JK 96 Light Steel Helmet () is a Chinese copy of the American

Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops (PASGT, pronounced ) is a combat helmet and ballistic vest that was used by the United States military from the early 1980s until the mid-2000s, when the helmet and vest were succeeded by the Lightweigh ...

helmet. The liner is a copy of the American ''Riddel'' suspension system. Being manufactured since 1996 for Chinese service only The Chinese PASGT-style helmet is not made of composite material, but rather from light steel. The helmet is worn by some elements of the People's Liberation Army and police SWAT teams in China to replace

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...

-era headgear. The JK 96b is a version of the JK 96a with a different nylon lining.

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