| Model | Origin | Users | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ancient Greeks | |||
| 17th century BCE | Mycenaean Greeks until the 10th century BCE | ||
| Boeotian helmet | ancient Greek cavalry | ||
| Chalcidian helmet | ancient Greeks | ||
| Coolus helmet | ancient Romans | ||
| Corinthian helmet[1] | ancient Greeks | ||
| c. 400 BCE | ancient Illyrians & Adriatic Veneti until 167 BCE | ||
| ancient Romans | |||
| c. 1000 BCE | Celtic Europeans until 700 CE | ||
| ancient Greeks | |||
| Imperial helmet | 1st century CE onwards | Roman Empire | |
| 1st century CE | imperial Chinese dynasties | ||
| ancient Greeks | |||
| ancient Etruscans in Negau, Slovenia | |||
| ancient Romans | |||
| ancient Greeks | |||
| ancient Illyrians | |||
| 5th century BCE | ancient Greeks in Thrace, Dacia, Italia & Hellenistic Europe until c. 200 CE | ||
| 7th century BCE | ancient Chinese in Zhou dynasty |
| Model | Origin | Users | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15th century | Western Europeans. | ||
| 15th century | Italian states. | ||
| c. 1300 | Europeans | ||
| Burgonet[2] | c. 1600 | Europeans, especially by militias of Poland & Switzerland | |
| Lobster-tailed pot Capeline Zischägge | late 16th century | Europeans during the 17th century, including the English Civil War in England & Thirty Years' War across the Holy Roman Empire | |
| late 13th century | Christian Europeans in Crusades during the 14th century | ||
| late 15th century | Europeans. | ||
| late 18th century | France. | ||
| late 12th century | Western Europeans. | ||
| c. 1600 | Europeans. | ||
| Great helm[3] | 1189 | Europeans | |
| 14th century | Europeans. | ||
| c. 1600 | Samurai especially during the 17th century of the Edo-period Tokugawa shogunate in Medieval Japan. | ||
| 12th century | Common all over medieval Europe. | ||
| 16th and early 17th centuries | Europeans (esp. associated with Spanish Conquistadores) | ||
| Byzantine Empire, later common all over Europe. | |||
| Pickelhaube[4] [5] | 1842 | especially by Prussia & German Empire and other Europeans until 1918 | |
| Raupenhelm | c. 1800–1870 | High crested leather helmet used primarily by Kingdom of Bavaria and Kingdom of Württemberg | |
| c. 1450 | Europeans | ||
| 17th century | Western Europeans | ||
| Spangenhelm[6] | 5th century | Central Asia, Near East & Europe; espec. by Scythians, Sarmatians, Persians, & Germans until 1000 | |
| c. 1770–1800 | Crested, peaked leather helmet used by cavalry and light infantry and British Royal Horse Artillery, France and United States in the late 18th and early 19th centuries | ||
| 14th century | Ottoman Empire | ||
| after 1655 till 1911 | China | ||
| c. 1600–1780 | Originated in the Ottoman Empire; used throughout Europe |
See also headgear listing within Components of medieval armour.
