Soviet tank crew helmet

giobanfi61 · 03-18-2010, 05:32 PM

Dear friends,
I am new of this forum: My name is Giovanni, from Milano, Italy.
My reenactment group is the Baltijskij Flot (Baltijskij Flot) associated with "Progetto900" (Associazione Storico Culturale PROGETTO900).
We reenact Red Navy and Red Army.
I am looking for infos regarding the Armoured Crews of the red Army in the WW2.
I know that they used leather first and canvas type during the war.
I wish to know if they used rubberized canvas (a sort of cotton canvas covered bay a layer of rubber) for their helmets too.

Or did they use only canvas and leather type ?
Can somebody help me please ?

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 03-18-2010 05:32 PM

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**visor_cap_collector** · 03-30-2010, 10:10 PM

Unfortunetely, I do not know much about tanker helmets. You should ask RichieC, or Adrian Stevenson (both forum members). By the way, welcome to the forum, and I would like to compliment you on your English!

**Wesley's Dad** · 03-31-2010, 04:32 PM

To my knowledge, there is no rubberized version of this headgear used during WW2 or after by the Soviet Army. Do you have an example of such? A photo might help solve the mystery.

**RedHorseman25** · 03-31-2010, 07:19 PM

I have never seen any kind of a rubberized armoured crewman's bump cap. I have seen such troops wearing a rubberized rain cap over the normal canvas bump cap, but never a bump cap that has rubber impregnated in it.

Boridin