armour plate

British  

noun

1. a tough heavy steel, usually containing chromium, nickel, and molybdenum and often hardened on the surface, used for protecting warships, tanks, etc

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armour plate

Both Héctor and Julio were wearing body armour, 14kg of Kevlar and armour plate.

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026

“I was lucky to be safe and capture the visual of one of the rockets hitting the armour plate overhead,” he tweeted Tuesday.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 16, 2021

Big black paisleys pieced together like a children's jumbo jigsaw into a faux armour plate?

From The Guardian ● Jun. 10, 2014

Submarines, which at first were unarmed, were later fitted with armour plate and cannon were mounted on deck.

From Germany, The Next Republic? by Carl W. (Carl William) Ackerman

His views upon Truth were unbending as armour plate.

From The Lost Naval Papers by Bennet Copplestone