| Model | Image | Origins | First issued | Users | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915, 1926 | France, Belgium, Russian Empire, Poland, Japan Imperial Japanese Navy Land Forces, Kingdom of Serbia, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, U.S., USSR, Irish Free State, Kingdom of Italy, Republic of China, Manchukuo, Peru, Finland, Romania, Mexico, Greece, Uruguay, Thailand, Brazil[7] | ||||
| 1951 | France, South Vietnam, South Africa, Cambodia, Laos, Lebanon, Israel, Portugal, Rhodesia | ||||
| 1978 | France, Senegal | ||||
| 1915, 1938 | UK, Canada, U.S. (1917–1942), Australia,[8] Republic of China, Pakistan, Poland (Polish Armed Forces in the West), Estonia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, South Africa, India, the Netherlands, Portugal, Luxembourg, Philippines | ||||
| 1940 | "Civilian Protective Helmet" | ||||
| 1941 | UK, Canada, Poland (Polish Armed Forces in the West), Belgium, Rhodesia | ||||
| 1941 | armoured vehicle crews: UK, Canada, Poland (Polish Armed Forces in the West), Belgium | ||||
| 1944 | UK, Canada | ||||
| 1945 | UK, Canada | ||||
| 1916, 1917, 1918 | German Empire, Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany, Irish Free State, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland | ||||
| Stahlhelm M16 | Austria-Hungary | 1916 | Austria-Hungary, German Empire, Weimar Republic, Poland, Austria, Nazi Germany, Finland | ||
| Stahlhelm M18 (Armoured warfare) | 1918 | German Empire, Turkey, Weimar Republic | |||
| Stahlhelm M18 (Telephone and cavalry helmet) | 1918 | German Empire, Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany | |||
| Nazi Germany | 1935 | Nazi Germany, Republic of China, China, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Bolivia, Mexico, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland (Home Army) | |||
| Nazi Germany | 1940 | Nazi Germany, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland (Home Army) | |||
| Nazi Germany | 1942 | Nazi Germany, Hungary, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland (Home Army) | |||
| 1916 | Italy, Spain | ||||
| Italy | 1931 | Italy, | |||
| Italy | 1934 | Italy, Finland, | |||
| Italy | 1939 | Greece, Bulgaria | |||
| Italy | 1942 | Italy | |||
| 1917 | US, Philippines | ||||
| 1941 | USA, Mexico, Canada,[9] Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, West Germany (1956-1992), Greece, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Spain, Turkey, Republic of China, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, South Korea, Philippines (1944–1991), Singapore, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, Guatemala, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Venezuela, Uruguay, South Vietnam | ||||
| Switzerland | 1918 | Switzerland, Argentina | |||
| Switzerland | 1971 | Switzerland | |||
| Denmark | 1923 | Denmark | |||
| Belgium | 1926 | Belgium, Luxembourg | |||
| 1926 | Sweden, Finland, Norway | ||||
| 1937 | Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Estonia | ||||
| 1926 (?) | Spain | ||||
| Spain | 1930 (?) | Spain | |||
| Spain | ? | Spain | |||
| Spain | ? | Spain | |||
| Spain | ? | Spain | |||
| Netherlands | 1928 | Netherlands, Romania | |||
| Poland | 1928 | Poland | |||
| Poland | 1930 | Poland | |||
| Poland | 1931 | Poland, Nazi Germany, Soviet Union, Finland | |||
| Poland | 1945 | Poland | |||
| Poland | 1950 | Poland, Albania, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, North Vietnam, Israel, Croatia | |||
| Hełm wz. 63 (Paratrooper helmet) | Poland | 1963 | Poland, East Germany, Iraq | ||
| Poland | 1964 | Poland | |||
| Poland | 1964 | Poland | |||
| Poland | 1967 | Poland, Egypt, Ukraine, Syria, Afghanistan | |||
| Poland | 1967 | Poland | |||
| 1928 | Ireland | ||||
| Sweden | 1931 | Norway | |||
| Type 90 (also called: Type 30–32, Type 92) | Japan | 1931 | Japan, Thailand, China | ||
| Japan | 1966 | Variant of M1 Helmet used by some elements of the JSDF Ground Forces | |||
