This is much lighter than the previous Ranger Body Armor fielded in Somalia which weighed 25.1 pounds (11.4 kg), as well as the PASGT/ISAPO combination, which weighed even more.ĭue to the increased dangers of improvised explosive devices, newer versions of the vital plates and components have been developed. Originally the entire IBA system weighed 16.4 pounds (7.4 kg), with the vest weighing 8.4 pounds (3.8 kg), and two plate inserts weighing four pounds (1.8 kg) each. While not specifically designed for it, the loops can also easily attach All-purpose Lightweight Individual Carrying Equipment ( ALICE)-based equipment, as well as many pieces of civilian-made tactical gear, and also features a large handle on the back just below the collar which can be used to drag a wounded person to safety in an emergency. This allows a soldier to tailor-fit his MOLLE and body armor system. The Interceptor armor also has a PALS webbing grid on the front of the vest which accommodate the same type of pockets used in the Modular Lightweight Load-carrying Equipment ( MOLLE) backpack/carry vest system. The soft ballistic panels are produced in five different sizes (S-XXL), which are installed into their respective pocket on the OTV carrier shell. These two parts of the vest are both bullet and heat resistant and offer protection similar to the earlier PASGT flak jacket.
The OTV features a carrier shell, and three main ballistic panel inserts (left and right side panels, and a rear back panel), which are made with a finely woven Kevlar KM2 fiber. The IBA system consists of an Outer Tactical Vest (OTV) and two Small Arms Protective Insert (SAPI) ballistic plates. until 2020, for sale to foreign customers. As such, the OTV, which has been in production since the late 1990s, is scheduled to be produced by the U.S. military service, it is still used by the militaries of some other countries that have diplomatic relations with the U.S., such as Ukraine, Iraq, and Moldova. Though IBA has been mostly replaced in U.S. Navy for sailors aboard its warships as of 2017 and by the U.S. Marine Corps has replaced the OTV with the Modular Tactical Vest (MTV) and Scalable Plate Carrier (SPC), although IBA is still used by the U.S. military's branches during much of the 2000s, and was even seeing limited use as late as 2015 among some National Guard units.īeginning in 2007 the Improved Outer Tactical Vest began to replace the OTVs in the United States Army's service and since then it has been mostly replaced in its inventory, with the exception of a few OTVs still in service with the Army National Guard and U.S.
It comes in a variety of color schemes and camouflage patterns depending on who the vest was produced for. IBA was designed in the late 1990s as a replacement for the PASGT vest and the essentially-improvised ISAPO supplemental armor plate carrier, a combination widely criticized by US troops for its immense weight. The latter three auxiliary protectors are removable from the main vest, which can be worn alone. The IBA system consists of its core component: the outer tactical vest (OTV), which can optionally be worn with a throat protector, groin protector, and biceps (or deltoid) protector. IBA and its design replaced the older standardized fragmentation protective Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops (PASGT) body armor system that was designed in the late 1970s and introduced in the early 1980s. The Interceptor Multi-Threat Body Armor System ( IBA) is a bullet-resistant body armor system that was used by the United States Armed Forces during the 2000s, with some limited usage into the mid-2010s. July 1998 – present (production to conclude in April 2020)ġ6.4 lb (7.4 kg) (with SAPI plates used everything in Interceptor) Ĩ.4 lb (3.8 kg) (Outer Tactical Vest)
Point Blank Body Armor (inaugural manufacturer), UNICOR (current manufacturer, since 2008)
See Users for other foreign military/law enforcement users These IBA vests are not equipped with the optional deltoid and side panel protectors. woodland camouflage, coyote tan, desert camouflage, the Universal Camouflage Pattern, and Afghan police grey. The IBA in its various color schemes and camouflage patterns, from left to right, in "M81" U.S.
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