PASGT Kevlar helmet : RAN Boarding Party

Place	Middle East: Persian Gulf
Accession Number	REL31408.001
Collection type	Heraldry
Object type	Helmet
Physical description	Brass, Kevlar, Leather, Nylon webbing, Plastic, Rubber, Steel, Velcro
Location	Main Bld: Peacekeeping & Recent Conflicts Gallery
Maker	Gentex Corporation, USA
Place made	United States of America
Date made	c 1990s
Conflict	Period 2000-2009 Iraq, 2003-2013

Description

Green Kevlar PASGT helmet edged with rubber strip. The leather and webbing liner is attached to the helmet by six screws, that in the centre of the forehead having been painted red. At the rear of helmet liner is a large piece of rubber covering the adjustment buckle. The three point chinstrap has plastic 'fastex' retaining clips on either side of the leather chin piece. A label inside the right hand rear of the helmet reads 'GENTEX CARBONDALE, PA 18407 FSCM 97427', while a white label on the left reads 'PASGT HELMET P/N 0 500048 LARGE'. Written in black felt pen on the back of the helmet is the word 'LARGE', and the name 'CHRIS' appears to have been written below this in black crayon. On the brim at the front is written the word 'LSSIG' (Leading Seaman Signaller) in black felt pen.

History / Summary

Kevlar PASGT (Personal Armor System Ground Troops) helmet (known as the 'K-pot' or 'Fritz') currently issued to combatant troops of the Australian military forces. This example used by Royal Australian Navy boarding parties on operations in the Persian Gulf.