| Czechoslovakia | 1932 | Czechoslovakia, Nazi Germany, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, Slovak Republic, Finland | |||
| Czechoslovakia | 1953 | Czechoslovakia | |||
| Hungary | 1935 | Hungary | |||
| Hungary | 1938 | Hungary, Finland | |||
| Hungary | 1950 | Hungary | |||
| Hungary | 1970 | Hungary | |||
| Soviet Union | 1936 | Soviet Union | |||
| Soviet Union | 1939 | Soviet Union, Poland | |||
| Soviet Union | 1940 | Soviet Union (Warsaw Pact), Poland, People's Republic of China, North Korea, North Vietnam, Finland, Afghanistan | |||
| Soviet Union | 1960 | Soviet Union (Warsaw Pact), Afghanistan | |||
| Soviet Union | 1968 | Soviet Union (Warsaw Pact), Afghanistan, Syria (Russian army, Afghanistan Army, Armenian Army, Azerbaijan Army, Belarus Army, Georgia Army, Moldova Army, Nicaragua Army, Philippines (Army reservists), Syrian Army, Ukraine Army, Uzbekistan Army, Vietnam Army) | |||
| Bulgaria | 1936 | Bulgaria[10] | |||
| Portugal | 1940 | Portugal | |||
| M42 Duperite helmet (Paratrooper helmet) | Australia | 1942 | Australia | ||
| Mº 44 E.T.A. de Paracaidista used by Argentine Paratroopers | Argentina | 1944 | Argentina | ||
| 1963 | Rhodesia, South Africa | ||||
| 1942 | US |
| Model | Image | Origins | First Issued | Users | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 2006 | Russian Armed Forces | Part of Ratnik infantry system | |||
| Russia | 2006 | Russian Armed Forces | Part of Ratnik infantry system | |||
| Russia | 2006 | Russian Airborne Forces | Part of Ratnik infantry system | |||
| 6B47 | Russia | 2013 | Russian Armed Forces, Syrian Army[11] | Part of Ratnik infantry system | ||
| 6B7 | Russia | 1998 | Russian Army, Syrian Army | This helmet and its variants are the standard-issue headgear of the Russian army, they also are replacing older helmets like the SSh-68; Part of Ratnik infantry system | ||
| 6B7-1L | Russia | Russian Army and Russian Navy naval infantry | part of Ratnik infantry system | |||
| Advanced Combat Helmet (ACH) | United States | 2002 | Developed from the Modular Integrated Communications Helmet[12] [13] [14] | |||
| ASELSAN ZAMBAK | Turkey | 2012 | Turkish Armed Forces and Gendarmerie General Command | |||
| BH A-140/150 | Pakistan | GIDS ballistic helmets. BH A-140 is 1.36kg while BH A -150 is 1.50kg in weight.[15] | ||||
| Croatia | Croatian Army, Swedish Army, German Army, Kuwaiti Army, French Army, Singapore Army, Israel Army, Saudi Arabian Army, Polish Armed Forces, Australian Army, Turkish Armed Forces, Czech Army, Bulgarian Army, United Arab Emirates Army, Lithuanian Armed Forces, Mexican Army, Spanish Army, Pakistan Army, Malaysian Army, Saudi Arabian Army, Finnish Army, National Army of Colombia, Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Indonesian Army, Italian Army, Military of Hungary, Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic, People's Liberation Army and by the police forces of the following countries: Croatia, Turkey, UK, Spain, North Macedonia, Egypt, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Colombia, Italy, Ukraine, by Argentina and by the UN demining committee.[16] | Gefechtshelm M92-style helmet produced by Šestan-Busch made from Aramid fibre, with antiballistic protection level IIIA according to NIJ 0106.01 and antiballistic protection v50≥ 650 m/s according to STANAG 2920.[17] As with the German M92, the BK-3 comes with a three-point chin strap. The BK-3 replaced the Šestan-Busch BK-9 which was the first Croatian version of the Gefechtshelm M92 except it used the original US PASGT suspension head system.[18] | ||||
| Mexico | Kevlar helmet, adopted in the 2000s (decade). used in conjunction supplementation role with the PASGT. – Imported helmet. | |||||
| Croatia | ACH shape helmet produced by Šestan-Busch, alternative to BK-3 | |||||
| Argentina | Argentine Army Infantry | PASGT style ballistic helmet M-6 for Argentine Infantry Approved by CITEFA NIJ Level II according to the standards currently in stage R3B certified to MIL-Std 662 E.[19] However it wasn't issued in large scales. | ||||
