British A.F.V Crewman Helmet
Article about: I came upon this A.F.V. Crewman Helmet produced by Amplivox Ltd. (Helmet Headset Electrical Vehicle Crewman's Headgear ) yesterday lovingly nicknamed the turnip I have little info on them an
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Hi Mark, great example, I always find aesthetically these helmets to be really odd in shape but it is a clever design to have the comm's integrated, I had a quick search but could find no examples of the type of goggles worn with the Helmets
Check out this link for more info
http://www.cascoscoleccion.com/granbret/gbdanda.htm
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I've seen a *lot* of photos - and some Real Life examples - of these 'Dan Dare' helmets in use and I certainly cannot recall ever seeing anyone wearing goggles with them. Obviously that doesn;t mean it never happened, but it might imply that it was not normal practice. NB - although we are now very familiar with seeing troops in the Middle East and Afghanistan wearing goggles I think that its a comparatively recent innovation on such a wide scale. I doubt it would have been so widespread twenty or thirty years ago. Apart from anything else the lenses would not have had the resistance to impact which is now expected.
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Not at all James thank you for sharing images of yours with the goggles.
Thanks for the link and your comments Opex and Greg the information is muchly appreciated.
Regards Mark
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Mark, have a look for "Blues and Royals in the Falklands War" these helmets were the standard AFV crew helmet at the time.
Regards etc
Ian D
AKA: Jimpy
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Thanks Ian will do these helmets are so ugly they are almost appealing looks like some one dropped it from the ugly tree and it hit every branch on the way down LOL..
On a different note are they comfortable to wear for prolonged periods.
Regards Mark
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jimpy
Mark, have a look for "Blues and Royals in the Falklands War" these helmets were the standard AFV crew helmet at the time.
Regards etc
Ian D
AKA: Jimpy
thats interesting ian ,mine has a large D stencilled front and rear and i think on an earlier thread i made on it was identified as dragoons
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thanks for understanding mark ,its always nice to see other examples and yours is real nice ,tell me do your ear phone adjustment velcro's still work as mine are missing from the exterior of the shell
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Sorry James all your questions will be answered in a week or so as I do not have it in hand yet.
Regards Mark k
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