Armour Tier list

How to use this:

1.Pick a material or make one equivalent to its hardness


2.Pick a thickness


3.Tier of final product is the average rounded down


Note, the specified material referred are examples and are related to the hardness of any material allowed for this tier. You may design any material, real or fiction, for your armour or vehicle, but their hardness will be assessed.



Tier 0

Cost: $5,000,000

Material: Dense carbon polymer

Thickness: 700mm

Tier 1

Cost: $2,000,000

Material: Carbon-fibre reinforced ceramics

Thickness: 440mm

Tier 2

Cost: $1,000,000

Material: Ceramics

Thickness: 270mm

Tier 3

Cost: $500,000

Material: Tungsten

Thickness: 170mm

Tier 4

Cost: $200,000

Material: Titanium

Thickness: 106mm

Tier 5

Cost: $100,000

Material: Steel

Thickness: 66mm

Tier 6

Cost: $50,000

Material: Iron (unrefined)

Thickness: 40mm

Tier 7

Cost: $20,000

Material: Copper

Thickness: 25mm

Tier 8

Cost: $10,000

Material: Silver

Thickness: 16mm

Tier 9

Cost: $5,000

Material: Aluminium

Thickness: 10mm

UPDATE 14/05/2016

Added costs to armour. In case you are wondering about the rationale for the high costs, it's because compared to the specs for marksmen, you only need to buy the upgrade for armour once than 5 times.