Lehigh Defense

Lehigh Defense is a US ammunition manufacturer, located in the Quakertown, Pennsylvania region of the Lehigh Valley.[1][2][3] Lehigh Defense has create more bullet technologies than any company in the world. They currently offer over 200 unique solid copper bullets, and hold 12 patents on bullet design[4]. The most notable being the Maximum Expansion (ME), a .308 caliber, 201 grain expanding subsonic rifle round which is used by several Special Operations Forces. Lehigh has produced over 6 million ME bullets for US and allied militaries. Additionally, Lehigh Defense patented Fluid Transfer Monolithic technology (FTM). On impact with a soft target the "flutes" on the bullet ogive channel tissue and fluid radially from the bullets path causing wounding similar to hollow-point bullets. The main benefit of an FTM bullet is that it penetrates intermediate barriers significantly better than a lead core bullet.

Lehigh Defense, LLC

Type	Ammunition manufacturer
Industry	Ammunition
Headquarters	Quakertown, Pennsylvania, Lehigh Valley, USA
Products	firearm components, ammunition, bullets
Website	Lehigh Defense

Recovered Lehigh Defense ME subsonic bullets fired from a suppressed short barreled rifle.

9mm 90gr Fluid Transfer Monolithic Bullet

Lehigh Defense 90gr 9mm bullet fired though .5" plywood into calibrated 10% ballistic gel .

Aside from solid copper bullets, Lehigh Defense is a leading manufacture of Armor Piercing and Reactive Ammunition currently in service with Special Operations Forces around the world.