Any info about this helmet?

[Dammenmi24]

Someone told me it was brittish can somone give me More info?

[Willmore]

Hi there.

I have moved your thread to a better section of the forum.

The helmet is indeed British issue.

Manufacturer: NP Aerospace Ltd, Coventry, England
Model: General service combat helmet MK6
Country: UK
Production run: 1984 - 2013
Composition: Ballistic Nylon
Service life: Unlimited
NATO stock number: 8415-99-132-6006
Replaced by: MK6a (from 2005) then MK7 (2009)

Mr. Aphoristic: British GS MK6 Combat Helmet

Kind regards,

Will.

[Reibert]

"Bowler Hat"

[Jack59]

Someone told me it was brittish can somone give me More info?

Hi, MK6 yes, but that chinstrap & chin cup are commercial ones, not original. As seen on the VG200, used by numerous civilians organizations such as press & 'advisors' in the early 2000s.
Similar to this one.


Jack

[Greg Pickersgill]

You will have found a lot of information on the Mk6 here - Composite Helmet, Ballistic helmets, Military helmets UNITED KINGDOM, UK HELMETS, BRITISH helmet, Kevlar helmet . It is not at all uncommon for British service helmets to have discreet (dependent on the whims of the CSM) modifications. I've been a lot of swapped chinstraps, and there was once a bit of a trend on ops in Afghanistan and Iraq to wear the lighter paratroop shell with Mk6 straps to disguise it as 'issue'. I have a Mk6A with a complete para liner and strap set, and I have been told it is not a one-off by any means. The British squaddie is well known for applying 'improvements' to issue kit, again depending on the CSM's attitude. And it is also clear that non-issue helmets (private purchase, essentially) have been used on ops in a variety of forms. Nothing is impossible, or even unlikely.