Current needs in the design and optimization of complex protective structures lead to the development of more accurate numerical modelling of impact loadings. The aim of developing such a tool is to be able to predict the protection performance of structures using fewer experiments. Considering only the numerical approach, the most important issue to have a reliable simulation is to focus on the material behavior description in terms of constitutive relations and failure model for high strain rates, large field of temperatures and complex stress states. In this context, the present study deals with the dynamic thermo-mechanical behavior of a high strength steel (HSS) close to the Mars ® 190 (Industeel France, Le Creusot, France). For the considered application, the material can undergo both quasi-static and dynamic loadings. Thus, the studied strain rate range is varying from 10 −3 -10 4 s −1 . Due to the fast loading time, the local temperature increase during dynamic loading induces a thermal softening. The temperature sensitivity has been studied up to 473 K under quasi-static and dynamic conditions. Low temperature measurements (lower than the room temperature) are also reported in term of σ − ε|˙ε ,T curves. Experimental results are then used to identify the parameters of several constitutive relations, such as the model developed initially by Johnson and Cook; Voyiadjis and Abed; and Rusinek and Klepaczko respectively termed Johnson-Cook (JC), Voyiadjis-Abed (VA), and Rusinek-Klepaczko (RK). Finally, comparisons between experimental results and model predictions are reported and compared.Nevertheless, in numerical models, constitutive relations are used to describe the material mechanical behavior and consequently have a strong influence on interpretation of the results. Therefore, reliability of these models is essential. These material constitutive relations usually represent the equivalent plastic stress σ of a material as a function of the equivalent plastic strain ε p , strain ratė ε p , and temperature T. Many relations have been developed through recent decades and are still under consideration. One can distinguish two main types of constitutive relations. The first ones are phenomenological, as they do not take into account any physical phenomenon and are only based on experimental observations. These relations have the main advantage of having a low number of constants. Nevertheless, their validity is reduced to a limited range of conditions in term of strain rate and temperature. A well-known and widely implemented in finite element (FE) codes is the Johnson-Cook constitutive model [4]. Johnson and Cook used a phenomenological model that is widely used in most applications for predicting the behavior of the flow stress at different strain rates and temperatures. In this model, the strain rate and temperature effects on the flow stress are uncoupled which implies that the strain rate sensitivity is independent of temperature which is in contrast to that observed by most metals. It is an empirical e...