FORM 4
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                    U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

    Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
       Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
              Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*

Croskrey             Stephen              E.
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   (Last)            (First)            (Middle)

c/o Armor Holdings, Inc.
1400 Marsh Landing Parkway, Suite 112
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                     (Street)

Jacksonville              FL           32250
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   (City)               (State)         (Zip)

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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol


Armor Holdings, Inc. (AH)
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)



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4. Statement for Month/Year


December, 2001
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)



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6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
   (Check all applicable)

   [ ] Director                             [ ] 10% Owner
   [X] Officer (give title below)           [ ] Other (specify below)

   President and CEO - Armor Holdings Products Division
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Law)

   [X] Form filed by One Reporting Person
   [ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

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                        TABLE I -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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                                                                                    5. Amount of     6. Owner-
                                                                                       Securities       ship
                        2. Trans-     3. Trans-                                        Beneficially     Form:
                           action        action       4. Securities Acquired (A)       Owned at         (D)         7. Nature of
                           Date          Code            or Disposed of (D)            End of           Direct         Indirect
1. Title of Security       (Month/    (Instr. 8)      --------------------------       Month            or (I)         Beneficial
   (Instr. 3)              Day/       ----------      Amount    (A) or     Price       (Instr.          Indirect       Ownership
                           Year)      Code    V                 (D)                    3 and 4)         (Instr. 4)     (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock, par value
$0.01 per share            12/10/01    S              50,000      D        $22.00        10,324       D
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly                 (Over)
* If the Form is filed by more than one reporting person, See Instruction 5(b)(v).                                SEC 1474 (7/96)






FORM 4 (continued)



                           TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
                                    (E.G. PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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    1.        2.        3.         4.         5.             6.                 7.           8.        9.         10.       11.
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                                                                           Title and                           Ownership
                                          Number of     Date Exer-         Amount of                           Form of
                                          Derivative    cisable and        Underlying              Number of   Deriv-
                                          Securities    Expiration         Securities      Price   Derivative  ative
            Conver-             Trans-    Acquired (A)  Date (Month/       (Instr. 3       of      Securities  Security:
            sion or   Trans-    action    or Disposed    Day/Year)          and 4)         Deriv-  Benefi-     Direct
            Exercise  action    Code      of (D)        --------------    --------------   ative   cially      (D) or    Nature of
Title of    Price of  Date      (Instr.   (Instr. 3,    Date                      Amount   Secur-  Owned at    Indirect  Indirect
Derivative  Deriv-    (Month/    8)        4, and 5)    Exer-    Expir-           or Num-  ity     End of      (I)       Beneficial
Security    ative      Day/     --------  ----------    cis-     ation            ber of   (Instr. Month       (Instr.   Ownership
(Instr. 3)  Security   Year)    Code  V   (A)   (D)     able     Date     Title   Shares    5)     (Instr. 4)   4)       (Instr. 4)
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Stock Options
(Right to                                                                 Common
Buy)(1)     $13.28125  12/10/01  X             50,000    (2)    2/8/09    Stock    50,000                0           D
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Stock Options
(Right to                                                                Common
Buy)(1)     $13.28125                                   2/8/02  2/8/09   Stock    150,000          150,000           D
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(1)  Granted pursuant to the Armor Holdings, Inc. 1996 Stock Option Plan.
(2)  Presently exercisable.


Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
          owned directly or indirectly.
*   If the Form is filed by more than one reporting person, See
    Instruction 5(b)(v).

**  Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
    Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
      If space provided is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure.

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              /s/ Stephen E. Croskrey                         January 7, 2002
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              ** Signature of Reporting Person                    Date

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                                                                 SEC 1474 (7/96)