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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES 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(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * TROY GREGORY T   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol FORCE PROTECTION INC [FRPT] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chief Human Resources Officer (Last) (First) (Middle) 1520 OLD TROLLEY ROAD 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 04/21/2011 (Street) SUMMERVILLE, SC 29485 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 04/21/2011   A   20,000 (1) A $ 0 20,000 D   Common Stock 04/21/2011   A   32,000 (2) A $ 0 52,000 D   Common Stock 04/21/2011   A   32,000 (3) A $ 0 84,000 D   Common Stock 04/21/2011   F   1,883 (4) D $ 4.65 82,117 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Stock Options (Right to Buy)

$ 4.65

04/21/2011

A

26,301

(5)

04/21/2021

Common Stock

26,301

$ 0

26,301

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
TROY GREGORY T 1520 OLD TROLLEY ROAD SUMMERVILLE, SC 29485			Chief Human Resources Officer

Signatures

Gregory T. Troy		04/25/2011
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(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).
(1)	These shares of common stock are subject to forfeiture restrictions, whereby the restrictions on 25% of the stock will lapse immediately, 25% will lapse on June 30, 2011, 25% will lapse on September 30, 2011, and the remaining will lapse on December 31, 2011.
(2)	These shares of common stock are subject to forfeiture restrictions, whereby one-third of the restrictions lapse in three equal annual installments commencing on March 2, 2012.
(3)	These shares of common stock are subject to forfeiture restrictions, whereby one-third of the restrictions will lapse in three equal annual installments upon the completion of performance criteria to be determined on or by March 2, 2012.
(4)	Pursuant to the reporting person's restricted stock award granted on April 21, 2011, 5,000 shares vested on April 21, 2011, of which 1,883 shares were forfeited as payment for his tax withholding obligations, including the minimum statutory federal tax withholding rate, the state tax withholding rate and Medicare.
(5)	This stock option vests in three equal annual installments, commencing on March 2, 2012.

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