| Capacete Combate Ballistico (CCB) | Brazil | US PASGT-shape helmet in two versions: Polymer and Kevlar.[20] | ||||
| Canada | 1997 | Canadian variant of the French Gallet F2 SPECTRA helmet similar to the US Military MICH 2000/ACH helmet (in that it has no peak) but with the US PASGT/French F2 helmet suspension system. Issued in 1997.[21] [22] [23] | ||||
| United States | 2013 | Danish Army[24] and British Forces[25] | ||||
| Israel | 2004 (Australia) 2009 (NZ) | The RBH 303AU model was made specially for the ADF, replacing the M91 PASGT helmet. MICH 2000 style helmet made by Rabintex, Israel[26] Was adopted by NZDF from 2009 to 2019 | ||||
| Enhanced Combat Helmet (ECH) | United States. | 2012 | Designed as an upgrade to the Advanced Combat Helmet. Uses thermoplastics instead of ballistic fibers. | |||
| EXFIL Ballistic Helmet | United States | 2016 | Australian Defence Force[27] [28] | Tiered Combat Helmet (TCH) forms part of the Soldier Combat Ensemble and includes a unique rail system and a night vision mount.[29] | ||
| Gefechtshelm Schuberth B826 (M92) | Germany | 1992 | PASGT type helmet with a sloping peak, rather than the defined peak of the US PASGT helmet. Has a 3-point retention strap system. | |||
| Germany | Limited use by the paratroops in Bundeswehr like, Spezialisierte Kräfte des Heeres mit Erweiterter Grundbefähigung für Spezielle Operationen and Kommando Spezialkräfte (KSK) – | MICH 2000 and MICH 2001 type helmets | ||||
| People's Republic of China | ||||||
| Chile | Chilean PASGT-derived helmet. The helmet is locally made by Baselli Hermanos S.A of kevlar and was introduced in 2000. It is capable of stopping a 9×19mm round at 310m. | |||||
| Hełm wz. 2005 | Poland | 2005 | Polish Armed Forces, Armed Forces of Ukraine | Supplementing the older Helm wz. 93 currently in use. PASGT-type helmet. The 2005 version, made by MASKPOL, came with a 4-point chin strap. The earlier Helm Wz.2000 helmet came with a 3-point chin strap. The peak of the helmet is closer to the original US PASGT helmet than other European variants in that the peak has more of the lip of the PASGT than the European-style sloping peak.[38] | ||
| Hełm wz. 2000 | Poland | 2000 | Polish Armed Forces, Armed Forces of Ukraine | |||
| Hełm wz. 93 | Poland | 1993 | Polish Armed Forces, Armed Forces of Ukraine, Armed Forces of Armenia | Being replaced by the Helm wz. 2005.[39] | ||
| Sweden | Swedish Armed Forces | |||||
| Norway | Early 2000s | Similar to the Swedish Hjalm 90. | ||||
| Integrated Head Protection System | United States | 2019 | US Army | Part of the U.S. Army Soldier Protection System (SPS) | ||
| Israel | Israel Defense Forces, Guatemalan Army | |||||
| Kyung Chang Industry (KCI) | South Korea | PASGT type helmet | ||||
| Russia | Russian Army | |||||
| Lightweight Helmet (LWH) | United States | United States Marine Corps[40] | PASGT-style helmet with four-point retention strap system and velcro-attached head pad system. Also used by NZDF since the 2000s. | |||
| LShZ 1+ | Russia | 2012 | Russian Special Forces, FSB, Syrian Army | |||
| Finland | Finnish Defence Forces | Upgraded PASGT-style helmet, replacing the Gefechtshelm M92-style M/92 Komposiittikypärä helmet. | ||||
| M76 paratrooper helmet | United Kingdom | 1976 | British Armed forces Paratroopers and Airborne units | |||
| Iraq | 1980 | Plastic and cloth copy of the M1 Helmet, Developed during Saddam Hussein's Iraq, Limited use on the modern Iraqi army. | ||||
| M80/03 Helmet | M80/03 Helmet | Iraq | 1980 | Improved and stronger variant of the M80 helmet, this version has a distinct cover | ||
| South Africa | 1983 | Paratroopers of the South African Army | Variant of the OR-201 helmet | |||
| South Africa | 1987 | South African Army | Similar to US PASGT Kevlar helmet, replacing earlier Israeli-style helmet in use since the 1980s | |||
| M90 Helmet | Iraq | Another Iraqi copy of the M1 helmet, unlike the M80 helmet the M90 helmet is composed purely of plastic | ||||
