mikie Posted December 24, 2017 Share #1 Posted December 24, 2017 Howdy, I am slowly trying to learn about moderm military equipment. Until a couple of years ago, Korea War stuff was the most modern I had handle on. So how the heck is PASGT pronounced in polite converstion? Is it said as it is spelled or spelled out letter by letter? Silly question, I'm sure, but it IS me asking. Hopefully more intelligent questions sure to follow. Thanks! Mikie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedLegGI Posted December 24, 2017 Share #2 Posted December 24, 2017 P-A-S-G-T is fine, or K-Pot (Kevlar Pot) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Army Noncom Posted December 24, 2017 Share #3 Posted December 24, 2017 Howdy, I am slowly trying to learn about moderm military equipment. Until a couple of years ago, Korea War stuff was the most modern I had handle on. So how the heck is PASGT pronounced in polite converstion? Is it said as it is spelled or spelled out letter by letter? Silly question, I'm sure, but it IS me asking. Hopefully more intelligent questions sure to follow. Thanks! Mikie There was a usage of Plt/Sgt at one time, short for Platoon Sergeant which is a title/position and not a rank. Just plain old Pasgt, I've never heard of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VolunteerArmoury Posted December 24, 2017 Share #4 Posted December 24, 2017 When I was in the Army it was just a helmet, K-pot, pot, dome, or Kevlar & the vest just called was a Kevlar or flak vest. Id be surprised if any of the folks I served with knew what PASGT was. I simply sound out the letters or refer to it was how we did when I was in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Army Noncom Posted December 24, 2017 Share #5 Posted December 24, 2017 P-A-S-G-T is fine, or K-Pot (Kevlar Pot) I was well into retirement before things got plastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12A54 Posted December 25, 2017 Share #6 Posted December 25, 2017 Like many Army acronyms, that one might have been used in written documents, but not by average Soldiers. We just called it a helmet. Infrequently I heard some refer to it as a “K-pot”. It was the only version in use, so there was no need to distinguish it by such a specific reference, much less an awkward acronym. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorin6 Posted December 25, 2017 Share #7 Posted December 25, 2017 I was at Fort Bragg when I got my PASGT helmet. We never called it by that acronym, and it wasn't until I started going on this forum about 7 years ago that I even knew that PASGT meant. We just called it Kevlar helmet, and the vests (worn during Desert Storm) were simply flak vests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted December 25, 2017 Share #8 Posted December 25, 2017 I believe the Marines just call it a "kevlar." A couple of young Marines from nearby Camp Pendleton once stopped by my flea market booth and were intrigued by my M1 helmet, or - as one of the Marines called it - "a steel kevlar." To him any helmet was a "kevlar." I don't think anyone has ever pronounced PASGT outloud: in my head I always see it as, "P-A sergeant." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted December 25, 2017 Share #9 Posted December 25, 2017 Kevlar is what they been called for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milsurp_scout_14 Posted December 25, 2017 Share #10 Posted December 25, 2017 I've always just said P-A-S-J-U-T as one awkward syllable...I think that just generated from my brain though. Never heard anyone else actually say it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted December 25, 2017 Share #11 Posted December 25, 2017 I just pronounce it.....pazsssggggggt. But when I do it sorta sounds like ppppzzzzsgggtttt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted December 25, 2017 Share #12 Posted December 25, 2017 I was at Fort Bragg when I got my PASGT helmet. We never called it by that acronym, and it wasn't until I started going on this forum about 7 years ago that I even knew that PASGT meant. We just called it Kevlar helmet, and the vests (worn during Desert Storm) were simply flak vests. Ditto. Never heard it called anything but a Kevlar until I heard collectors discussing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VolunteerArmoury Posted December 25, 2017 Share #13 Posted December 25, 2017 Went I last deployed I was told to take a new helmet. This was in 2010 but I was in TRADOC land so I kept using a k-pot or PASGT with a ACU cover & an updated chinstrap suspension. All of the newer helmets no matter an ACH or MICH I heard called an ACH or most commonly a Mitch or just helmet regardless of what it actually was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camaro69427 Posted December 25, 2017 Share #14 Posted December 25, 2017 I've always said it PASGAT, adding the A between the G and T. Don't know why, just what I've always heard it called. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted December 25, 2017 Share #15 Posted December 25, 2017 How do pronounce PASGT....KEVLAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap Camouflage Pattern I Posted December 25, 2017 Share #16 Posted December 25, 2017 Spell it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted December 25, 2017 Author Share #17 Posted December 25, 2017 Ha! Thanks for all the replies. They made my day. As a student of history and implements of destruction, I am always thrilled to hear this kind of stuff from those of you who help make history and use those implements. As a casual collector just getting my feet wet on the subject, I was afraid of looking foolish refering to the helmets as "pasgt" or "p a s g t". Guess it's nothing to worry about. Heaven knows there are plenty of other ways I can manage to look foolish. Thanks again and Merry Christmas! Mikie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blacksmith Posted December 25, 2017 Share #18 Posted December 25, 2017 Called a "kevlar" by those that wore them, and a host of things by those that collect them. "Pass Gee Tee" is what I hear most frequently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Colt Posted December 25, 2017 Share #19 Posted December 25, 2017 I simply call it a "kevlar" or "pass gee tee" like said above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly USMC Posted December 26, 2017 Share #20 Posted December 26, 2017 Concur with.... "Kevlar" I don't think there is an English or even human translation for PASGT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Army Noncom Posted December 26, 2017 Share #21 Posted December 26, 2017 Ha! Thanks for all the replies. They made my day. As a student of history and implements of destruction, I am always thrilled to hear this kind of stuff from those of you who help make history and use those implements. As a casual collector just getting my feet wet on the subject, I was afraid of looking foolish refering to the helmets as "pasgt" or "p a s g t". Guess it's nothing to worry about. Heaven knows there are plenty of other ways I can manage to look foolish. Thanks again and Merry Christmas! Mikie In comparison....a few things I'd miss if I had to wear one, I couldn't cook in it, heat water using C-4 to shave in, can't sit it on the back of my head, doesn't have the form on my arse to sit in it easy when mud is four inches deep.....the list goes on and on. Stick with the steel pots lad, there's more History in dem der steal pots!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIl Sanow Posted December 26, 2017 Share #22 Posted December 26, 2017 I think they were called "Fritz" helmets early on because if the resemblance to German helmets. G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray175INF Posted December 26, 2017 Share #23 Posted December 26, 2017 Hahahaha, uhhh? In comparison....a few things I'd miss if I had to wear one, I couldn't cook in it, heat water using C-4 to shave in, can't sit it on the back of my head, doesn't have the form on my arse to sit in it easy when mud is four inches deep.....the list goes on and on. Stick with the steel pots lad, there's more History in dem der steal pots!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWalsh Posted December 26, 2017 Share #24 Posted December 26, 2017 How do pronounce PASGT....KEVLAR This. I never heard it called anything but this. Listen to Doyler, he and his goats are prophets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray175INF Posted December 26, 2017 Share #25 Posted December 26, 2017 Same, In the Marines we always called them Kevlars, In the Army it was a mix, some of the guys called them Kevlars, while others called them ACHs or MICH helmets. Ray When I was in the Army it was just a helmet, K-pot, pot, dome, or Kevlar & the vest just called was a Kevlar or flak vest. Id be surprised if any of the folks I served with knew what PASGT was. I simply sound out the letters or refer to it was how we did when I was in. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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