Florida Co. Armor Saves 48 lives in Iraq In Past Month

WESTON, Fla.--Dec. 1, 20040, 2004--Labock Technologies, Inc., of Weston, Fl. has received notice that for the second time in two weeks, a Labock made product has again saved multiple lives in Iraq.

Labock announced earlier this week that two of their Rhino Runner heavily armored buses had been attacked in Baghdad by a BMW sedan loaded with an estimated 1,000 pounds of explosives, detonated between the two Runners causing a massive explosion. None of the 40 passengers on the buses were injured.

Today Labock received pictures from Iraq of a new Ford Explorer which had just had the Labock Rhino PAK portable, field installable armor kit installed in the vehicle.

A very large road side bomb was set off as the Explorer passed by, carrying four U. S. Army soldiers. The photographs show extensive damage to the entire vehicle, and is a total loss. Every component of the "Cocoon" style armor kit maintained its integrity, and was not compromised by the extreme blast. The four soldiers received some minor cuts and scrapes, but all four walked away from the destroyed vehicle, without injury.

Fred Williams, head of marketing for Labock, told of another recent incident in which a Suburban SUV fitted with a Labock Armor kit was attacked by ambush in northern Iraq. The vehicle took 21 rounds of AK-47 fire. The four occupants made it out of the kill zone to safety, and all exited the SUV without a scratch.

Mr. Williams indicated that the company knows of dozens of other lives saved, but have been unable to obtain confirmed documentation on these incidents.

Labock also makes field installable portable armor kits of the military's Humvees, light and medium transport trucks, as well as the 900 series of military vehicles. Mr. Williams said that the company has the ability to produce about 50 armor kits per week, and is hoping to receive more contracts from the military, especially for the transport vehicles, for which there is an acknowledged big shortage of up armor kits.