Watch armored Mercedes SUV take shots from AK-47

(Clip from Texas Armoring Corp. video)
A TAC executive fires an AK-47 at a Mercedes SUV — notice the bullet marks in the windshield — while a colleague sits inside the vehicle.

By Jake Lingeman, Crain News Service

SAN ANTONIO (Nov. 12, 2014) — Texas Armoring Corp. (TAC) has never been afraid to stand behind its products.

You might say San Antonio-based TAC puts its face where the bullets are.

The security specialists at TAC upgrade passenger vehicles, limos, cash-in-transit vehicles and others to withstand bullets, bombs and just about anything else the average cartel leader might have in his or her arsenal. The point is to protect high-value occupants or objects inside.

CEO Trent Kimball is so confident about his products, he will literally step in front of the barrel of a gun for them — as long there is a piece of TAC armored glass in between.

The boys at TAC even leave the unedited sequence in the video, to prove there's no funny business going on. That's confidence.

For a live-ammo demo of a TAC exec sitting behind the wheel — and safety glass — of a Mercedes SUV while a colleague fires an AK-47 at it, click here.

 

Check out more of TACs videos on its YouTube page. Trust us, they're worth it.

Jake Lingeman is associate editor at Autoweek magazine who reports on cars, car tech and the world at large for the  Detroit-based sister publication of Tire Business.

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