Unidentified helmets acquired from Wagnerites in Eastern Ukraine
Article about: A Ukrainian fellow has asked for help identifying two helmets, which he believes were acquired (loosely speaking) from Wagnerite personnal on the Eastern front. Although both have familiar c
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Hello,
the second is a Swedish helmet (M2000 ?) manufactured by ODIN BALLISTIC PRODUCTS
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The first seems to me to be a Chinese model. Similar to the QGF-03 model. Possibly an export product.
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Sleepwalker
the second is a Swedish helmet (M2000 ?) manufactured by ODIN BALLISTIC PRODUCTS
Do you have any references for that? I have two Odin helmets and they have significant differences to the unidentified one. See Composite Helmet, Ballistic helmets, Military helmets NORWAY, NORWEGIAN helmet, Kevlar helmet Odin is - or was - a Norwegian company and so far as I know the helmets were not used in Sweden. How many models did Odin actually put out - they did not seem to be active very long
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I would agree with your comment sleepwalker ,my first thoughts were also of the Chinese Pasgt export going off the liner system ,these as far as i know are made of steel and not as you would expect a composite material
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I'm now reasonably sure that Unidentified 1 is as I first expected Chinese and almost certainly a version of the QGF-03 (see here for comparison - Composite Helmet, Ballistic helmets, Military helmets CHINA, CHINESE helmet, Kevlar helmet composite helmets index .
Some interesting points are that according to Wikipedia (and Wikipedia helmet entries are never wrong...) these are in use by Russia but and in the puppet regimes of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics. The original (though probably export version) helmet does seem available to purchase at a couple of online stores, and there is also a 'training' (cosplay? airsoft?) version made of plastic, which is amazingly also available on Amazon.
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Greg Pickersgill
Hello,
Yes you are right. it's norway. A mistake. Otherwise the helm appears to be a variant or copy of the Odin production line.
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Sleepwalker
Yes you are right. it's norway. A mistake. Otherwise the helm appears to be a variant or copy of the Odin production line.
Are you sure about this - the liner 'bolts' are slotted rather than round key-type, and there are differences in the liner, and what's that green strucure on either side - some kind of ear-flap? If anything it is more similar to the Armasure AS44 - Composite Helmet, Ballistic helmets, Military helmets NEW ZEALAND helmet, Kevlar helmet
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Greg Pickersgill
Hello,
I attribute it more to the very similar interior design.
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