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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the 1998
Form 10-K of Armor Holdings, Inc., and is qualifed in its entirety by reference
to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME> ARMOR HOLDINGS
       
                             
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