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The OR-201 helmet was developed in the early 1970s by the Israeli private firm Orlite Engineering Company (now Orlite Industries Ltd) of Ness Ziona near Tel-Aviv, and is the direct result of experience acquired with the steel types – the British Brodie helmet Mark II/Mark III, RAC Mk II modified helmet with chin web jump harness (used by paratroopers and similar to the HSAT Mk II/Mk III ...
[2] [3] Roy Richter began working for Bell Auto Parts in 1933. In 1945, he purchased the store for $1,000. [2] Richter produced his first race car helmets in 1954. The "Bell Helmet Company" was established as a division of Bell Auto Parts in 1956. [2] Bell introduced its Star model, the first full-face motorcycle helmet on the market, in 1968. [4]
Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops (PASGT, pronounced / ˈ p æ z ɡ ə t / PAZ-gət) is a combat helmet and ballistic vest that was used by the United States military from the early 1980s until the early or mid-2000s, when the helmet and vest were succeeded by the Lightweight Helmet (LWH), Modular Integrated Communications Helmet (MICH), and Interceptor body armor (IBA) respectively.
A review by the UCI found that the head sock is considered “non-essential” to the helmet and therefore goes against regulation article 1.3.033. The head sock is banned as of April 2.
In 1964 the first official US ISDT Team was organized and Bell helmets supplied the team. [19] [self-published source] The helmets that they supplied were blue with 3 white stripes on them. Later Bell became the official helmet supplier for the team and the "Skunk Stripe" was further developed and stuck as the designation of the US ISDE Team.
The company had previously developed and produced the 6B7-1 and 6B7-1M helmets for the Russian army. [3] [4] The 6B47 helmet provides protection from: 9-mm 57-N-181S bullets from a PM pistol from a distance of 5 meters; fragment simulators (steel balls with a diameter of 6.3 mm and a mass of 1.05 g) at a speed of no more than 630 m/s.
In the late 2000s, the Altyn was being replaced by newer helmets from the LSHZ series as well as the Rys-T. Production stopped in 2009 with the last batch produced for Cuban special forces. [2] NII Stali also produced the K6-3 helmet, which is a copy of Altyn, the main difference being the absence of a radio headset.
The shape of the helmet is very similar to the Gefechtshelm M92 helmet of the Bundeswehr, which itself is derived from the U.S. PASGT helmet. As with the German M92, the BK-3 comes with a three-point chin strap. Šestan-Busch have patents on their "boltless technology" construction of their helmets and on their "SHOTECK inside equipment" head ...