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[@frogmedia]

Just a small clarification... The two 80s helmets actually have two different camo patterns (thats; why they are so different). The first one is ERDL and the second one is the classic Woodland pattern.

[@krusekids]

Yeah that's what I was thinking. They aren't two M81 Woodland covers from different manufacturers, but rather an ERDL cover and a Woodland cover. They look almost identical but are ultimately quite different.

[@majordickhardin7746]

In the Marine Corps, since we couldn't spell to gooder... the one we referred to as "Ripstop" (which did not do what the name implies) and the other, "Elvis". Why "Elvis"? Because that thick, heat-casualty producing material had the HUGE pointed collars like an Elvis costume from the seventies.

[@zvoonyoutube1855]

Exactly, seems like somebody missed some camo history before they decided to make a video on it lmao

[@batllerifle1]

the chemical protective cover is for both the M1 and Kevlar helmets

[@dirtydave2691]

Very nice. I wore the steel pot in 87/88 with the BDU cover. Got my first Kevlar in Airborne School in 88. From then on it was the PASGT Kevlar until 2005 when I got my Advanced Combat Helmet. The ACH was the most comfortable helmet I ever wore. Fun fact; I had a Platoon Sergeant in 98 whose wife worked at clothing sales. She got him a poly styrene display kevlar helmet that weighed close to nothing and looked like the real thing. He would wear it when we did change of command ceremonies as it was light and comfy!

[@HistoryCollectorsForum]

Please be advised: This is a Re-Upload from the Original as KZbin had flagged the old video and others like it, inappropriate. I have been removing and re-uploading old videos. Stay tuned and please support my channel. Thanks.

[@frankytheimmortal8527]

Chris Butler KZbin is flagging military history now?

[@biscuittaster9568]

Chris Butler are they really trying to censor this what's wrong with utube

[@riversbixby421]

But the pan helmet was british...

[@muwuny]

The US army also adopted it

[@Katt1n]

Marxtube

[@kevin1323]

10:28 a very suspicious helmet

[@lforloser7210]

w h o d i s -_-

[@xjamesx7047]

that 3 Desert Pattern cover of the MICH Helmet is before the ACU helmet cover was introduced in 2006 or 2007

[@lforloser7210]

James Ferraris he means that there is a face pattern on it

[@xjamesx7047]

oh i thought-well nevermind then i guess

[@jonafap9938]

_ _ _

[@cameramanu]

I think the helmet looked more German than Nazi. They had a similar design in world war 1 that replaced the helmets with the spike on the top. But that design of helmet was used by German soldiers way before Hitler took power and used a bit after the war in Europe was over.

[@yowtfputthemaskbackon9202]

its actually a very broad family of helmets. designed by a guy called "schwerd" with last name (roughly translates to: sword) up to the cold war these helmets were used by the germans, austrians, bulgarians, spanish, irish, turkish, polish, czechs, norwegians, danish, dutch, the soviets (only a handfull of those were ever made but they were used) , swedish, finnish, slovakians (using a bulgarian helmet), hungarians, and probably a few more. the helmet types differentiated between civilian and military styles, the civilian ones often easy to identfy by their distinct honeycomb style airvents at the sides, where the military ones usually have a single (one on each side) often reinforced venthole. the style of helmets very much excelled at what it wanted to do. protect against shrapnel and falling objects from all sides while making a small profile and not inhibiting breathing, hearing, and vision. which is why some of the civilian variants see service even to today, with some individual helmets having had 80 or more years of service to their name. the PAGST doesnt realy particularily resemble any one of them, but i think it could be argued that it certainly follows a very similar design philosophy. ultimately, if something works, why change it. and the schwerd pattern works exceptionally for beeing a over 100 year old design.

[@DezyreHD]

SGT SAUNDERS!!! I loved that show as a kid my grandfather put me onto that show but sadly he passed away when i was young. Im now in the Army as an Airborne 11B

[@rlip67x36]

I'm 31b brother

[@squidboy2823]

Are you out now

[@CaspianWint]

It has probably already been mentioned, but the covers on the last two and one helmets are actually different camouflage patterns. The first was known as ERDL, the second is known as Woodland, and all Woodland is is magnified ERDL.

