Ballistic sound reducing panel

A ballistic sound reducing panel, comprising:

• a frame;
• a front porous sheet disposed in said frame for enabling sound to enter into said sound reducing panel;
• a sound absorbing member located adjacent to said front porous sheet for dissipating sound entering into said front porous sheet;
• a ballistic plate located within said frame for inhibiting penetration of ballistic projectiles and shrapnel and for blocking sound passing through said sound absorbing member;
• a ricochet plate framed about said ballistic plate for arresting ballistic projectiles and shrapnel ricocheting from said ballistic plate toward said frame;
• a fragmentation containment layer located adjacent to said ballistic plate for inhibiting high energy fragmentations leaving the surface of the ballistic plate;
• a spall reducing membrane overlaying said fragmentation containment layer for encapsulating ricocheting fragments from said ballistic plate;
• and
• a rear sheet disposed in said frame.

An asymmetric ballistic sound reducing panel, comprising:

• a frame;
• a front porous sheet disposed in said frame for enabling sound to enter into said sound reducing panel;
• a sound absorbing member located adjacent to said front porous sheet for dissipating sound entering into said front porous sheet;
• a ballistic plate located within said frame for inhibiting penetration of ballistic projectiles and shrapnel and for blocking sound passing through said sound absorbing member;
• a ricochet plate framed about said ballistic plate for arresting ballistic projectiles and shrapnel ricocheting from said ballistic plate toward said frame;
• a fragmentation containment layer located adjacent to said ballistic plate for inhibiting high energy fragmentations leaving the surface of the ballistic plate;
• a spall reducing membrane overlaying said fragmentation containment layer for encapsulating ricocheting fragments from said ballistic plate;
• and
• a rear continuous sheet disposed in said frame.

A symmetric ballistic sound reducing panel, comprising:

• a frame;
• a front porous sheet disposed in said frame for enabling sound to enter into said sound reducing panel through said front porous sheet;
• a sound absorbing member located adjacent to said front porous sheet for dissipating sound entering into said front porous sheet;
• a ballistic plate located within a central region of said frame for inhibiting penetration of ballistic projectiles and shrapnel and for blocking sound passing through said sound absorbing member;
• a ricochet plate framed about said ballistic plate for arresting ballistic projectiles and shrapnel ricocheting from said ballistic plate toward said frame;
• a front and a rear fragmentation containment layer located adjacent to opposed sides of said ballistic plate for inhibiting high energy fragmentations leaving the surface of the ballistic plate;
• a spall reducing membrane overlaying said front and rear fragmentation containment layers for encapsulating ricocheting fragments from said ballistic plate;
• and
• a rear porous sheet disposed in said frame for enabling sound to enter into said sound reducing panel through said rear porous sheet.