Ua hōʻoia ka poʻe noiʻi e hiki i nā mea pale kaʻa me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea hoʻoheheʻe metala composite ke kāohi i nā pōkā caliber 0.50 a me nā projectiles hoʻopaʻa kaua. ʻOiai ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o kona kaumaha ma mua o ka hapalua o ke kaumaha o ke kila kila maʻamau, ua like kona hopena pale me ka pale kila kahiko. ʻO kēia ʻike ʻana, hiki i nā mea hoʻolālā kaʻa ke hoʻomohala i nā kaʻa koa māmā me ka ʻole o ka ʻimi ʻana i ka palekana, a i ʻole ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka hiki ke pale i nā kaʻa me ka hoʻonui ʻole ʻana i ke kaumaha kaʻa.

ʻO ka mea hoʻoheheʻe metala hui pū kekahi ʻano mea hoʻohua i haku ʻia me nā pōpō metala ʻāwaha. Hana ʻia kēia mau pōpō metala me ke kila kila a i ʻole ka titanium metala a ua hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o kahi matrix metala i hana ʻia me ke kila, titanium, aluminika a i ʻole nā ​​mea metala ʻē aʻe. I loko o kēia noiʻi, ua hoʻohana nā mea noiʻi i kahi mea kila-steel composite metal foam, ʻo ia hoʻi, ua hana ʻia ka pōʻai a me ka matrix i ke kila.

I loko o kēia noiʻi ʻana, ua hana nā mea noiʻi i kahi ʻōnaehana pale kaua paʻakikī i loaʻa i kahi papa seramika, kahi pahu pahu metala huikau, a me kahi pāpaʻi hope lahilahi alumini. Ua hoʻohana ʻia ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i nā mea kaua he 0.50 caliber a me nā projectiles hoʻopaʻa kaua. ʻO ka wikiwiki o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka pale kaua hoʻāʻo mai 500 mau mika i kekona a i 885 mau mika i kekona.

Hiki ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka 72-75% o ka ikehu kinetic o ka pōkā a me 68-78% o ka ikehu kinetic o ka projectile piercing armor.

Ma waho aʻe o ka māmā i ke kaumaha, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka ʻūhā metala hui i ka pale ʻana i nā kukui x, nā kukuna gamma a me nā neutron radiation, a ʻo kona hiki ke ahi a me ka wela wela ʻelua ʻelua o nā mea metala maʻamau.