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It’s not always necessary to equip an entire vehicle with a full set of heavy-duty armour to achieve the desired level of protection. With this in mind, we can also offer individual partial protection and light armour solutions to suit your needs.
Our partial protection solutions allow us to provide bespoke protection for every individual aspect of your vehicle. This means it is even possible to combine various protection classes. Depending on what our customers ask for, we often design the windows to have a higher protection class than the rest of the vehicle concept, as the visible areas are usually a main target.
Vehicles with light armour
Our light armour is made up of materials including aramid composite, polycarbonate lenses, classic ballistic steel, and protective foils. The level of protection ranges from classic vandalism by stones, projectiles and incendiary devices through to anti-kidnapping measures and protection against small and large calibre ammunition.
Customer benefits
With partial protection and light armour solutions, the basic vehicles only need to be modified to a small extent. But no matter what you choose, we only ever use premium-quality and certified protection materials. As part of the conversion process, we can also equip your vehicle with communication systems, fire suppression systems and various options designed to offer a comfortable experience. Perfectly tailored to suit your own specific requirements.
DS7 Vauban project: DS AUTOMOBILES PRESENTS SPECIAL PROTECTION VEHICLE WITH HYBRID TECHNOLOGY
DS Automobiles presents the DS 7 Vauban, a VPAM 4 armoured version of the DS 7 E-Tense 4x4 300, which uses aramid, HPPE (High Performance Polyethylene) fibres, armoured steel and safety glass to protect passengers from small arms attacks. Efficiency and comfort remain unchanged from the standard vehicle, thanks in part to the camera-controlled DS Active Scan Suspension.
The DS 7 Vauban was developed in co-operation between the WELP Group and DS Automobiles. The base model DS 7 E-Tense 4x4 300 is manufactured at the Mulhouse plant. The conversion to the special protection vehicle is carried out by WELP France in Hérimoncourt, where the company has taken over part of a former Stellantis Group plant.
DS 7 Vauban website
Selected reference projects
Whether it’s a limousine, off-road vehicle, sports car or van, we always offer the perfect protection concept to suit any vehicle. In recent years, we have converted a whole host of models, including Mercedes-Benz (S and E-Class), Audi (A8, A6), BMW (7 and 5 Series), Volkswagen (Caddy) and many more besides.