[@rockymcallister4258]

Cool video! I had to sew slightly larger I.R. patches on my Marine uniform back in 2003. They went on a couple inches down on the sleeves and same spot on the helmet. We were also required to add on an iron on EGA to the front of our helmet cover.

[@johnbright191]

I found the history of this pretty damn cool. I've always been interested in military gear and history. Keep up the good work.

[@wartimeproductions335]

The guy didn't mention the use of ERDL in Vietnam. I'm surprised he didn't have an ERDL cover to compare to the BDU cover.

[@jacobpitts6846]

Wartime Productions the left of the "BDU" covers is actually erdl. He was probably in nam early and didn't know it existed, and it was really only used from 71- on

[@wartimeproductions335]

yeah i noticed it my most recent time watching this video and after purchasing an ERDL cover myself.

[@godmachine8207]

The Germans made good helmets, so what if we took inspiration? It's one of the best designs.

[@Sean-gf5qm]

Germans had the best looking military uniforms of all time in my opinion

[@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723]

Well technically you can see a bit of German Salad Helmet in it, nothing wrong with it,

[@cytrix9015]

@@Sean-gf5qm if your talking about Ww2/Ww1 there wasn't necessary items like dress boots or gloves. But, The Ww1 stormtroopers looked pretty badass.

[@markuslebt]

so what I ask you. have the germans ever done for us. apart from the world's best microphones, cars, hugo boss stormtrooper uniforms, and oh.... great helmets.. what have they ever done for us ? kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5SaeaCep8yHq7M

[@jasonarmstrong5750]

Bocephus lucasfilm thought so too

[@king-of-memes6712]

You are missing LWH (light weight helmet) used by the Marines :) The ACU camo is actually called UCP (Universal Camouflage Pattern), few people know that because it came out together with the ACU. On standard issued Army gear/uniforms, MultiCam is also called OCP (Operation Enduring Freedom Camouflage Pattern or OEF-CP after the new OCP came out), the Army adopted OEF-CP to be used in Afghanistan because UCP was doing terribly in the environment there but they did not want to replace it for good at the time.

[@MaceGaming53]

the LWH is almost exactly the same as the PASGT. also i dont get what they mean when they say there was not a good replacement they could of gone back to DCU

[@NickAlpha_]

When i did my military service in Greek army 8 years ago we still had the ww2 helmets , same as the very first one shown in this video ... among other old stuff ... for a collector those items would be valuable i guess ...

[@tahabashir3779]

M1?

[@NickAlpha_]

Yeah, stored not in use anymore.

[@mattkarres3321]

Yiasou! Before we came to the USA, my family served in the Greek Army for a multitude of generations. I guess it was either that or subsistence farming. Molon Labe!

[@casualtryhard765]

The reason the "nazi" look was because the helmets worked and were effective than the others (doe boy, and pot helmets).

[@cyrusrobinson1759]

Not really it just turned out like that but I think it was based off a baseball helmet

[@unebaguette2497]

Cyrus Robinson lol no, look at the stahlhelm and compare it to Kevlar helmets

[@mr.epicness2037]

Casual Tryhard76 it wasn’t good at all, the metal was thin, M1 Garand and Carbine bullets could bust through it or shoot it off

[@aconsolegamer0259]

bullet fragmentation not true at all

[@troy2286]

@@mr.epicness2037 Helmets aren't designed to stop bullets

[@death31313]

The PASGT acronym stands for Personal Armor System Ground Troop. It consists of a ballistic helmet (shown in the video) and a soft armor (LV II NIJ) ballistic vest. Also I should mention that the Marine Corps helmet Marpat covers shown in this video are likely knock-offs as real covers are reversible and have an EGA incorporated into the pattern.

[@rajel2006]

You beat me to it! I'd come to mention it. PASGT :) Personal Armor System Ground troops, He forgot to mention that the Vietnam era covers are Mitchell Pattern.

[@raider_militaria]

There is a bunch of the od green covers on Ebay. I found around 20-30 of them.

[@americanmilitiaman88]

I have the navy type 3 cover. Was issued 3 sets of type 3 uniforms. 1 utility cover. 1 booney hat and 1 helmet cover

[@re8774739]

I know that after they were issued the Vietnam era Mitchell camouflage they had erdl covers later, way before there was M81 woodland. so it's not the same "made different by another manufacturer". it is in fact a different camo either erdl (higland) or rdf (rapid deployment force) Woodland M81 was issued after 1981.

