THE HELMET THREAD

Easy Gee wrote:Hi Rich.

Very cool ACH, all you need now is a cover and cateyes, and your good to go Mate...nice one, not sure what the markings are all about, not seen that before

And as before very cool Mk6a , I have always been a fan of these lids,( even though in use, it feels like ya heads in a vice) like the scrim netting and NVG....very cool

Yep,on the lookout for a cheap ACH cover and the other bits.

Of the 3 MK6As ive recently bought this one is a keeper and the other 2 can go. Shame i cannot ID the TRF but will try to ask the previous owner if he has any history behind it.

This is the reply i got regarding the patch on the helmet---


Glad they turned up ok and your happy with them m8,the patch is one of mine,im a royal marine sniper specialist and the wings on it mean your part of a air crew ie your part of fleat protection or you snipe from a helicopter ect hope that helps you,
thanks m8.

Courtesy of Ebay France-French Daguet F1 -Gulf war 1.

French F1 series 2 Daguet, with Salade cover fitted as of 1991 style.

Nice,I see youve managed to get some of that trim as well

What were the covers issued with these as i now have a Salade,both types of Desert and the CE type as well.

Gulf91 wrote:Nice,I see youve managed to get some of that trim as well

What were the covers issued with these as i now have a Salade,both types of Desert and the CE type as well.

Thanks Rich, yeah I'm well impressed with the quality of the trim, thanks to you for refering me to this Mate


The only French covers I'm missing now is ,an original two tone netting for my M-51, and the Spectra CCE cover..oh and the Spectra lid to go with it.

I saw a few spectra lids on, Ebay France , some fairly reasonable some very bloody expensive ..damn I want one

I remember seeing somewhere pics of the M51-Otan helmets with what looked like a green hood used as a helmet cover then secured with a rubber band-any ideas?

Gulf91 wrote:I remember seeing somewhere pics of the M51-Otan helmets with what looked like a green hood used as a helmet cover then secured with a rubber band-any ideas?

That rings a bell Rich, would'nt be the first time a nation wore a hood on there lids.

Not too sure if the French had a detachable hood around this time frame, but idf they did that's probably what they used

Easy Gee wrote:

Gulf91 wrote:I remember seeing somewhere pics of the M51-Otan helmets with what looked like a green hood used as a helmet cover then secured with a rubber band-any ideas?

That rings a bell Rich, would'nt be the first time a nation wore a hood on there lids.

Not too sure if the French had a detachable hood around this time frame, but idf they did that's probably what they used

Definitely remember seeing the pics but for the life of me cannot find them.


Reason they stay in my memory is that they were quite distinctive as they had sort of like vent holes either side-

A few pics of my helmet display , this are about a year old and have since added more shelves to display more helmets and caps



WWII helmets




Vietnam War flight helmets ( missing from this is my SPH4 that i acquired recently and posted on the Vietnam War Thread)


Ed.

Here's one for you guys French M51-OTAN helmets with SS pattern cover


Ed.

Fantastic collection of Helmets Parafal...very impressed

And thanks for the reference picture of the ss covers on the M51 helmets, never seen anything like this before..cool thanks Mate!!

Easy Gee wrote:Fantastic collection of Helmets Parafal...very impressed

And thanks for the reference picture of the ss covers on the M51 helmets, never seen anything like this before..cool thanks Mate!!

Thanks and no problem about the reference pic , i have a bunch more showing French Forces using WWII German camo patterns in Indochina.

parafal wrote:

Easy Gee wrote:Fantastic collection of Helmets Parafal...very impressed

And thanks for the reference picture of the ss covers on the M51 helmets, never seen anything like this before..cool thanks Mate!!

Thanks and no problem about the reference pic , i have a bunch more showing French Forces using WWII German camo patterns in Indochina.

I would like to see these French forces pics in Indochina when you get a chance to post them up. Cheers Mate.

Gary

Hi Guys.

Here's a British Para lid from my collection. feel free to comment or query.



These pics are of this Para lid with de-elasticated MK6 cover, choc chip scrim netting, and rubber band/cat's eyes as seen in Afghanistan.

CG634PN with unissued AR cover and band...well used MNVG mount.





It had a PASGT woodland cover on it when I bought it...as seen in this pic.



Only pic that I have of the cover tag.

My "Holy Grail" helmet...just a plain-jane MkII. This one was worn by my Grandfather in WWII. It was painted black sometime after the war by my Uncle Brian...stripped carefully by me about ten years ago. No unit flash, but I did uncover his signature inside the shell.



The same lid...

The only helmet I have left from the dark side...used to have 8 of these in the collection at one point. This one is made by Quist and is a size 66 shell.

Very nice lids Mk1rceme !!!!

Love the CG model, I am looking into sourcing one of these.

And it must be fanstastic to own a family piece in your collection Mate, thanks for adding these to this section

Cannot afford it but couldnt resist it either

Seen a fair bit of useage.

Very nice Lid Rich, SDS I believe are used by US SF types , congrats on this one, ( I would'nt even like to guess how much you had to pay for that un' )

Easy Gee wrote:Very nice Lid Rich, SDS I believe are used by US SF types , congrats on this one, ( I would'nt even like to guess how much you had to pay for that un' )

Cheers Gary,to be honest im not really up to speed on these MICH/ACH helmets so not sure about this example but goes well with the Gentex and USMC LTWT helmet even though im supposed to be keeping clear of modern stuff!!!

Gulf91 wrote:

Easy Gee wrote:Very nice Lid Rich, SDS I believe are used by US SF types , congrats on this one, ( I would'nt even like to guess how much you had to pay for that un' )

Cheers Gary,to be honest im not really up to speed on these MICH/ACH helmets so not sure about this example but goes well with the Gentex and USMC LTWT helmet even though im supposed to be keeping clear of modern stuff!!!

No worries Rich, modern stuff will be old stuff one day, so my advice collect it now, so when future collectors show these kind of lids, you can say " yeah, already got one, and collected it during that timeframe "

My Para helmets



Left to right front to back
Repro British Mk3 Para helmet it started life in the 50's as a British tank crew helmet I fitted a Mk5 liner and 3 point para cin strap and repainted it with
NATO green paint not pernect but looks the part when worn.
Brand new British current kevlar para helmet with DPM cover and cats eye band I got this helmet for £50.00 on ebay bargain.
Back
Rebuilt French Mle 51/56 Para helmet bought as a shell only I rebiult it using a new french liner and a chin strap i made by copying one on a helmet in the
collection of a bloke I know.
French F1 All arms helmet was used by paras and ground troops untill the introduction of the Spectra helmet(and is im told still prefered by French paras)
I replaced the chin strap with one I got from ebay it was listed as a experemental 3 point chin strap for a US helmet I dont know wich helmet and a DPM
cover.
feel free to comment.

This helmet has seriously puzzled me and have been to various websites but still no answer as to its identity or country of issue.

Some say its an Orlite M76,others and Orlite OR201.

When it arrived the previous owner seriously wanted to hide its identity as both interior labels have been overpainted in some weird black substance-have tried turps,meths,lighter fluid to try to clean this horrible mess off and have now resorted to NITROMORS paint remover which has cleaned up one label but not the other.

Obvious from this that its Israeli made but from the various websites i gather these were exported to pretty much every African country and also that the Irish Army used them.