UNITED STATES
                  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                      Washington,  D.C.  20549

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                             FORM  8-K

                          CURRENT  REPORT

Pursuant  to  section  13  or  15(d)  of  the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934

                      Date  of  Report:  September  30,  2004
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                      (Date  of  earliest  event  reported)

                             FORCE PROTECTION, INC.
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             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

          Colorado                 000-22273                84-1383888
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(State or other jurisdiction  (Commission  File  Number) (IRS  Employer of
        incorporation)                                    Identification
                                                                  No.)

    9801  Highway  78,  #3,  Ladson,  SC                     29456
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(Address  of  principal  executive  offices)                (Zip  Code)

                                 (843) 740-7015
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                         (Registrant's telephone number)

Check  the  appropriate  box  below  if  the  Form  8-K  filing  is  intended to
simultaneously  satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following  provisions  (see  General  Instruction  A.2.  below):
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    230.425)
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    240.14a-12)
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    Act  (17  CFR  240.14d-2(b))
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    Act  (17  CFR  240.13e-4(c))

Item  5.02  Departure  of  Directors  or  Principal  Officers

Our  director, Madhava Rao Mankal, tendered his resignation, effective September
30,  2004.

Item  9.01  Financial  Statements  and  Exhibits
c)  The  following  exhibits  are  furnished  with  this  report:

EXHIBIT  NUMBER          DESCRIPTION
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99.1                    Letter  re:  resignation  of  Director  Madhava  Rao
                        Mankal,  dated September  21,  2004.

                                    SIGNATURE
     Pursuant  to  the  requirements  of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended,  the  Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by  the  undersigned  hereunto  duly  authorized.
Force  Protection,  Inc.
Registrant

Date:  October  5,  2004                   By:     /s/  Michael  Watts
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                                              Michael  Watts
                                              Chief  Executive  Officer