PASGT Vest Ballistic Resistance and NIJ Threat Level

We put the PASGT 'flak vest' through it's paces to find it's NIJ Threat Level.

20% Ballistic Gelatin was used in place of Roma Plastina clay backing and a correction to the Behind Armor Deformation done in accordance with :

Backface Signatures of Soft Body Armors and the Associated Trauma Effects; Prather, Swann, Hawkins; US Army ARRADCOM 1977