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The Ballistics Centre

Formed from the merger of 2 well established companies, both with an excellent reputation in their own fields - MS Instruments Plc and Wiltshire Ballistics Ltd.

We are leading innovators in the design and manufacture of Ballistics Measurement Instrumentation, The extensive range of over 100 products is proven, rugged, well built and suitable for most internal and external applications. Products are used by a number of private manufacturing companies, Government and Armed Forces worldwide.

Our leading edge software blended with this instrumentation delivers flexible and individual customer solutions. This enables testing against multiple product uses and multiple external variables.

Group facilities include a modern purpose built, indoor, secure weapon and testing range. This integrates the company’s proven instrumentation, the flexibility of software based measurement with the realism of live fire.

In this secure, confidential and comfortable facility there are personal customer workspaces, wireless broadband facilities in addition to both wired and wireless networked measurement instrumentation throughout the various ranges and testing areas.

Operating to full international standards the facility includes various range distances from 10-100 metres, automatic electronic targets, fragmentation testing and stab testing.

The products and services are used worldwide for design and test of:

  • Weapons and Ammunition
  • Security and armoured products, including protective clothing, helmets, armoured glass, cars, and rubber.
  • Stab and burst fragmentation
  • Forensic analysis

And is also widely appreciated for the training of personnel in the use of weaponry. And for secure confidential, product demonstration and promotion.

A commercial, service driven company, our success has been derived from cost efficiently delivering individual solutions. We reduce customer product development lead times, cut development costs and help deliver customer product improvements.

Contact details:

MS Instruments PLC
Unit 4
Ravensquay Business Centre
Cray Avenue
Orpington
Kent BR5 4BQ

Tel.: +44 (0) 845 450 1498
Fax +44 (0) 1689 871392

Website: www.wiltshireballistics.co.uk or www.msinstruments.co.uk.

Articles by MS Instruments PLC

Pilot Weapon Training Systems

Live Fire Ranges

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    Paul Everington BSc (Hons.) M.I.E.E.
    It's new, it's unique, - and is not a mushroom. In an interesting slant on an old saying, Wiltshire Ballistics are promising to keep you in the dark and feed you full of information.

Ballistic Instrumentation

Range Systems

  • MSI Range Systems »
    Most of the individual instruments produced by MS Instruments Plc can be integrated into a central control computer.

Training Systems

  • MSI Training Systems »
    MS Instruments Plc provides a wide range of Training Systems for the Armed Forces and Police

Automatic Targets

  • Automatic Targets from MSI »
    The company supplies a range of automatic target systems. These targets detect projectiles by various non-contact means; the two main methods used are Acoustic and Optical.

Air Systems

  • Air Systems from MSI »
    The company have supplied a range of systems and devices in the field of Aviation. These include Hostile Night Vision mounting systems for fixed wing (auto-eject) and rotary wing (manual detach) aircraft, Hostile Fire Indicators for Helicopters and Ground Strafing and bombing training systems for pilots.

Image Systems

  • Strawboard Measuring Systems »
    When a warhead, or similar fragmenting device is detonated, it is necessary to analyse the pattern of fragment dispersion.

Special Projects

Non-Lethal Deterrent System

Covert Protection System

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