The Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops is a combat protective ensemble developed in the late 1970s by the United States. Introduced to frontline service in the early 1980s, the system consisted
A PASGT vest and helmet in woodland camouflage.
An early prototype variant of the PASGT helmet and vest in the ERDL pattern being worn over fatigues.
U.S. Navy sailors in January 2017 wearing PASGT helmets
A U.S. Navy sailor in 2016 wearing a PASGT vest. Although it has been discontinued in the rest of the U.S. military, the U.S. Navy was still using the PASGT vest aboard its warships as late as June 2016.
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The M1 helmet is a combat helmet that was used by the United States Armed Forces from 1941 to approximately 1985. Designed to replace the M1917 helmet, a variant of the British Brodie helmet used duri
Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops
…and vest, both constructed primarily from Kevlar and was intended to deliver superior ballistic and fragmentation resistance compared to the steel M1 helmet and earlier nylon vests. PASGT was deployed extensively across major conflicts including the Invasion of Grenada and the Gulf War. While largely replaced…
View of an M1 helmet shell
The Helmet Model Number 5, intended to replace the M1917 but not adopted
U.S. Coast Guard Fireman First Class Charles Tyner with his M1 helmet following Operation Dragoon in August 1944. His M1 helmet blocked a piece of shrapnel that would have otherwise fatally struck his head, inflicting a "superficial scratch" instead.
A U.S. Army machine-gunner wearing an M1 helmet with a camouflage cover and additional natural camouflage added on the slots in the helmet's cover