Original USSR Russian Military Soviet Army SSH 68 Steel Helmet Kaska Shlem

Description

Original Soviet Military Soviet Army WWII SSH-68 type Steel Helmet
Original from Soviet (not replica).
Made in USSR in 1960-80 year
Not used,
Helmets stay all time in boxes from 1960y
The helmet may have minor scratches
from storage - see all photos.
Size - 1
The weight is 1,300kg / 2,86lb with a hemmed dermatin hood.
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The
SSh-68
(Russian: СШ-68 [стальной шлем образца 1968 года/stalnoy shlyem, or steel helmet], English: SSh-68 steel helmet model 1968) - is a steel
combat helmet
of the
Soviet
and then
Russian Armed Forces
. The SSh-68 is a further development of the
SSh-60
helmet. It differs primarily in its greater strength, greater front slope of the dome and the shorter outer edge. It is usually painted in dark green.
The helmet weights 1,300 grams (with
leatherette
balaclavas
- 1,500 grams). SSh-68 provides protection from impact shock (machetes, etc.), and steel fragments (shrapnel) weighing 1.0 grams at speeds up to 250 m/s. The SSh-68 is not meant to protect against bullets.
The SSh-68 was used by the armed forces of the Soviet Union and its
Warsaw Pact
allies, and others. Today, it is still in service in most countries of the
CIS
, as well as
Vietnam
,
North Korea
and
Afghanistan
.
Due to the introduction of improved helmets starting with the original 6B7, the SSh-68 was progressively withdrawn from service. In the
Russian Armed Forces
, the final examples are being gradually replaced by the newer 6B7-1M and
6B47 helmets
.