Thanks again Mark for your appraisal on the helmet and the background on its history too and i like your knowledge on filling in the blanks as it were and the thought a visor was fitted never crossed my mind untill you pointed it out and i agree the removal of the horns seems a bad idea as the taper part as far as i'm aware is the most important part of the liner retention .the fitting of visors seems to be a theme on the helmets i have picked up over time some dliberate some not with them either having the visor brackets still in place or evidence of there fitment ,i recently looked over an ex parachutist lightweight that i have had for some time and decided to put back some originality to its former use in its ground troops configuration of which during it's conversion had the airborne chinstrap swapped out for the gs mk6 assembly it had also had crudely drilled holes either side which matched the mounts perfectly
Also going back to the original discussion regarding the application of paint and crewman helmets here is my later post 2010 example which i am not to sure its official designation but was assigned to a Warthog Combat Vehicle and most likely seen use in afghanistan
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