Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops

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military body armor system personal protective equipment

Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops was a U.S. military body armor system used by ground forces before being superseded by more advanced protective gear.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
PASGT 1
PASGT armor 1
Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops canonical 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military body armor system ⓘ
personal protective equipment ⓘ
abbreviation Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: PASGT
alsoKnownAs Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops ⓘ
surface form: PASGT armor

flak vest ⓘ
armorType soft armor ⓘ
component PASGT helmet ⓘ
PASGT vest ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
designedFor field combat use ⓘ
ground troops ⓘ
designedToProtect head ⓘ
torso ⓘ
vital organs ⓘ
enteredService early 1980s ⓘ
era late Cold War U.S. body armor ⓘ
helmetDesignInfluence modern U.S. combat helmet shapes ⓘ
helmetMaterial Kevlar ⓘ
intendedThreats low-velocity projectiles ⓘ
shell fragments ⓘ
shrapnel ⓘ
introducedInPeriod late 1970s ⓘ
legacyUse some foreign militaries ⓘ
training ⓘ
material Kevlar ⓘ
operator United States Army ⓘ
United States Marine Corps ⓘ
primaryUsePeriod 1980s ⓘ
1990s ⓘ
protectionLevel fragmentation ⓘ
limited small-arms protection ⓘ
replaced M-69 flak vest ⓘ
Vietnam War–era body armor ⓘ
sawServiceInConflict Gulf War ⓘ
Operation Urgent Fury ⓘ
surface form: Invasion of Grenada

Panama invasion ⓘ
Somalia peacekeeping operations ⓘ
surface form: Somalia operations

peacekeeping missions ⓘ
serviceEntryContext Cold War ⓘ
standardIssueFor U.S. Army ground combat units ⓘ
U.S. Marine Corps ground combat units ⓘ
status largely retired from front-line U.S. service ⓘ
supersededBy Enhanced Small Arms Protective Insert systems ⓘ
Improved Outer Tactical Vest ⓘ
Interceptor Body Armor ⓘ
usedBy U.S. ground forces ⓘ
combat support troops ⓘ
infantry soldiers ⓘ
vestFeature ballistic nylon or Kevlar layers ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Interceptor Body Armor → replaced → Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops ⓘ
Advanced Combat Helmet → replaced → Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops ⓘ
this entity surface form: Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops helmet
Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops → abbreviation → Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: PASGT
Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops → alsoKnownAs → Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops ⓘ
this entity surface form: PASGT armor