FORM 4
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                UNITED STATES 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

(Print or Type Responses)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*

   Schiller          Robert                R.
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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)

   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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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
                                                                                       Securities    6. Owner-
                        2. Trans-     3. Trans-                                        Beneficially     ship
                           action        action       4. Securities Acquired (A)       Owned at         Form:       7. Nature of
                           Date          Code            or Disposed of (D)            End of           Direct         Indirect
1. Title of Security       (Month/    (Instr. 8)      --------------------------       Month            (D) 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   12/10/01     S              50,000       D       $22.00       10,324              D
  $0.01 per share
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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  $6.06  12/10/01   X              50,000   (2)     7/24/06  Common   50,000               0          D
(Right to                                                                  Stock
Buy)(1)
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Stock Options  $11.31                                    (4)     1/1/09   Common  125,000            125,000       D
(Right to                                                                  Stock
Buy)(3)
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Stock Options  $15.05                                    (6)     9/6/11   Common  250,000            250,000       D
(Right to                                                                  Stock
Buy)(5)
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(1) Granted pursuant to the Armor Holdings, Inc. 1996 Stock Option Plan.
(2) Presently exercisable.
(3) Granted pursuant to the Armor Holdings, Inc. 1998 Stock Option Plan.
(4) 33% exercisable on and after each of the first 3 anniversaries of January 1,
    1999.
(5) Granted pursuant to the Armor Holdings, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan.
(6) 20% exercisable each December 31 for five years, commencing December 31,
    2001.

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).


              /s/ Robert R. Schiller                       January 7, 2002
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              ** Signature of the Reporting Person                Date



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