About
The .224 BOZ Ammo was designed and developed in the late 1990s solely for the purpose of penetrating and defeating body armor. The .224 BOZ Ammo was created by necking down the 10mm Auto Ammo to .223 caliber Ammo. The first tests that were taken with the .224 BOZ Ammo proved successful, with this bullet round firing a 50-grain projectile over the whopping velocity of 2,500 feet per second. A worldwide patent for applied for and granted. In 1999, the .224 BOZ Ammo was fired using a modified 10mm MP5 and 10mm Glock to participate in the head-to-head trial at DERA Fort Halstead against NATO CRISAT. Specification of the target was layered with titanium and Kalver armor. The bullet was reserved mainly for anti-terrorist and special forces, not civilian use. The parent case used to design the .224 BOZ Ammo was the 9x19mm Parabellum Ammo. The 50-grain bullet load is the heaviest variant of the .224 BOZ Ammo that can travel at a velocity of 2,500 feet per second while creating an energy level of 693.77 ft.lbf.
Manufacturer
The .224 BOZ Ammo was designed and produced by Civil Defence Supply in the United Kingdom in the 1990s.
Uses
The .224 BOZ Ammo was used to penetrate body armor and was only used by special forces for tactical purposes.
