An experimental investigation of the protection capability of silicon carbide at oblique impact has been performed. The transition velocity, i.e., the velocity at which interface defeat ends and the penetration starts has been used as a measure of the protection capability. The impact experiments show that there is a critical angle of impact ?* which is in-between 30° and 60°. Below this angle, the projectile material flows radially outwards in all directions from the stagnation point and the transition velocity seems to be independent of the angle of impact. Above the critical angle of impact the projectile material is deflected and no stagnation is formed. This means that higher impact velocities are necessary to initiate penetration.