Guys,
First of all, thank you for deciding to read this thread....I was gonna throw in an "SS" or "FJ" into the Thread name but thought better of it....
I'm starting this thread as a dumping ground for all things Mk7. If we're not careful, this British helmet will come and go in front of our eyes and in 20 years time folk will be asking fundamental questions about it which could've been answered had WE captured the info...IT'S ON OUR WATCH!!
I’ve somewhat arrogantly titled this Thread “everything you need to know”…so I bloomin’ well hope YOU know stuff!! By all means post your pics here…the single decal, the hyper-rare double-decal, the ol’ “droop tail”…errrr….actually, scrub that.....that’s the other lot……the boring lot
It looks like it was introduced in the late "noughties"...and it's replacement (Virtus / Cobra / Revision / still-not-called-the-Mk8) seems to have arrived in 2015..and, according to a UK dealer last week, "they're still illegal to own". They're yellow, there doesn't seem to have been any in-service tweaks...no Mk7As etc.....they came in a small box with a "comfort pack" being available...to be honest there's more on here about the covers that went on the bloody things than the helmet itself yet this is THE helmet which saw our chaps through an entire campaign of nearly 10 years in Afghan.....and it's drifting away from consciousness as we speak.....errr.....as we type (if someone can turn the volume up on "Land of Hope and Glory" now please whilst I prepare for my very best Gary Oldman style speech )...but it's OUR helmet....in OUR time...we can't let this icon (?) disappear without collecting and sharing as much as we can about it...right here....right now.......(fade music now please)
Who made them? where? out of what? what are the key dates? are there any variants? were Para variants looked at? where's the visor? did any have "Champagne" decals? why aren't there green ones? where do all the AC900 variants fit, why aren't ALL Mk7-shaped helmets called Mk7s? What did squaddies do with all that Sniper Tape before they got the Mk7? Why were they better than the PECOCs? why are the AC's dated well before the actual 7's came out? why don't they wear them on TVs "Our Girl"? why do they seem to be easier to obtain than Mk6As? which African country will be wearing them in 5 years time? does anyone give a toss?...all these and other questions need answering...by US!
Now, I'm hoping that this can be THE repository for everything about this iconic (?) lid...a "one-stop-shop" as current Marketeers like to say...THE place to go about this helmet......although I quite expect folk to totally ignore it and create numerous 5-post Threads with unhelpful titles like "What have we got here"...and "My latest Compo addition" about their own particular Mk7 fact or helmet thus dispersing information over hundreds of inconsistently titled Threads (about the same thing!) allowing future members no chance of obtaining any information whatsoever unless they wade through 40+ separate Threads….about the same helmet!!!!!
Let’s get sharing and learning……..all 4 of us !
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