Supplementary material associated with this article can be found, in the online version.International audienceDuring the impact by an armour-piercing projectile against a bilayer ceramic/backing protective system, dynamic tensile stresses are generated leading to the inception and the propagation of numerous and oriented cracks. This intense tensile damage, called fragmentation, affects the performances of the shielding and its capacity to resist to multiple impact. The residual confined strength of a fragmented ceramic is relatively weak compared to its undamaged compressive strength, however not negligible. Characterising the dynamic behaviour of a pre-fragmented ceramic is then of interest to design improved armour solutions. In this wor...