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I got a helmet cover for free but I'm afraid it's commercial.
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Thanks,
Philip
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Philip
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Commercial helmet cover?
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Could be a commercial piece, BUT I have to ask myself why someone would go to all that trouble to make a commercial woodland cover when the real ones could be had for next to nothing. In my opinion, it looks to good to be commercial. Could be for a foreign military. PAttern looks reminiscent of the camo I've seen coming out of Croatia. Not 100% sure though.
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- Name : Jeremy
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Looks like ones being sold in surplus stores. I think those are covers made for surplus?
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Think about it. What surplus dealer would order helmet covers to put on your steel pot when genuine BDU helmet covers are around?Mercenary25 wrote:Looks like ones being sold in surplus stores. I think those are covers made for surplus?
Andrew
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Europe's different than the US. Here's so much crap around...
Thanks for your answers.
Thanks for your answers.
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Just a guess... could be Croat or Bosnian. What's the material like?
Steve
Steve
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Hi Steve,
I guess it's a poly/cotton mix and it's very shiny.
I guess it's a poly/cotton mix and it's very shiny.
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AndrewA74 wrote:Think about it. What surplus dealer would order helmet covers to put on your steel pot when genuine BDU helmet covers are around?Mercenary25 wrote:Looks like ones being sold in surplus stores. I think those are covers made for surplus?
Andrew
Same thing for commercial LC-2 and few stuff. There's plenty of liquidationed stuff but yet, seemingly surplus stores usually carry commercial/ knock-off stuff.
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Philip,
Considering your geographic location, and the guess that the material is not 100% cotton, I'm going with the Bosnian or Croat guess. Seems pretty likely. More likely than it being commercial.
Steve
Considering your geographic location, and the guess that the material is not 100% cotton, I'm going with the Bosnian or Croat guess. Seems pretty likely. More likely than it being commercial.
Steve
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Hi Philip
well it`s used or new ?? here in Uruguay (Argentina and Chile have the same practice), it`s normal use the damaged pieces of clothes to do helmet covers.... for example: when our M73 pattern was introduced, 4 pannel covers with flaps for fix the cover between the helmet and liner were made; but as the supply chain was very slow on provide replacements, was a very common practice "make it" in the units with destroyed shirts. This last ones have a elastic on the border for fix it on the helmet and no holes for fix bush due to camo purposes. I have a military friend on the biggest air force base on Argentina (Cordoba) and they use tha same proceeding to replace the damaged covers, he sent me a "official cover" and one manufactured with the back of a shirt, and only the lack of such holes it`s the difference.
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Jorge
well it`s used or new ?? here in Uruguay (Argentina and Chile have the same practice), it`s normal use the damaged pieces of clothes to do helmet covers.... for example: when our M73 pattern was introduced, 4 pannel covers with flaps for fix the cover between the helmet and liner were made; but as the supply chain was very slow on provide replacements, was a very common practice "make it" in the units with destroyed shirts. This last ones have a elastic on the border for fix it on the helmet and no holes for fix bush due to camo purposes. I have a military friend on the biggest air force base on Argentina (Cordoba) and they use tha same proceeding to replace the damaged covers, he sent me a "official cover" and one manufactured with the back of a shirt, and only the lack of such holes it`s the difference.
Best regards
Jorge
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oh... I forget it: some units with good taylors make such holes, in perfect way !!
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Hi Jorge,
It appears to be new.
It appears to be new.
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