[@polopolo3052]

I enjoyed your review - thank you! I have a solid green M1 cover ... Interesting to know that it is harder to find these days. That's why I never get rid of anything!

[@manfredimusumeci314]

You should include the usmc Lightweight Helmet and the ops core high cut ones

[@jeo228]

Im sure someone mentioned this but the modern Marine pattern is called MARPAT and was introduced during the early 2000s. Its digital because at a dustance your eyes cant make out the sharp edges and blur them together, effectivley using the enemies natural eye functions against them. The army ACU (Army Combat Uniform, not Army Camo Uniform) was made since the marines owned the rights to MARPAT and wanted to keep it as a unique marine uniform. The army wanted to "modernize" and created the grey digital pattern. Later, after lots of negative feedback, Multicam was chosen to replace ACU as it functioned much better in various enviornments.

[@MaceGaming53]

ACU was cancer

[@jeo228]

MaceGaming53 yes. Yes it was.

[@ottovonbismarck1375]

It looks cool as fuck though

[@MaceGaming53]

what ACU?

[@jeo228]

MaceGaming53 Theres only one ACU. The old woodland was called BDU. ACU is the grey digital.

[@ChiefGrief-140]

This must be the guy we talk about in the army who is stealing everybody shit and now everybody just wants a back

[@MourningStar67]

Geoffrey brown 11 he didn’t steal it he bought it

[@ascendedfashy9632]

People used to put twigs and branches in they're net helmet covers to camouflage themselves

[@jderpz23]

Stealthinator139 the nets were also used to breakup he light reflecting off the helmet

[@jonafap9938]

Their* jesus how fucking hard can it be

[@orrebiff]

they still do today..... when not fighting in a desert

[@twizplays608]

On*

[@Ms_Vylet]

@@jonafap9938 Jesus*, you also forgot the period at the end. Don't correct people without using grammar yourself.

[@Bluesnipible]

What exactly was the orange reverse pattern for the Vietnam era cover used for? To me it looks like a desert camo. If anyone knows what it is or has good pics please share.

[@Ricardo271093]

the mich helmet alignment has to be redone 3col/ Woodland first then ucp then oefcp then ocp/Scorpion O2. and the ucp helmet has the black IR Reflectors too btw

[@tacticalmeme732]

I'm sure someone mentioned this already but isn't it PASGT, not PSAGT?

[@lrn5152]

this is so cool XD lol. I think I used to watch these videos when I was little younger. :D awesome work!

[@sylarkleissen748]

The Canadians came up with the digital camo and then shared it with the Marines just a little fun fact 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@J52_Mac]

CADPAT is pretty cool. MARPAT is super effective as well and I love how cadpat has mini maple leafs in it

[@user-gz4vb2rf5c]

No high cut helmets?

[@tomg5187]

Thanks man great work and also fantastic camera man!

[@aaronlawson2006]

Also see if you can find an ECH or electonic combat helmet we tested them for a while bc the build was lighter and just as strong however it was bulkier and features a small impact detection device glued into the top of the inside with tge intention of detecting and showing if there was an impact to the helmet with enough force to cause a concussion

[@chriskerwin3904]

The "desert marine" cover appears to actually be a navy type 2 uniform which uses vertical digital pattern compared to the marines horizontal: uses slightly different colors and the navy has a type 3 woodland digital as well. Both of the patterns are worn exclusively by navy special warfare.

[@capcamouflage]

I'm pretty sure they are commercially made knock-off covers, as far as I know there are no AOR PASGT covers.

[@capcamouflage]

Really? For the PASGT? Got any picture?

[@capcamouflage]

Cool, thanks, very interesting.

[@sikaaaa]

I think it's still marpat. You can stare at pictures side by side and marpat is a little creamier looking.

[@nilzatron]

Original MARPAT fabric has a small EGA printed into the pattern. If you look closely, these don't have that. Also, the (reversible) LWH cover I have has a large EGA on the front, but not sure if the earlier non-reversibles had this as well.

