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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2007-01-04</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000845752</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>ARMOR HOLDINGS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>AH</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001134107</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>SCHILLER ROBERT</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O ARMOR HOLDINGS, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>13386 INTERNATIONAL PARKWAY</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>JACKSONVILLE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>FL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>32218</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>President and COO</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2007-01-04</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>F</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1095</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>54.85</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>197095</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Represents the number of shares withheld by the issuer to satisfy the tax withholding obligations incurred by the vesting on January 1, 2007 of 3,723 shares of restricted common stock held by the reporting person.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The amount of securities reported as beneficially owned following the reported transaction includes: (i) 6,921 shares of common stock awarded to the reporting person by the issuer as a restricted stock award which vests on February 9, 2007; and (ii) 3,724 shares of common stock awarded to the reporting person by the issuer as a restricted stock award which vests on January 1, 2008, in each case subject to acceleration under certain circumstances.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Robert R. Schiller</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-01-05</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
