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| Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops | |
|---|---|
 A PASGT vest and helmet in woodland camouflage. | |
| Type | Combat helmet and bulletproof vest |
| Place of origin | United States |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1983–2003 (U.S. Army & Marines)
1983–present (U.S. military reserve & Navy)[1] 1985–present (other countries) |
| Used by | United States Navy U.S. Army Reserve U.S. Army (historical) U.S. Marine Corps (historical) U.S. Air Force (historical) See Users for other foreign military/law enforcement users |
| Wars | Invasion of Grenada (first usage)[2] Invasion of Panama Persian Gulf War Operation Gothic Serpent Yugoslav Wars[3][4] Russo-Ukrainian War[5] |
| Production history | |
| Designer | U.S. Army Soldier Systems Center |
| Designed | 1975 (vest), 1977 (helmet) |
| Manufacturer | |
| Variants | U.S. Navy Flak Jacket (Mk 1, Mod 0) |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | |
Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops (PASGT, pronounced /ˈpæzɡət/ PAZ-gət) is a combat helmet and ballistic vest that was used by the United States military from the early 1980s until the early or mid-2000s, when the helmet and vest were succeeded by the Lightweight Helmet (LWH), Modular Integrated Communications Helmet (MICH), and Interceptor body armor (IBA) respectively.
Designed in the mid-1970s as a replacement for the M1 helmet and previous fragmentation vests, prototypes of the PASGT were tested in the late 1970s before being fielded in the early 1980s. Around the early or mid-2000s, the PASGT vest began being replaced by the IBA and the PASGT helmet was replaced soon thereafter with the LWH and MICH. As of 2018, the only remaining U.S. military users of PASGT in any capacity are the U.S. Army Reserve and the U.S. Navy, the latter of which retains the PASGT helmet for use by sailors aboard its warships, in addition to a PASGT-derived vest known as the "U.S. Navy Flak Jacket".
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