Desert Storm 101st ABN, I took a 7.62 round (glancing, thanks to heaven). The round entered my vest inside my top right breast pocket and completely shredded my SOI code book and notepad. Never knew I had been struck until my RTO noticed the pile of shredded paper all around me in our fighting position. The Kevlar saved my life.
@thebuilder37003 жыл бұрын
That would have been one hellava punctured lung my friend
@mg1342mg2 жыл бұрын
Must have been a spent bullet. I shot one with a 9mm in '92 and it passed thru unhindered.
@HazmatUnit2 жыл бұрын
@@mg1342mg PASGT vest seem to be very funny in cases of what they can stop. Also it could been because of a higher gunpowder grain.
@rilla46 Жыл бұрын
My dad invented it
@jotarokujo478710 ай бұрын
@@rilla46your dad saved a lot of lives
@jarink15 жыл бұрын
In '91 we (1st ID) didn't get the desert camo covers because they were all issued to people in the rear where camera crews were at.
@1337penguinman5 жыл бұрын
The funny thing is the mix of desert and woodland probably did an even better job of breaking up your outline at range.
@Ideo7Z4 жыл бұрын
I recall staff and general officers running around in desert boots while guys going outside the wire still had black boots.
@richhoule34625 жыл бұрын
I'm so nostalgic about BDUs and '80s gear. Woodland was the best!!
@Tigerheart015 жыл бұрын
M81 is magnificent. It's what I wore when I was in. Now I play airsoft and still emulate my old loadout (my helmet cover, and load bearing alice gear is still actually my issued stuff!). I still surprise a LOT of younger guys in woods games who are wearing MARPAT or Multicam... they just can't see me... it's almost like M81 was perfect for forest environments! lol.
@TheKKreamking3 жыл бұрын
Still is
@OfficialBigStick3 жыл бұрын
@@Tigerheart01 they call it God's plaid
@blueduck94093 жыл бұрын
Wood land is good, but i like erdl better. Less brown.
@tatehamza61863 жыл бұрын
i know Im asking the wrong place but does any of you know a method to log back into an Instagram account?? I somehow lost my password. I would appreciate any tricks you can give me!
@gruberjens43546 жыл бұрын
Got one of those vests. To me, beeing born early 80s, nothing will ever look so "military" than this wonderful designed armor 😎
@jasonarmstrong57505 жыл бұрын
Gruber Jens easily my favorite “look” our military ever had
@mtumeumrani3765 жыл бұрын
@Jason Armstrong, the most effective look our military ever had.
@Tigerheart015 жыл бұрын
It's what I wore. I now emulate that look as my "loadout" when I play airsoft.
@bobabier53944 жыл бұрын
yeah, everyone gangsta with this vest till a bullet really hits. then they all go... oh my f...ing god! lemme breathe! what the fuck i can't move! but... im alive! hurts to move. damn... anyone gets me outta here? plz getz me out. *throws weapon away* MOST! not everyone. always depends on the individual pain resistance and overall constitution. and training of course.
@TheKKreamking3 жыл бұрын
They should just remake the model but instead of trauma plates and use modern day plates and it without a doubt it would be better
@THEGIPPER345 жыл бұрын
I remember my Dad's PASGT gear in the 90s in good old woodland and I've gotta say it's always what I think of when I think "Army" even still today... and polishing those black boots!
@FlareLightPro4 жыл бұрын
i was issued a PASGT vest back in 2012 when i was going through basic training in the Canadian army. they only had size large and XL (maybe some XXLs). as one of the taller guys in my platoon i got an XL sized vest, it was large enough that i could layer both halves of the the vest front over each other.
@robocap15 жыл бұрын
6:17 when you finally find the dude who has been camping the whole match
@MG-te9ub4 жыл бұрын
scrolled down just to see if anyone had anything to say about that guy XD
@easygroove3 жыл бұрын
lol - his face expression
@reddevilparatrooper5 жыл бұрын
I wore this in combat for the Panama Invasion of 1989-90. It was very hot wearing it when moving and shooting during the invasion because Panama is a tropical country. It was also difficult wearing the ALICE LBE and carrying the large ALICE pack. I solved this by making a chest sternum strap with 550 cord or parachute cord. The LBE would flop around when you are running or get into the prone position to fire. I did the same with the large ALICE pack shoulder straps by putting 550 cord so the shoulder straps won't come loose and fall off the sides. I wanted to center the shoulder straps to the center of my chest. We never left our rucksacks behind. We wore them during combat unless it was necessary to drop it in combat. We never did because all of our extra ammo, water, food, batteries, and night vision goggles were inside our packs. I was an M60 machinegunner so I carried mostly ammo for those sustained fire fights in the city. It was funny to see the SAW gunners suffer like I did. They carried more ammo than I did because of the lighter weight 5.56mm versus the 7.62mm I carried. I carried 1,200 rounds of 7.62mm. My assistant gunner carried the spare barrel with bag and tripod. His load of 7 magazines of 210 rounds of 5.56mm for his M16A2 and 1,000 rounds of spare 7.62mm. During the first days of that week. I fired close to 800 rounds to support my platoon taking down buildings where the Panama Defense Forces and their thugs firing out of windows. After the engagement my gun team were resupplied with ammo, water, and food as my unit moved from block to block in Panama City. That PSGAT body armor still on. I was pouring through with sweat. I went through water just as fast as I went through ammo. I will never forget that time ever.