[@user-jr2ue9nu6y]

Very informative. Would have licked to see this in relation to US Special Forces Camoes

[@danoarmstrong2597]

He is wrong about the woodland camo. The first one shown is actually the ERDL Jungle pattern, used late in the Vietnam war. The second one is the actual BDU Woodland pattern. The ERDL has more green and is made up of smaller splotches then the woodland BDU.

[@cobalt2361]

The M40 Stahlhelm by far has the coolest looking design imo.

[@blan_k4691]

It truly is man.

[@cynthiamurphy6965]

Concerning Marpat covers, tiny USMC logos should be embedded into the fabric. I don't think larger stamped front logos like on previous camouflages were standard issue... But I may be wrong.

[@reddevilparatrooper]

During Panama the 7th Infantry Division would wear their "Rag Tops" or "Mop Tops". My buddies from the 82nd Airborne told me this came around after Grenada. I bet they sucked when you jumped with a Rag Top on. The Light Infantry Divisions like 7th ID and 25th ID would wear them till the end of the 1990s. I don't know where it became a craze? I think it was a Ranger School influence. I did notice that when I was in Germany, the German Army and other NATO armies would have Rag Tops. The British Army of the Rhine would have "Scrims" on their helmets all the time.

[@evanblount4919]

PASGT stands for Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops

[@cigarcityweymouth]

When i was in 1976 to 1980 we had steel pot helmets with camo covers

[@moefitzgerald4439]

This guy was showing me his wwll collection a couple of years back and he pulled out a medic's helmet that was warn in combat. It had the classic red and white cross insignia on the sides, but what made the helmet so interesting or ominous depending on how you look at it, was that the helmet it had a huge indent on the left side that protruded into the head space of the helmet. His guess was that whom ever wore the helmet took a massive piece of shrapnel to the head during combat. It did its job and the shrapnel did not go through but that poor guy probably had a real bad concussion at best. It was crazy to hold it in my hand and just imagining what that helmet has seen. Its wild...

[@allgoo1964]

How much better protection Kevlar helmets have over steel?

[@Bernesemtdog]

allgoo19 Considering steel helmets were meant to stop shrapnel not bullets Kevlar is much better protection wise but only most handgun rounds

[@jeffkardosjr.3825]

@@Bernesemtdog Steel helmets usually stop 9x19s and .45 ACP at close range.

[@DRAGONSLAYER1220]

WWII Marine Corps helmet covers, reversable....am I the only one familiar with the rhyme of jarhead frustration: "Green side out, brown side out, run in circles, scream & shout!"

[@muwuny]

What ERDL patterns did they make M1 covers in during Vietnam? Lowland? Highland/Delta? Both?

[@jerseyfaranginthailand8134]

Great info thank you very much we enjoyed your video

[@rithvikmuthyalapati9754]

I wished we kept the M1 Helmets, they looks so sharp and cool

[@zetigertigeer1528]

I'm about to get hammered by hurricane irma and im watching this

[@shadow13kill]

Zetiger Tigeer stay safe. I hope everything goes great for you.

[@zetigertigeer1528]

shadow13kill Thanks, :D

[@zetigertigeer1528]

thanks :)

[@RTenjoyer]

Zetiger Tigeer I am about to get burnt by the so cal fires but I am watching this

[@astokras2877]

Zetiger Tigeer so are u fine now ?

[@brandonboogers]

The different woodland covers are because one is erdl and the other is m81 woodland. ERDL is from Vietnam and it a little different

[@Marcus21H]

Just a bit of info. The Marpat helmet covers are most likely knockoff replicas made by commercial companies for airsoft or paintball. The guy in the video said he hasn't found and EGAs (eagle, Globe and Anchor) on it and that is a big giveaway. Authentic Marine Corps helmet cover do in fact have the EGAs in the pattern. Also the marine covers are reversible being woodland on one side and desert on the other.

[@clearwave9453]

This video deserves more views.

[@davidlockwood5946]

I’ve been looking for a chocolate chip PASGT helmet cover in size X-LARGE for years. Does such a thing exist?

[@yerrrrr2787]

I want a helmet collection like that!

[@Bicholover5487]

Joseph Stalin me too king

[@ssww3]

Me too comrade

[@troelsweile7433]

Great channel. picked up an M1 today, grey colour. not sure how old it is.

