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2. M1941 Field Jacket - Wikipedia

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   At the end of the 1930s, the Army moved to adopt a new outer garment that was intended to be more utilitarian and provide better protection in combat. The army's first attempts included adding a pleated "bi-swing" back to the service coat, a change adopted with the M1939 Service Coat, but that proved to be still unsuited for field wear and was ...

3. Improved Outer Tactical Vest - Wikipedia

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   E-SAPI (Enhanced Small Arms Protective Insert) plates and their smaller counterparts E-SBI (Enhanced Side Ballistic Inserts) plates, are ceramic ballistic plates that provide the bulk of the protection against projectiles when carried in an Improved Outer Tactical Vest, and are also used as part of many other body armors such as the Modular ...

4. Interceptor multi-threat body armor system - Wikipedia

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   The IBA system consists of an Outer Tactical Vest (OTV) and two Small Arms Protective Insert (SAPI) ballistic plates. The OTV features a carrier shell, and three main (flexible) ballistic panel inserts (front left and front right panels, and a rear back panel), [4] which are made with a finely woven Kevlar KM2 fiber.

5. Soldier Plate Carrier System - Wikipedia

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   A U.S. Army soldier wearing the Gen II model Soldier Plate Carrier System in Syria. An improved version of the SPCS known as the Generation II features a completely new quick release system based on that of the Generation III IOTV , which uses 4 buckles (2 for the shoulder straps, and 2 to connect each cummerbund to the front carrier) connected ...

6. Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops - Wikipedia

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   Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops (PASGT, pronounced / ˈ p æ z ɡ ə t / 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.

7. United States Army uniforms in World War II - Wikipedia

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   When the shirt was worn as an outer garment, officers wore pin on insignia on the shirt. Until 1942, the officers' U.S. pin was worn on the right collar point and the officers' branch insignia was worn on the left. The officers' rank was worn on the outer ends of the shoulder loops as on the coat.