Brit Armoured Crew helmet.
Article about: the helmet that started this thread is not a tank helmet it is an royal armoured corp helmet steal for the use of and will never be a tank crewmans helmet
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Re: Brit Armoured Crew helmet.
Looks like a mid 70's issue by the "socking" on the liner.
.. There should be a date on the cross ribbing in the liner ..
Cheers
Gary J.
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Re: Brit Armoured Crew helmet.
now hang on guys
these are not tank crew helmets
they are royal armoured corps lids
they were never worn on tanks
they were only issued for dismounted reasons
so please guys RAC helmet not tank helmet ??? OK guys
its not and never wil be an AFV helmet
ground mounted RAC troops
this lid has never bin worn on a tank
only on ground opps please realise that
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Re: Brit Armoured Crew helmet.
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ian
now hang on guys
these are not tank crew helmets
they are royal armoured corps lids
they were never worn on tanks
they were only issued for dismounted reasons
so please guys RAC helmet not tank helmet ??? OK guys
its not and never wil be an AFV helmet
Fair enough, thanks for your info, now to my question regarding the Para. chin cup type webbing. Was this a common thing, thanks, John.
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Re: Brit Armoured Crew helmet.
for a tanky ground lid no that chin strap is wrong
it should be an elasticated single strap cheera ian
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Re: Brit Armoured Crew helmet.
like the one in the first post
but that is a lid from the 1970s
the war time ones were realy no diferent "but for the linner "
cheers ian
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Re: Brit Armoured Crew helmet.
sorry guys i was a bit vercivourous theren
from the 40s through the late 60s we didnt have a tank crew helmet IE worn when using the tank
in the 70s we had the head crusher
in the 80s we had the roman
but they were actualused on the tank helmets
cheers ian
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Re: Brit Armoured Crew helmet.
if you want to see the roman type
have a look at the thread "tanker helm,rt with a twist
if you want to see the bone crusher ask and ill post
cheers ian
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Re: Brit Armoured Crew helmet.
back in the days of the larkspur radio system we had a hand held (mouth fit )mic with a head set
then in the mid 70s we had the crew helmet tank " the bone crusher " still on the larkspur system
than came "clansman" wow ?? the new geer ,,, same bone crusher helmet
then came the roman ???
much more comfortabe ,, BETTER,, well thats up to us users to debate
now we have "BOWMAN "radio system ???? same "roman" helmets ??
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