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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2007-07-01</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000899166</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>DHB INDUSTRIES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>DHBT.PK</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001382352</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Henry Jack A</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>2102 S.W. 2ND STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>POMPANO BEACH</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>FL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>33069</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Deferred Stock Award</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>0.00</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2007-07-01</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>962</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.00</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2007-07-01</value>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>962</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>39341</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Deferred Stock Awards (&quot;DSAs&quot;) are awarded pursuant to the DHB Industries, Inc. Board of Directors Compensation Policy (the
 &quot;Policy&quot;), effective as of January 1, 2007 and applicable to non-employee directors.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes 962 DSas awarded as a portion of the annual retainer for 2007 under the Policy, as a result of an election,
 effective July 1, 2007, to increase the portion of the annual retainer payable under the Policy in equity equivalents. Such
 increase in equity equivalents is payable based on the price per share on the first trading day following July 1, 2007.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">DSAs awarded vest daily on a continuous basis, beginning on January 1, 2007 and ending on (i) December 31, 2007, with respect
 to DSAs awarded in connection with 2007 annual retainer, and (ii) December 31, 2009, with respect to DSAs awarded in
 connection with the long-term equity incentive under the Policy, provided that, with respect to any director, all such
 vesting terminates automatically on the date on which such director ceases to serve in such capacity with the company.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ THOMAS C. CANFIELD</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-07-05</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
