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Helmets made with DuPont™ Kevlar® meet demanding requirements for protection against a wide range of threats, including bullets, shrapnel and fragmentation. State-of-the-art helmets made with Kevlar®, like the U.S. Army Advanced Combat Helmet, absorb 20% more kinetic energy than the Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops (PASGT) helmets made with Kevlar® they are replacing, and offer protection from submachine gun bullets. Rigorous impact testing shows helmets made with Kevlar® have superior structural integrity to enhance survivability in ballistic and non-ballistic impact. And because they are lighter, they can help improve mobility and reduce fatigue.

New DuPont™ Kevlar® Mark IV

Among the new technologies used in the helmet designs and composites is DuPont™ Kevlar®
Mark IV, a recent high-performance offering that is a component in the prototype combat helmet designs being evaluated by the U.S. Army’s Enhanced Combat Helmet (ECH) program. Kevlar® 
Mark IV is a thermoplastic resin matrix material that provides more protection per weight than existing aramid-phenolic composites. It can help to improve performance and reduce helmet thickness and cost for the current ECH program and potentially in other emerging helmet designs, including the Next Generation Helmet solicitation issued on September 21, 2009. 

Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops (PASGT) Helmet

The PASGT helmet offers twice the ballistic impact energy absorbing capacity of the steel helmets they replaced. Developed in collaboration with the U.S. Army’s Natick RD&E Center in 1978, PASGT helmets made of Kevlar® have been produced for military personnel around the world.

 Fabric (MIL-C-44050A)  Type II
 Denier*  1500
 Minimum Ballistic Limit(V50) ft/sec—17gr FSP**  2000

 

 

 

The Advanced Combat Vehicle Crew Helmet

The Manufactured with Kevlar®KM2®, the Advanced CVC helmet offers superior fragmentation resistance at low weight weight while allowing interoperability with vehicle intercom and radio equipment.

Fabric (MIL-C-44050A)  Type III
Denier*  850
Minimum Ballistic Limit(V50) ft/sec—17 gr FSP**  2150

 

 

The Advanced Combat Helmet

The ACH—Advanced Combat Helmet—made with Kevlar®, and initially fielded in late 2003, is designed to help protect against shrapnel, fragmentation and 9mm bullets shot at submachine gun velocities at a lighter weight than the PASGT helmet.

Fabric  Varies by manufacturer
Denier*  Varies by manufacturer
Minimum Ballistic Resistance (V50) ft/sec - 17  gr FSP**  2200
Minimum Ballistic Resistance (V0) ft/sec - Remington 124 grain 9mm FMJ***  1400-1450


 

 

 

 

* Denier is the weight, in grams, of 9,000 meters of yarn.
** V50 is the average velocity at which half the fragments penetrate the material and half are stopped.
*** VO is a velocity range at which no perforations are observed by the specific projectile.