In our present study, a high-pressure shock wave has been used to investigate the foam material response for the shock mitigation property through the material body. The shock loading given to the foam material had been carried out at three different Mach numbers for understanding the shock-absorbing behaviour for three different rates of loading conditions. The response of the foam material in the form of an impulse strain signal has been taken by the help of a piezo-vibration senor attached at the end of the material. Since it is difficult to attach the piezo-film at the end of the foam material, it is having the porous structure throughout the body, hence subsequent arrangement has been ensured by adhesively bonding the foam sample with an aluminium plate at the side opposite to the shock impact. The impulse response in the form of strain signal with respect to time by the foam material and aluminium metal plate arrangement was taken for three different loading conditions and was analysed, respectively. This paper deals with energy-absorbing property of the metal foam in terms of shock waves, in order to protect the object behind it from shock impact.