Helmet camouflage cover "Mitznefet"

Here are those interesting helmet covers the IDF utilizes...





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Steven

I heard from a former Israeli soldier that these were designed to work when the soldier is laying down on the ground these large covers make a flatter shape and camoflage the soldier better and the shape of the helmet isnt so easy to recognize from a distance

Hand paint for this mitznefet
Gilles

Sorry if this is a dumb question but how do you get these to fit properly?

awesome covers and very unusual thanks for sharing

gulf, they have an adjustable string around and also they are a "fitted" there's no adjusting properly, they are meant to be "loose" over the helmet...
i have 2 different types of mitznefets, but i can only find pics of one of them... i'll try to take pics of the second type.

Pretty sure mine doesnt have a string,just elastic.

i guess, they have a few different types, i noticed that gilles also only has elastic...
In that case im assuming they are supposed to be loose on the helmet... i also noticed that they all have different "patterns"...

These are field made, some have string or laces, others have elastic including some who have used their knicker elastic.

I served in the Nachal Infantry Brigade from 1986-1988 and in second-line infantry in the reserves through 1994. All this was before the mitsnefet craze which began circa the new millenium.

For decades, the IDF did what everyone does, which is to say, they decorate their helmets with form-fitting camouflage, usually made from cutting up a camouflage net. Additionally, a very large inner tube from a vehicle was cut into bands; this had two functions:

1) Keeps the camouflage net firmly in place, especially if it isn't glued to the helmet. In the infantry we had to glue it with rubber cement as part of our kit.

2) Makes a handy place to keep a razor blade. No, not for shaving one's beard, but scraping off phosphorous from your uniform/skin should you be unlucky enough to get some on you. The blade was always kept on the right side, if I remember correctly; that way if you were unconscious your buddy knew where to find the blade in the dark.

The above rubber band was SUPPOSED to be wrapped in more camouflage netting to prevent an enemy from having a perfect aiming point on your helmet but as in the photo below, wasn't always...

At some point in the late 1990s or early 2000s, someone in the IDF, probably a Chief of Staff, got it into his head that breaking up the outline of your helmet's silhouette was a good idea, until you're crawling under barbed wire, at least...

Hope this helps....