evening guys ,my latest helmet for the shelf ,a uae composite ,kindly recieved from a real great bloke on this very forum ,terry (tango) so a big thanks tez basically this composite is a south african model 1987 for export very similar in design to the us pasgt even down to the riddel style liner, feels about half the weight of the pasgt ,it has a sticker remnant that i imagine would of said SAPHI (south african pith helmet industries ) it has a 3 point chin strap and internally is very much similar to the earlier israeli m76 with the rear foam/rubber bumper in fact the chinstrap is pretty much the same too and very similar in design as found on british airbourne mk11 helmets circa ww2 the cover is in the us choc chip pattern the south african version cover is a brown colour and has an incorporated peak ,my daughter was very keen to model this one and was very lucky to retrieve it from her ,i also took some shots of the other pasgt composite i have and my bundeswehr gefechtshelm ,hope you enjoy as much as i do ,james
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