@jaynadeau48325 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service and for sharing
@reddevilparatrooper5 жыл бұрын
@@jaynadeau4832= I would like to thank you and the tax payers of the US!!! I thank you and everybody for your support to get me through Basic Training, Infantry School, and Airborne School. I wouldn't have made it without you all for my adventures where the Army brought me. The part of misery is all my part. I know the job was dangerous and exciting and the Army was willing to give me that chance. I am not being sarcastic to you at all. I thank you for letting me live my dreams of being a Paratrooper in the Army and being lucky to survive combat. None of these things would have happened without your support. Besides that my parents were stingy to put me through college anyway...
@tksim4125 жыл бұрын
Ill echo what Jay said - TYFYS and for the historical ancedote! Always a privilege and an honour to hear from those in the thick of things back then. Edit: Just one question though. If you were in for Just Cause, did you stay in the U.S. Army long enough for Desert Shield/Storm and Restore Hope?
@reddevilparatrooper5 жыл бұрын
@@tksim412 I was in the National Guard state side during Desert Storm and Restore Hope. I was in Iraq for a few combat tours from 2006 through 2009. The Interceptor Body Armor was no joke compared to the PASGT body armor. In Iraq it was a must have item.
@tksim4125 жыл бұрын
@@reddevilparatrooper Wow, you served for a full 2 decades. From Central America (Panama) to the Horn of Africa (Somalia) to the Cradle of Civilisation (Iraq/Kuwait). Enough to go from Woodland BDUs to the Choc Chip/Coffee Stain desert camo patterns and finally, UCP. What was worse about the PASGT body armour system compared to its Interceptor counterpart for you personally though?
@scout30584 жыл бұрын
At Parris Island in 1988, I was issued one of the OD Vietnam vests, that had hard vertical rib like plates in it. I only wore it while we were at the rifle range. I distinctly remember getting prickly heat because of it.
@OlafoWaffle5 жыл бұрын
I remember having to wear the PASGT vest in Basic Training back in 2004 at Ft. Sill. That thing is the exact opposite of breathable when compared to the IBA with plates. For reasons I cannot explain the PASGT would suck in humidity like it was it's job.
@mixtapeWA6 жыл бұрын
In canada we are still issued the PASGT vest but only for training. I wore one of bmqL
@RUBIZEN4 жыл бұрын
On Parris Island in '91 we were issued the OLD vests, the ones with nylon shells and armor plates in pockets. I don't know what their nomenclature is. The vests were so old they were falling apart. Every time I was around bushes I would rip out one or two of those plates (they looked like they were made of plastic or maybe kevlar) and pitch it into the forest. I always made sure the Drill Instructors weren't looking! The PASGT, in my opinion, was way better than the older model vests. Of course, everything is relevant. I'm sure the newest vests are better than the PASGT.
@mixmaster29094 жыл бұрын
That’s an M1955 USMC armored vest the plates themselves are made out of Doron basically ballistic nylon that was superheated and compressed into a hard panel every Marine grunt was required to wear it in Vietnam Marines hated it but it saved the lives of the men who wore it those vests and plates are worth about 300$ brand new but I’ve seen surplus stores sell them for 50$ they’re a good vest even for today’s standards
@meilanm6 жыл бұрын
Would really love to see a video about the IDF's use of a non-camo uniform and the mitznefet(head/helmet covering)! Thanks!
@tomaszskowronski14064 жыл бұрын
6:16 That's one happy gunner. Doesn't supprise me. Everyone would make a face like thet when behind the good ol' fifty.
