Tech Talk

February 2005

Low Profile Helmet Makes Anyone A Hardhead

edited by Robert H. Williams

Law enforcement personnel may be the recipients of an advanced ballistic protection helmet that is being produced by the Mine Safety Appliance (MSA) Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa. A company official explains the “helmet’s low profile design reduces the risk of interference in target acquisition” and guarantees a good fit with gas masks and communications gear.

A precise fit, he added, is ensured by a “suspension system of movable comfort pads …that conform to the shape of your head to distribute the helmet’s weight evenly.”

The advanced combat helmet was originally designed for the U.S. Special Operations Command and currently is in widespread use in both Iraq and Afghanistan.

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