Ballistic resistant material made of mechanically entangled woven fabrics without nonwoven fibers and method of making thereof

A consolidated material comprising:

• a plurality of woven fabric layers that are mechanically entangled together,
• wherein the plurality of woven fabric layers comprise fibers,
• wherein the plurality of woven fabric layers are mechanically entangled together with fibers of the plurality of woven fabric layers and without nonwoven fibers,
• wherein at least some fibers of the plurality of woven fabric layers extend in the Z-direction perpendicular to the x-y plane of the plurality of woven fabric layers,
• wherein the consolidated material has a thickness of from about 0.10 in. to about 2.0 in.,
• wherein the consolidated material has a V50 in accordance with MIL STD-662F of from about 500 ft/s to about 20000 ft/s, and
• wherein some fibers of at least one woven fabric layer of the plurality of woven fabric layers extend in the Z-direction into at least one other woven fabric layer of the plurality of woven fabric layers.