@rogerscott82115 жыл бұрын
the pasgt vests were used until 2003 for war, but are still used for training for the Us army
@OlafoWaffle5 жыл бұрын
We used them in Basic in 2004, only time we used an IBA was during the that life over head fire and you had a choice between XL and XL
@xjamesx70476 жыл бұрын
Nice another review of the _PASGT System: Vest_ video, i hope you'll do the *Interceptor Vest* next after this and i'm sure it's added one of your future list's. 😃
@Gamms76 жыл бұрын
What is being deployed at 4:40-4:50? It kind of looks like a delta operator deploying some riot suppression foam?
@gregoru986 жыл бұрын
Yes, it appears to be a non-lethal foam system. Not without its issues. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5XEomSHgt6hfZY&ab_channel=APArchive
@Gamms75 жыл бұрын
@@gregoru98 Can across more footage by chance with the identity of the designer. Time code 33:00 -33:30 in (Crazy Rulers of the World - Part 2 - Funny Torture) kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4bJaX54n7B1pq8 also time code 35:15.
@capcamouflagepatterni61625 жыл бұрын
not 1st SFOD-D, USMC
@RevOwOlutionary2 жыл бұрын
Sandia National Laboratories "Sticky foam". Originally developed for the security teams at nuclear installations.
@tommytom48935 жыл бұрын
I went to USMC Boot in 2011. We these were our armor for the humps. After Boot, never even saw them again, but those were some heavy SOBs.
@patrickdavis994 жыл бұрын
God damn this is a cool channel, you have done some great work, I'll gladly share your stuff with everyone I can.
@mr.wiggles75354 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing a lot of this gear growing up and going to National Guard duty with my dad. I loved the M81 camo they used and seeing the troops with the PASGT gear as a kid. When I joined up, we had the IBA and shortly after the IOTV and while more effective, it just didn't seem as cool lol. Also the digital camo was bullshit.
@whatsyourproblem18864 жыл бұрын
I was at a army surplus store and got to try a vest on and once you put it on and walk around for a bit its not that bad .
@psybain5 жыл бұрын
lol... I was still wearing one of these in the Corps up until sometime in spring 05.
@jakobhale44746 жыл бұрын
This channel is honestly one of my favorites, i know youre going to get famous bro
@genusg4 жыл бұрын
Was issued the PASGT vest during the onset of OIF, didn't get the newer one until a year later when we were extended another 4 months in country.
@stang37873 жыл бұрын
be sure to check out kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXbaepmpp9aEq7c
@TheGearhead2222 жыл бұрын
Great video! I just bought a clean surplus PASGT flak vest to go with my chocolate chip desert camo cover:)-John in Texas
@user-jr2ue9nu6y6 жыл бұрын
Could you do a modern load-out video of current issue for Infantry and then perhaps Special Forces like Green Berets
@cascadianrangers72811 ай бұрын
Hfs $$$ thats a LOT of money for gear
@green2blue3094 жыл бұрын
I wore the PASGT vest in South Korea in 2005, and then gave it to my uncle when I was issued an IBA before deploying to Iraq in 06
@myleg72235 жыл бұрын
You deserve so many more subs and views im in the army and this makes me look at uniforms with a different eye now
@outerheavenpaintball6 жыл бұрын
Pretty good video. If you need help with doing one on the LBV88 tactical load bearing vest, I've got a couple article on them in my blog stuff. :)
@juliusdream26833 жыл бұрын
I think that was our best dressed soldiers were in the 90,s the PASGT was awesome looking and the M81 woodland is still one of the most effective camouflage patterns .
@berner4 жыл бұрын
Do you know if they used the CM or ICM vests for the tactical guys during the Matrix lobby shootout, or if it was a different vest?
@seanmurphy7011 Жыл бұрын
I wore the PASGT in Bosnia in 1996 and in training from 97-2002.
@legobro87535 жыл бұрын
6:18 lol this guy looks pretty excited
@stahlhelmturtle9822 Жыл бұрын
He's firing a fifty. Who wouldn't be at least a little excited?
@RUDYLOVE724 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service and for sharing
@artyomsaveli96814 жыл бұрын
I was looking around for translations when I came upon this video. It was good, but I didn't learn polish. For context, I bought a polish OLV Flak Vest with Wz. 93 pattern camouflage, and I figured I'd read up on the informational instructions that came with it. I think you all can guess what came after that.
@johnmarstonification5 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know where to find the combat footage from 0:19 of the Germans crossing the river?
@2_bias5 жыл бұрын
Weren't they wearing different vests during the battle of mogadishu? (one with steel plates)
@1337penguinman5 жыл бұрын
I think those were the uparmor plates he was talking about they used as a stopgap until proper IBAs could start being issued.
@Tremulousnut5 жыл бұрын
It’s the RBA. Those had ceramic plates.