[@philipviavattine9104]

The helmet cover/mosquito net cover was used in Vietnam and Hawaii by my unit M/3/4 in 64/65/66 we wore it at night when the mosquitoes were the worse, don't recall anyone taking pictures at night which would require a flash and that could make the net cover unnecessary by Charlie.

[@eckiefleckie4938]

The first net is Auscam DPCU

[@SitInTheShayd]

The MARPT design was inspired by the Canadian Armed Forces CADPAT camouflage.

[@huntermanning03]

Wrong MARPAT came out in late 2000 CADPAT came out in late 2002.

[@edward_the_bruce]

@@huntermanning03 wrong. Google it again.

[@huntermanning03]

@@edward_the_bruce I did Google here's what I got MARPAT was designed and created by the USMC in 2000 and was put in service late 2001 early 2002 and has seen service since. CADPAT piggy back camo off MARPAT and designed in 2002 and issued late 2002 to present so yeah MARPAT was first and copied by Canadians.

[@thegalapagos57]

@@huntermanning03 nope cadpat was first, marines just changed the color scheme and the canadians actually helped with the development of marpat, that's why so many other countries use what looks to be marpat but actually is cadpat.

[@huntermanning03]

@@thegalapagos57 okay keep believing that if you want to a simple Google search will tell you different also your wrong the us army actually developed the first form of Marpat in the late 90s consisting of charcoal gray and white and was then piggybacked by the Marines then the Canadians.

[@levisteber]

So could you uses the infrared tag thing on a heat vision scope so it shows anyone with the infrared or friendly troops in different colour to enemy troops? Kinda like something from a video game

[@davidfloyd6084]

on marine patterns. if it has the eagle globe and anchor is a way to tell if its real and military issued or not. many manufactures make the design. only ones sold to the marines are permitted to have it same goes for the rest of the bdu.

[@thomaswallace7337]

American soldiers in the ETO did NOT wear marine helmet covers. What some DID wear was a similar-looking cover improvised from parachute material. You can find out more by googling it.

[@stang3787]

Yes. See the ASP new video on US Steel helmets. Vic Morrow wore a piece of parachute cloth over a helmet liner and avoided the steel pot.

[@wyattm.b.3622]

I just wanted to say the marine corps doesn't have the eagle globe and anchor on the our Kevlar reversible covers. We do have it on our left breast pocket though when it comes to the desert and woodland cammies.

[@stang3787]

Most "Army Surplus" type stores I visit have non US helmets for sale. You have to go to Gun Shows for US versions.

[@SensitivityGames]

10:34 but what if the enermy has that too like how are they gonna tell who is who then?

[@Ingsoc75]

I do miss going to my local surplus store as a kid in the 1980s and 90s.

[@stang3787]

Being 72 I visited them in the 60's and 70's when they had real WWII surplus.

[@j.cheeverloophole9029]

Very interesting, a couple of decades ago i visited a museum in Malta, it had a huge selection of British & German helmets from WWII, most were painted standard helmets of the day, but some of the colors & patterns were frankly baffling, one i remember was red/black/brown/white geometric patterns, reminded me a little of the dazzle camo they painted some ships with, but the choice of colors was a real puzzler to me. I mean Malta is beige...beige again...more beige...oh & sand!

[@brannontruax2878]

The current army helmet is still called a Kevlar or ACH depending on which person you talk to

[@chrisgentry2217]

Do a video on us military combat boots for. Ww2 and up.

[@kingofthejungle3833]

the little infra red dot, is a brilliant idea

[@jaydee8337]

Sgt.Saunders only wore a liner covered with a camo parachute cover.

[@kayadams9746]

Thank you for your service

[@spankyharland9845]

nice collection of helmets and covers.

[@compelledpluto]

Multicam is being phased out for multicam?

[@bucksarg1]

I was issued the mosquito cover, but I cant ever recall anyone using one. They really cut down on your vision. One cover I don't see is the tiger stripe of viet nam. I had one, I wish I had kept it. It was pretty worn.

