Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops Vest
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The Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops Vest, also known as the "flak vest", was the United States Military's standard kevlar body armor from the early 1980's until approximately 2004, when it was replaced by the Interceptor body armor. The PASGT Vest replaced the Vietnam War-era M-1969 Fragmentation Protective Body Armor nylon vest, which in turn replaced the Korean War-era M-1952 Fragmentation Protective Body Armor. The PASGT Vest used Kevlar for the first time in the United States military's body armor, unlike the nylon used in the previous two models. While incapable of stopping rifle bullets, the PASGT Vest provided better protection against shrapnel and reduced the severity of injuries from small arms fire when compared to the M-1969. The PASGT Vest weighed approximately 9 pounds, a small increase over the previous model.
In order to provide protection against high velocity bullets, the PASGT vest was, in 1996, combined with the Interim Small Arms Protective Overvest (ISAPO) pending adoption of Interceptor body armor. The ISAPO weighed about 16.5 pounds and consisted of a carrier to hold two protective ceramic plate inserts. A PASGT armor system with overvest weighed more than 25 pounds and was criticized by many US troops as unacceptably cumbersome in combat.
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