@stahlhelmturtle9822 Жыл бұрын
@@1337penguinman no, rangers and spec ops units wore the RBA which was a separate armor system that had either steel or ceramic plates
@stevenm38235 жыл бұрын
As an Army veteran I ask...WHY is the military ALWAYS one step behind with matching up the camo pattern of the vest with the current uniform?..wars in .Iraq and Afghanistan start with troops wearing woodland camo vests with DCU top and bottoms.....then it's DCU camo vests with ACU top and bottom...then it's ACU vests with Multi Cam top and bottoms....what is so damn hard about having the troops wearing the same color vest as their uniform?...it's not rocket science you know.
@stevenm38235 жыл бұрын
it's not that hard, vest the same camo pattern as the uniform, other militaries have no problem with doing that so why does ours?@Heinrich Severloh
@stevenm38235 жыл бұрын
I was stationed in Germany from 1998-2001 and we did a month long deployment to Poland in Oct 2000, training with Polish soldiers and meeting the Polish people was a great experience for us all.@Heinrich Severloh
@doom-gloom5 жыл бұрын
Re-issuing gear is expensive and time consuming
@stevenm38235 жыл бұрын
The military wastes billions of dollars every year on various things...making sure the uniforms match should not be that hard.@@doom-gloom
@jasonarmstrong57505 жыл бұрын
Steven M yeah, that is pretty weird when you think about it, though in the case of the gulf war I’ve heard it was because they were only prepared for a war in Europe and when desert storm happened it sort of snuck up on them
@RustedCroaker4 жыл бұрын
So the US went from a kevlar only vest straight to a ceramic plate carrier in late 80's. While the USSR had a titanium plate carrier in between (in Afghanistan, for example). Interesting.
@mixmaster29094 жыл бұрын
The US had been experimenting with small arms protective vests ever since vietnam examples being the Ranger body armor, and variable small arms protective vest, but none of them were widely adopted because they were too heavy and cumbersom it wasnt until the late 1990s that the Interceptor system was finally adopted
@stahlhelmturtle9822 Жыл бұрын
The USAF had a vest in the 70's and 80's for helicopter crews that could stop .50 cal rounds
@n.i.t.f9195 жыл бұрын
What's the music in the video
@UniformHistory5 жыл бұрын
It's made by our composer, you can find a link to his website in the description.
@andrewwallace48216 жыл бұрын
I think the KZbin algorithm likes you buddy, and I do too. Keep it up!
@Jason-iz6ob3 жыл бұрын
I was issued a PASGT vest for 4 years. I wore one exactly 1 time. The hand grenade range in basic training....
@footbalr0745 жыл бұрын
Thought rangers in mogadishu used Ranger Body Armor not PASGT, but of course there was other units there likely in PASGT
@AevisPrime Жыл бұрын
Was there ever a winter cover made for the vest?
@johnmosesbrowning18555 жыл бұрын
Very informative, nicely done video, thank you very much,.
@spectreQ5 жыл бұрын
do a series on russian body armor
@WBRbatera5 жыл бұрын
Do you have the history of Brazilian uniforms?
@andressaborio10483 жыл бұрын
I bought mine yesterday I love it
@chriskincaid6035Ай бұрын
Thank You ...
@foofoothefluffybunny66456 жыл бұрын
Great video
@TheBackpackingSailor5 жыл бұрын
My friend said he remembers throwing frozen batteries at Somalian from the humvee to get people away from it.
@devil_dog_reenactment83155 жыл бұрын
I have one with the manual mint condition
@UziIdiot4 жыл бұрын
In the 80s even the military had wide shoulder pads
@thebuilder37003 жыл бұрын
80s football pads will be missed
@0baddawa02 жыл бұрын
We got 6 color PAGST vest covers in 2003 for our IBA. You read that right. Army gonna Army, and they sent the wrong camo for the wrong vest.
@robertking25804 жыл бұрын
Can you do the RBA vest?
@blueduck94093 жыл бұрын
Ugh. Plate carrier vests, always dug into the lower waist line when ever i had to bend over, or squat down. Thing weighed a ton with the plates in.
@DriveCarToBar7 ай бұрын
It's funny that the USMC got it right back in the 60s but the Army pushed PASGT on everyone until finally the DoD was like, it's time to upgrade, what should we do? Oh, lets adopt this whole thing that is basically what the USMC wanted to do 40 years ago.