[@christophermendez4041]

Nice collection

[@chaplainleggitt]

In 1969 and 1970 I was THE (yep, there was only one.) quality control person for the M-1, 6521 Dana Corporation manufactured army helmet. The Federal government thought the less people involved in this TOP SECRET project the better. My first day on the job I had to sign a Federal government non-disclosure form. That form has never been rescinded so I really don’t know if I’m still bound by any of it today. I can say with confidence that there are secrets still today about the helmet that the general public knows nothing about. When I worked on the helmet project at Dana I always carried a set of blue prints for the helmet. Each page was rubber stamped TOP SECRET. I also was one of the few people who knew the formula for the alloy. There are secrets about those helmets (especially about the alloy) that if I were to tell you, you would say that I must be making it up. So now 50 years later I’m still hesitant to disclose everything I know about the M-1 Vietnam era helmet.

[@juucedasf9972]

Are there US woodland helmet covers for the ACH

[@SulfurousJesus]

Its important to bring up the USMC helmets only used the PASGT very shortly with the MARPAT covers. At about the same time the Army adopted the MICH 2000/ACH the USMC adopted the Light Weight Helmet or LWH. It is geometrically identical to the PASGT, but was built using the same methods as the pressed kevlar ACH. In other words it was a modernized PASGT. Early LWH still had the PASGT style suspenision systems.

[@117rebel]

There’s one good advantage to the old steel helmets. You can use them as a pot to cook or boil water with.

[@Hey_its_Koda]

Quick question. Why did US GIs in WW2 wear nets on their helmets? Was it for the ability to put bushes on it? Why did some wear boot gaiters and others didnt?

[@non-masturbatingtyrannosau3476]

Stopped shine

[@rival4228]

The German Stalhelm design was the Best in its field,And that is why American Soldiers have the same design today. And Some people will be like 'Ohhh if their helmet was so good then why didnt they win Either World Wars?' my Response to that is that Helmets dont determine the amount of men,Oil,Ammunition,Weaponry, Or Food a Army Has.

[@logger22]

For me the 80's was the beginning of the 'Modern era' of the US military.

[@reptilesandrandomcomments4058]

I would try to pack mud in and on the netting and add leaves and grass then wait for it to dry and then you have a Camo helmet that looks like your environment

[@JonKaya37]

Good video overall. The Advanced Combat Helmet (ACH) is a part of the Modular Integrated Communications Helmet (MICH) family, which also includes the Lightweight Helmet (LHW) as worn by Marines after the PASGTs. The new pattern that the Army is buying and wearing is called Scorpion W2, a.k.a. the Operational Camouflage Pattern (OCP). This is happening because the Army offered to buy the rights to Multicam for a ridiculous under bid that the owning company rightly refused. A common misconception is referring to the grey digital pattern as the "Army Combet Uniform " (ACU). In reality, the ACU is a specification for Army uniforms. Even their new uniforms in the Scorpion W2 pattern are made to ACU spec. The digital grey pattern itself is called the Universal camouflage Pattern (UCP). When the Army was in trials fora new pattern, Multicam actually beat UCP, but the Army went grey because it was cheaper at the time. Also, those goggle straps on the last ACH are an accesory and can be added to helmets at least in the MICH family onward. Even the new Ops-Cores can accept them.

[@xeylop3488]

wow you know so much Wikipedia

[@PrimitivTool]

Are the steel pots supposed to be huge and oversized?

[@cctproductions6976]

One size fits all

[@stevenbolen]

I got some helmets and a liner coming soon

[@sagnal]

Bizarre that you would say that only cam netting was used to camouflage the "Fritz" helmet to make it look "sloppy"?? Cam netting is used to break up the outline of the helmet. This is one of the key considerations of camouflage "shape". Most of these covers only break up the shiny surface. US Light infantry troops in the 80s and 90s starting using scrim and and strips of hessian/burlap to break up the definitive shape of the helmet. World War 2 paratrooopers also did this and it is shown in both "Band of Brothers and Saving Private Ryan.

[@joetherocker09]

In terms of OCP abbreviation it’s occupational camouflage pattern :3

[@gabrielstewart262]

Does anyone know how to attach a pasgt/ LWH ratchet strap to the helmet

[@halo3odst]

What about the frogskin covers for the m1917a1?

[@stang3787]

Didn't know they existed.

[@halo3odst]

Saw one on ebay a few years back. But yeah, early ww2.

