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American flak jacket
The M-1952 Flak Jacket was an American flak jacket introduced in 1952. It was used during the Korean and Vietnam Wars.
The M-1952 Flak vest, or “Armor, Body, Fragmentation, Protective, Vest Type, M-52” was a flak vest designed for the United States Marine Corps during the Korean war. Following the joint U.S. Army and Marine Corps designed M51 Flak Jacket, the M-52 used aluminum plates instead of Doron.[1][2]
The M-1952A Body Armor was a 8.5 pound vest composed of twelve layers of flexible laminated nylon.[3] It had epaulets, a zip front closure and adjustable elastic draw cords on each side. It had cargo pockets with the left one having a pen compartment.[4]
The Marine Corps first used the M-1952 during the Korean War. It reached frontline troops in late 1952, and only in relatively small quantities.[3] They continued to use it throughout the 1958 Lebanon Crisis and during the early stages of the Vietnam War.[5]
The U.S. Navy used them quite heavily in Vietnam, including with their Mobile Riverine Force. The M-1952 was phased out of use by the M-1955 vest during the Vietnam War.[6] The Marine Corps used the vest into the 1980s during training.[7]
