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Soviet Helmets used in Afghanistan
Tanksami
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Posted: Tuesday, June 19, 2018 - 10:23 PM UTC
Hey Guys,
Does anyone make the helmets used by the Russians when they invaded Afghanistan? Or are they the same as WW2 types, also anyone got an idea of what the liners looked like in them?
Cheers
Mike
TonyE78
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Posted: Tuesday, June 19, 2018 - 10:39 PM UTC
Google for "SSh-68", that would have been the most common variant available to the red army at the time.

Tony
Tanksami
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Posted: Tuesday, June 19, 2018 - 11:14 PM UTC
Hi Tony,
Thanks for that do you know if anyone makes them? If not how much do they differ from the WW2 helmets?
Thanks
Mike
ayovtshev
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Posted: Tuesday, June 19, 2018 - 11:37 PM UTC
Mike,

Tank is doing what you need(they call it M-68 helmet):
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/218385-tank-ta092-soviet-russian-modern-helmet-m68

Available for order here:
http://www.ruscale.ru/en/product/a-092sovremennye-kaski-ssh68/

HTH
marcb
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Posted: Wednesday, June 20, 2018 - 12:13 AM UTC
Weren't both models used in Afghanistan?

Regards,

Marc
Tanksami
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Posted: Wednesday, June 20, 2018 - 12:13 PM UTC
Hi Angel,

Thanks very much for the info & the link 👍

Hi Marc,

Well if you are correct then that would work out great for me as I already have a few sets of the ultra cast helmets so could do a nice mixture then.😉

Cheers
Mike
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