Equipment having a personal protection system suitable for being carried on a user's shoulders comprising: [a] a backpack having two shoulder straps and at least one first upper compartment accessible from the outside through a first operable closing means, [b] a front ballistic package mounted with capability of being pulled out through said first closing means in said first compartment comprising [i] an pull-out grip at a first end and [ii] at a second end, opposite to said first end, two connecting members between said front ballistic package and said backpack, spaced apart from one other to allow for the passage of said user's head, [c] it being possible to modify the configuration of said equipment between [i] an undercover position in which said front ballistic package is inserted in said first compartment and said grip projects through said first closing means and is accessible by said user without having to remove the backpack from his shoulders and [ii] a protection position in which said front ballistic package is pulled out from said first compartment, facing said backpack such that it is configured for covering at least the vital organs of said user. characterized in that it further comprises compacting means which connect said front ballistic package with said backpack, such that said first compartment can modify the size thereof between [d] an expanded size when said equipment is in the undercover position and [e] a compacted size when said equipment is in the protection position. [a] a backpack having two shoulder straps and at least one first upper compartment accessible from the outside through a first operable closing means, [b] a front ballistic package mounted with capability of being pulled out through said first closing means in said first compartment comprising [i] an pull-out grip at a first end and [ii] at a second end, opposite to said first end, two connecting members between said front ballistic package and said backpack, spaced apart from one other to allow for the passage of said user's head, [i] an pull-out grip at a first end and [ii] at a second end, opposite to said first end, two connecting members between said front ballistic package and said backpack, spaced apart from one other to allow for the passage of said user's head, [c] it being possible to modify the configuration of said equipment between [i] an undercover position in which said front ballistic package is inserted in said first compartment and said grip projects through said first closing means and is accessible by said user without having to remove the backpack from his shoulders and [ii] a protection position in which said front ballistic package is pulled out from said first compartment, facing said backpack such that it is configured for covering at least the vital organs of said user. characterized in that it further comprises compacting means which connect said front ballistic package with said backpack, such that said first compartment can modify the size thereof between [i] an undercover position in which said front ballistic package is inserted in said first compartment and said grip projects through said first closing means and is accessible by said user without having to remove the backpack from his shoulders and [ii] a protection position in which said front ballistic package is pulled out from said first compartment, facing said backpack such that it is configured for covering at least the vital organs of said user. [d] an expanded size when said equipment is in the undercover position and [e] a compacted size when said equipment is in the protection position.