3x M993) plate. The CX-950 IC, with soft armor, is a 10lb solution to a 6.5lb problem. Not really a viable option.