bastion gear Bastion® NIJ Level IIIA Ballistic HelmetProduct Description The Bastion is the ballistic helmet of choice for special teams, snipers, and close quarters battle (CQB) trainers. Carefully designed for maximum comfort, function, and protection, the Bastion ensures the greatest peripheral vision and tactical mobility of any ballistic helmet in the world. Made in the USA, the Bastion shell's clipped corners and arch in the rear ensure you can enter the prone position and shoulder your rifle

Product Description

The Bastion® is the ballistic helmet of choice for special teams, snipers, and close quarters battle (CQB) trainers. Carefully designed for maximum comfort, function, and protection, the Bastion® ensures the greatest peripheral vision and tactical mobility of any ballistic helmet in the world.

Made in the USA, the Bastion shell's clipped corners and arch in the rear ensure you can enter the prone position and shoulder your rifle without removing the helmet. With a raised contour above the ears, you can perform any task without breaking the seal around your ear protection.

The Bastion® delivers NIJ IIIA-levels of protection while eliminating unnecessary ambient interference, eliminating hotspots, ensuring a more focused mission, and providing a superior experience. Pressed in the United States with a clear chain of custody, assembled in White City, Oregon.

• Virtually Indestructible: Built with fully machined solid-core American aluminum, the mounting platform is unbreakable.
• Your Choice of Rail Platform: Select SlideLock™ for the broadest accessory compatibility, or M-LOK™ for a growing ecosystem of mission-specific accessories — both in a sleek, no-snag Cerakote® finish with a lifetime "Use and Abuse" warranty.
• Optimized for Law Enforcement and Beyond: Versatile shape makes this helmet a favorite of law enforcement and military alike.
• Enhanced Field of Vision and Mobility: Unique design allows expanded peripheral vision and a greater range of motion.
• Comfort in Prone Position: Rear clipped corners for comfort and functionality in prone positions, eliminating discomfort.

Aluminum NVG Mount Shroud

The solid aluminum NVG mount shroud is designed to accommodate a Wilcox™ G24 optical mount. With three integrated anchor points to receive concealed bolts from the backside, the Bastion® shroud presents a cohesive no-snag design that is unparalleled by any other shroud. Finished with a heat cured Cerakote® H-Series Ceramic matte finish, the Bastion® NVG shroud is as sleek as it is functional.

Aluminum Side Rails — SlideLock™ or M-LOK™

Both rail options are machined from solid American aluminum with integrated anchor points that conceal all hardware for a clean, no-snag profile finished in Cerakote®. Both are backed by a lifetime warranty — because there is no stronger side rail in the industry.

SlideLock™ combines reverse dovetail, M-LOK™, and bolt-on accessory mounting in a single rail, giving you the widest range of compatible accessories available today.

M-LOK™ features five fully functioning slots per rail on the dedicated M-LOK™ platform — a rapidly growing standard with an expanding ecosystem of helmet accessories.

If accessory compatibility is a priority and you're unsure which platform your gear supports, SlideLock™ is the safer choice. If you're already running M-LOK™ accessories or building toward that ecosystem, the M-LOK™ rail is purpose-built for you.

Exterior Hook & Loop System

The Bastion® exterior hook & loop system enhances the helmet function while paying tribute to its namesake, the distinctive and timeless fortress bastions seen throughout history. Secured using 3M™ mil spec adhesive, the Bastion® hook and loop system is designed to withstand the most extreme weather conditions with excellent coverage in key locations for full outfitting, with or without a helmet cover.

4-Point Ratchet Retention Harness

Inside the Bastion® ballistic helmet, the 4-point retention harness with chin strap can be adjusted by one hand to fit as needed in the field without removing the helmet. For more significant adjustments the harness can be repositioned securely to a blanket of interior molded hooks, making it easily adjustable to suit the operator's needs without tools.

Memory Foam Pad Suspension

The Bastion® Gen 3 memory foam pads work to create the softest and most comfortable ballistic helmet suspension in the industry. 7/8" (22mm) thick and exceeding threat level IIIA requirements, they were engineered to protect from concussions on severe impact. Each pad is layered with ultra soft open cell memory foam and a high-density shock absorbent closed-cell base, and enclosed in a soft breathable satin-like outer layer with a hook & loop backing for convenient repositioning inside the helmet. The Bastion® ballistic helmet can be worn all day without fatigue.