[@Cesko_Plny_Fialovejch_Zmrdu]

Seems like you know not much about these helmets: 1/ There are not two woodland covers from different manufacturers. There is one in Woodland (BDU) camouflage and the left one is ERDL (Late Vietnam) camouflage 2/ PASGT stands for Personnel armor system for ground troops not "Protective armor support troop" 3/ MICH and ACH helmets are not the same. ACH is MICHes second generation version 4/ ACU stands for Army combat uniform" not Army camouflage uniform" 5/ PASGT is actually much more confortable helmet than MICH due to its leather strap, that tends to stick to your head when you are sweaty (Prevents helmet from wobble on the head while running) and due to its net strap that circulate fresh air much better, than MICH pillow style webbing 6/Marines wearing MARPAT camouflage on theirs MCUU uniforms. The green one is woodland version and the tan one is desert version, not a night and day like you said....god.

[@SaturnIV4]

sergeant5027 if you watched the start of the video he admitted he doesn't know much

[@xeylop3488]

wow wiki look what you done

[@shadow13kill]

SaturnIV4 it also said they were “professionals” at the beginning of the video.

[@UnGa11o]

@Shadow13Kill Wrong, at 0:14 it says "Are not conducted by professional historians."

[@Cesko_Plny_Fialovejch_Zmrdu]

I don´t think so. I was wearing both these helmets as a machinegunner and PASGT was just better. Maybe I had the wrong size of the MICH tho...

[@TVJake-uy5lt]

Personal Armor System Ground Troop PASGT They were to be worn with the vests of the same name

[@efs8786]

6:30 why? Stahlhelm inspired designs are simply the best and most effective? In my opinion soldiers can run around in like whatever dress and do we should do everything to keep em as safe as possible.

[@perpetualconfusion5885]

Should the helmet be loose on your head or tight. When I shake my head the helmet shakes a lot

[@philverhey7335]

are you sure the shaking isn't coming from the INSIDE of your skull?

[@perpetualconfusion5885]

weird... When I take the helmet off there isn't any shaking inside my skull.. its just when I put it on

[@pcarrierorange]

Why are there rubber bands around the middles of loads of the helmet covers? I’m curious, I can’t imagine what purpose they serve

[@RayVal53]

Those are for your cats eyes... At the back they have two little reflective rectangles. If you are wearing NVGs or are shining an IR light, you can spot them and know thats prob your buddy and not shoot them.

[@davidgreer1066]

We used those in Vietnam to hold a bottle of insect repellent Packs of Cigarettes and other items

[@Hairysteed]

PASgt, not PSAgt It's a Personnel Armor System, not a Public Service Announcement

[@rzr2ffe325]

I remember it as Pennsylvania Sergeant

[@michaeloeu518]

XD public service anoucement

[@Barzins1]

We don’t do enough for our soldiers. Thanks for your service.

[@westvirginiagroyper485]

Stalhelm is the best

[@adamhauskins6407]

Adrian Langford as far as steel goes

[@capcamouflage]

Pros: covers the more area than most (adopted) WWII helmets. Cons: Different Sizes, which makes production and supply more complicated and expensive, and means there is less room for the shell to dent before it hits your head. Impedes Vision and hearing more. I haven't tried one on, but I imagine it would bump into your neck when prone, pushing the front forwards over you eyes, which was an issue with the M1, which wasn't as long in the back.

[@s.r.7477]

Cap Camouflage Pattern I actually, when you go prone, it isn't that of a problem. The Stahlhelm is quite comfortable.

[@capcamouflage]

Good to know, thanks. Still I sometimes see photos of Germans in both WW1 and WW2 wearing them backwards, but it's not unique to the stahlhelm, you can American soldiers doing it with the M1.

[@s.r.7477]

Cap Camouflage Pattern I By comfortable I mean I wore them a couple of minutes and not in a very long battle... Maybe some soldiers like it better backwards, but all by all the helmet is ok.

[@ericgsell8438]

The hue marines used the nets in Vietnam and the first woodland/bdu is called erdl and was used in late Vietnam

[@fedoro1]

What about the Fast Helmet?

[@luke50469]

Where can I buy an OD helmet cover for a XL ACH helmet?

[@IG10705]

Internet

[@luke50469]

@LariatXLT89 show me a link because I can't fine one anywhere.

[@aaronlawson2006]

Just a side note that army digital camo is actually called UCP or the universal camoflauge pattern however we got rid of it bc it fuckin sucks and now we use the OCP operational camoflauge pattern