@JK-vb8di5 жыл бұрын
very good video you deverve more subs
@buckwheatsghettoghost49274 жыл бұрын
Two things are certain; regardless guys are going to bitch and the load out isn't getting lighter. Thanks to the ridiculous MOLLE there's more pouches to add therefore more crap to carry. No such thing as "light infantry"
@Bubba-Fudd-bulletsmith5 жыл бұрын
i have a pasgt vest with both desert camo covers
@TheDanlovejoy4 жыл бұрын
i could see a use for this type of armor today, but not as a vest, rather as a kama type skirting around the upper legs, though i dont think the us armed forces would go for the look of armored skirts even if it did save some lives and limbs.
@jagervw5 жыл бұрын
We had OTV in 1999.
@tarantulapettingzoo29805 жыл бұрын
i own an m1967 vest in my collection.
@hydra26actual5 жыл бұрын
Interesting. I hadn't heard of the M67, but I have an M52, M69, a couple chicken plates (Body Armor, Aircrewman) and a Variable Body Armor from that era.
@nikbrady146 жыл бұрын
PLEASE do Russian camo next! Surpat would be a good one to do next! My profile pic is the surpat pattern.
@jbizzletx34204 жыл бұрын
Do sapi... I'm OIF2 VET!!
@MrEvanfriend5 жыл бұрын
I used that PASGT shit at boot camp in 2003. When it was older than I was. Ridiculous. Now the Interceptor vest that I went to war in is like two generations old. The PASGT helmets sucked too. They were heavy and the chinstrap sucked. The LWH that the Corps replaced it with was way better. Now they're using something else again though.
@kingjeremysircornwell78472 жыл бұрын
Back your vest with high impact plastic from a Black 55 gallon clench top drum. Expanse in vest gets stuck in plastic.
@WBRbatera5 жыл бұрын
Brazil wears this helmet
@Riceball016 жыл бұрын
I always hated the PASGT system, when wearing the vest and the helemt I would always develop a knot right between the middle of shoulder blades. By later years I would wear a boonie when parked out in the field on an ASLT instead of my K-pot, there was nothing I could do about the vest though.
@kilo3935 жыл бұрын
I know exactly what your talking about! I never served when these vest were issued, Im enlisting this year, but I own the vest and helmet.I've worn it for a long period of time playing airsoft outside and it does get really uncomfortable.It does look cool though.
@kewinmp99045 жыл бұрын
OTV vest !!! Please !! 😁
@pcwizard25515 жыл бұрын
I own one of thes vests
@pinetree72962 жыл бұрын
Interesting how the modern body armor used today is a rather recent 'invention'.
@justa.sillyguy3 жыл бұрын
i have a manual
@rilla46 Жыл бұрын
My dad invented this and the helmet
@flowerpower003 Жыл бұрын
Me when I make things up for attention
@rilla46 Жыл бұрын
@@flowerpower003 he did actually so gfy
@michaelkemnerlin78343 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know what's going on at 4:42 with what looks like a massive silly string gun??? Lol
@RevOwOlutionary2 жыл бұрын
It's "sticky foam" developed by Sandia National Laboratories. It was intended to be used by security personel at nuclear installations, but was also marketed to the military as a less-lethal crowd control weapon. Later on they also tried marketing it to police and prisons. Never really caught on due to several issues, namely how lethal it actually ended up being since the expanding foam would choke people if they fell over, and also because the weapon itself had a tendency to clog up with foam.
@spgoo13 жыл бұрын
4:41 Tactical silly string gun??
@RevOwOlutionary2 жыл бұрын
Sandia National Laboratories "sticky foam". It was intended to be used as a less-lethal weapon, but never really caught on.
@nalzhaaaaaaay4 жыл бұрын
Is it me or does this guy sound like VanossGaming
@thekill8476 жыл бұрын
Swedish M90 Camo
@АндрейШмырев-л5м4 жыл бұрын
В 80-х такой жилет стоил 50 баксов...сейчас китайские поделки.
@wonniewarrior5 жыл бұрын
I wanted to buy a used UN version of the flak jacket as a souvenir from eBay. But in Australia needed a class E weapon licence to have 1, so sadly I did not buy it. Thanks anti gun lobby.
@sa04085 жыл бұрын
Anonymous Interuptus weapons license to own body armour? Nigga what kinda nazi state you living in lmao
@cascadianrangers72811 ай бұрын
Wore one of these babies and duce gear in boot camp!
@Operator--du4ek3 жыл бұрын
Better than wearing nothing like a lot of poor countries where there’s not even enough money to make flak vest
@SkaMaRtiSt19915 жыл бұрын
the extra terrestrials gave us kevlar, every other story is a coverup
@jokernabastard2828 Жыл бұрын
Only good for tucking your chin in the collar to go to sleep sitting up when you should be walking your post in a military manner.