1.
Verb: To upgrade, strengthen, install, or add to existing protection against weapons (usually
metal plates) on the human body, military vehicle or aircraft or ships, or to fortifications.
2. Noun: The upgraded armor installed on
people, vehicles, or locations.
Originating in American military parlance, especially during the Iraq War, and shortened from "upgrading armor."
1. Soldiers were digging through
local landfills for pieces of scrap
metal and compromised ballistic
glass to up-armor their vehicles.
2. In response to the vulnerability of HMMWVs (Humvees) operating in Iraq, Up-Armor Kits were designed and installed on M998 HMMWVs. But no matter how much up-armor the sluggish humvees packed on, the best hope to putting an end to the violence was to prevent it from happening in the first place.