1. A SHOCK ISOLATION PLATFORM COMPRISING: FIRST PLANAR MEANS; SECOND PLANAR MEANS OPPOSED TO SAID FIRST PLANAR MEANS AND SPACED THEREFROM; SHAFT MEANS ROTATABLY CARRIED ON SAID FIRST PLANAR MEANS; DETENT MEANS CARRIED BY SAID FIRST PLANAR MEANS AND ACTING ON SAID SHAFT MEANS TO HOLD SAID SHAFT MEANS IN A PREDETERMINED POSITION ON SAID FIRST PLANAR MEANS; DASH-POST MEANS CARRIED BY SAID SECOND PLANAR MEANS; ARM MEANS CONNECTING SAID SHAFT MEANS AND SAID DASHPOT MEANS AND BEING ROTATABLY CARRIED ON SAID SHAFT MEANS; AND RESILIENT MEANS CARRIED BETWEEN SAID PLANAR MEANS; SAID FIRST PLANAR MEANS WHEN EXPOSED TO SHOCK LOADS EXCEEDING A PREDETERMINED MAGNITUDE BEING OPERABLE TO MOVE SAID SHAFT MEANS BEYOND SAID DETENT MEANS AND MOVE TOWARDS SAID SECOND PLANAR MEANS; SAID RESILIENT MEANS UNDERGOING COMPRESSION UPON MOVEMENT OF SAID FIRST PLANAR MEANS TOWARD SAID SECOND PLANAR MEANS AND ABSORBING THE SHOCK LOADS APPLIED TO SAID FIRST PLANAR MEANS; SAID DASH-POT MEANS BEING OPERABLE TO PREVENT THE RAPID REBOUNDING OF SAID PLANAR MEANS DUE TO THE STORED ENERGY IN SAID RESILIENT MEANS AFTER THE COMPRESSION THEREOF.