2007 Unicor PASGT

[Pep]

Got this 2007 Unicor.  I was surprised to see a 2007 contract date.  Dome stamp is 07 also.  Cover is a Powel?  It looks to have been together a while.  Would this have been used in any operations in the Gulf?  

 

[Pep]

Came with goggles also

[blurryface07]

Could’ve been used overseas, but I’ve heard many of these were used in training.

[danimal03]

No way to know for sure.  However, that being said, I was over there in at some point in time in 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, and 2017.  This looks like it may have been used there.

[Rhscott]

Perhaps USAF?  

I would figure by 2006 the RFI the Army went thru would have eliminated these.

[Pep]

Would this be the last contract for these? I have not encountered this date before or any older.

My USAF colleague said they had to have tape on their helmet ti I'd them.  I get the feel from the dirt and smell this was in a Engineering outfit, maybe hea e equipment?

Just a guess.

[Rhscott]

I sure dont know.  I only saw ANA and ANP wearing them, along with some DOD civilians working for TACOM.

[pump 150]

Hi Pep, your PASGT is a nice one from the last contract issued for this helmet by the U.S. military (#SPM1C1-07-D-0029). As mentioned, by this time the ACH was being issued in strength and these would most likely have been used in stateside use or training I’d think. 
 

The parts for this contract were to be made in the new color adopted of Foliage Green #504 instead of the earlier brighter Camouflage Green #483 used on the 2001 era.  Yours looks to have the earlier colored suspension webbing, though the headband attachment Velcro may be FG#504?  Can you confirm due to lighting if the shell is the FG color or the earlier brighter green?

[Pep]

13 hours ago, pump 150 said:

Hi Pep, your PASGT is a nice one from the last contract issued for this helmet by the U.S. military (#SPM1C1-07-D-0029). As mentioned, by this time the ACH was being issued in strength and these would most likely have been used in stateside use or training I’d think. 
 

The parts for this contract were to be made in the new color adopted of Foliage Green #504 instead of the earlier brighter Camouflage Green #483 used on the 2001 era.  Yours looks to have the earlier colored suspension webbing, though the headband attachment Velcro may be FG#504?  Can you confirm due to lighting if the shell is the FG color or the earlier brighter green?

I will take a pic of it with an earlier one when I get a chance.  thanks,

[Pep]

17 hours ago, pump 150 said:

Hi Pep, your PASGT is a nice one from the last contract issued for this helmet by the U.S. military (#SPM1C1-07-D-0029). As mentioned, by this time the ACH was being issued in strength and these would most likely have been used in stateside use or training I’d think. 
 

The parts for this contract were to be made in the new color adopted of Foliage Green #504 instead of the earlier brighter Camouflage Green #483 used on the 2001 era.  Yours looks to have the earlier colored suspension webbing, though the headband attachment Velcro may be FG#504?  Can you confirm due to lighting if the shell is the FG color or the earlier brighter green?

Rear one is the 07. One in front is 86.

[Pep]

On 9/21/2025 at 9:56 PM, pump 150 said:

Hi Pep, your PASGT is a nice one from the last contract issued for this helmet by the U.S. military (#SPM1C1-07-D-0029). As mentioned, by this time the ACH was being issued in strength and these would most likely have been used in stateside use or training I’d think. 
 

The parts for this contract were to be made in the new color adopted of Foliage Green #504 instead of the earlier brighter Camouflage Green #483 used on the 2001 era.  Yours looks to have the earlier colored suspension webbing, though the headband attachment Velcro may be FG#504?  Can you confirm due to lighting if the shell is the FG color or the earlier brighter green?

Was that contract SPM1C1-07-D-0029 production very large?  Are there any production numbers for it?

[pump 150]

Production totals for this contract (and the 2006) are rather low, and in fact this is the first 2007 contract UNICOR PASGT I've seen.  The reason is that all of these were recalled due to faulty substandard production.

 

Federal Prison Industries - UNICOR did not have the technology to produce either the ACH or the USMC LWH to meet standards initially.  They spent the 2004-2005 retooling and were also awarded large volume contracts for both the ACH and LWH in 2007-2008 alongside the PASGT,  Due to substandard production methods as seen with your chipping exterior paint on all their helmets, investigations were started initially into the ACH.  This resulted in finding both very crude manufacturing techniques being done at UNICOR including homemade prisoner tools and intentionally altering test results for multiple helmet types to clear shipments for issue to U.S. forces currently fighting in theater.

 

All this, along with Sioux Manufacturing intentionally sending lower weave Kevlar not up to proper standards for years to UNICOR for production of all the helmet types (info shows possibly 2 million PASGT's were produced by FPI-UNICOR with substandard Kevlar) resulted in the full cancellation of all ballistic helmet contracts and FPI-UNICOR dropping out of producing ballistic helmets at all.

 

All specific FPI-UNICOR contract ACH and LWH helmets were ordered destroyed as most all had not actually reached fielding as of yet.  FPI-UNBICOR had produced the ACH as sub-contracted by Rabintex/ArmorSource and these were issued and immediately recalled from use.  And all PASGT's from the 2006-2007 contracts which had made it out of the factory were ordered recalled as well with wording indicating that those were to be disposed of as well.  

[Pep]

2 hours ago, pump 150 said:

Production totals for this contract (and the 2006) are rather low, and in fact this is the first 2007 contract UNICOR PASGT I've seen.  The reason is that all of these were recalled due to faulty substandard production.

 

Federal Prison Industries - UNICOR did not have the technology to produce either the ACH or the USMC LWH to meet standards initially.  They spent the 2004-2005 retooling and were also awarded large volume contracts for both the ACH and LWH in 2007-2008 alongside the PASGT,  Due to substandard production methods as seen with your chipping exterior paint on all their helmets, investigations were started initially into the ACH.  This resulted in finding both very crude manufacturing techniques being done at UNICOR including homemade prisoner tools and intentionally altering test results for multiple helmet types to clear shipments for issue to U.S. forces currently fighting in theater.

 

All this, along with Sioux Manufacturing intentionally sending lower weave Kevlar not up to proper standards for years to UNICOR for production of all the helmet types (info shows possibly 2 million PASGT's were produced by FPI-UNICOR with substandard Kevlar) resulted in the full cancellation of all ballistic helmet contracts and FPI-UNICOR dropping out of producing ballistic helmets at all.

 

All specific FPI-UNICOR contract ACH and LWH helmets were ordered destroyed as most all had not actually reached fielding as of yet.  FPI-UNBICOR had produced the ACH as sub-contracted by Rabintex/ArmorSource and these were issued and immediately recalled from use.  And all PASGT's from the 2006-2007 contracts which had made it out of the factory were ordered recalled as well with wording indicating that those were to be disposed of as well.  

Wow.  I had heard there was an issue with the ACH early production.   Did not know the LMCH and PASGT were affected.   I've seen chipped paint on many PASGT's from all dates and mfgs. Did not know that was a sign.

Thanks for the info.  Guess this is a scarce surviver of a helmet. It looks like it was in the Gulf.  I speculated it was used by a guard construction or other support unit.  Has been on someone's head a while.  Very stained.

Thanks again.