| Australia | Australian Defence Force. | PASGT-style kevlar helmet. Was made by RBR Armour Systems Pty Ltd (Australia) introduced 1991. The Australian PASGT helmet was identical to the US PASGT helmet with the exception of a 3-point chin strap, much like the chin strap of the German B826 Gefechsthelm. Was replaced in 2004 by the Israeli-made Australian Enhanced Combat helmet. | ||||
| M/92 Komposiittikypärä (also known as K-92) | Finland | Finnish Defense Forces. | Gefechtshelm M92-style PASGT helmet but with US PASGT style suspension system.[41] Replaced in the early 2000s (decade) by the M/02. PASGT-Hjelm style blend helmet | |||
| Spain | 1985 | Versions I to IV, MARTE IV Kevlar helmet currently used by the Spanish Armed Forces. Similar to the PASGT. MICH type helmet replacing it in the Navy Marines. | ||||
| Mile Dragić M-05 | Serbia | 2005 | MICH type helmet[42] | |||
| Mile Dragić M-97 | Serbia | 1997 | PASGT type helmet[43] | |||
| M91 Eurokompozit | North Macedonia | 1992 | Macedonian version of the PASGT helmet. Produced by 11 Oktomvri Eurokompozit a.d. Prilep. | |||
| M89 Eurokompozit | North Macedonia | 1992 | Macedonian version of the Yugoslav M59/89 JUŠ. Produced by 11 Oktomvri Eurokompozit a.d. Prilep. | |||
| Mk. 6 helmet | United Kingdom | British Armed Forces.[44] | being replaced by the Mk. 7 helmet | |||
| Mk. 7 helmet | United Kingdom | |||||
| MUKUT | India | Advanced Combat Helmet(ACH) type Kevlar helmet made by MKU. | ||||
| MICH TC-2000 | United States | Developed for special operations use and became the basis for the Advanced Combat Helmet | ||||
| United States | "High cut" version of the MICH 2000. It removes all ear protection enabling headgear to be worn | |||||
| United States | "Gunfighter cut",[45] which raises the area around the ears by about 1/2", allowing for a wider range of headsets to be used and roughly meeting the profile of the skateboard and whitewater helmets previously used by special forces. | |||||
| Slovenia | Variant of OR-201 helmet | |||||
| Greece | – Gefechshelm type helmet. – Hellenic Army, Navy and Air Force primarily use the PASGT | |||||
| Ops-Core FAST Helmet | United States | 2009 | United States special operations, United States SWAT and Law Enforcement, German Bundeswehr, Norwegian Armed Forces, Australian Defence Force, Australian Federal Police and others. | |||
| Israel | 1976 | Israel Defense Forces, Some units of Special forces of Indian Army, Irish Defence Force, Lebanon (Lebanese Forces, South Lebanon Army, Hezbollah, Lebanese Army), Honduran Army, Guatemalan Army, Peruvian Army, Romanian Army, Nicaragua (National Guard and Police), Portugal (Portuguese Marine Corps), South African Defence Force, Chilean Army (1st Parachutists Battalion "Pelantaru" (1º Batallón de Paracaidistas "Pelantaru")), Sri Lanka, and other countries. | ||||
| India | Indigenously built helmet. It can prevent 7.62mm AKM round | |||||
| United States | 1983 | First issued in 1983 to replace the M1 helmet. Former kevlar helmet used by the United States Army, Marine Corps, Navy. Used by the USAF, but is being phased out by the ACH[46] US Air Force.[47] Adopted by the Mexican Armed Forces in the 1990s to replace the M1 helmet. Replaced the M1 helmet of the Argentine army and modified with padded interiors. US-made PASGT helmets by UNICOR replaced the New Zealand M1 helmet in the 2000s. The NZ PASGT was a copy of the USMC Lightweight helmet in that it shares the 4-point retention system and head pad system.[48] | ||||
| People's Republic of China | 1994 | People's Liberation Army | ||||
| People's Republic of China | 2005 | People's Liberation Army | ||||
| People's Republic of China | People's Liberation Army | |||||
| Ireland | Irish Defence Force | Variant of the Enhanced Combat Helmet (Australia) helmet made by Rabintex | ||||
| Savar SVRH01 | Turkey | Turkish Armed Forces and Gendarmerie General Command | Based on PASGT. | |||
| Savar SVRH02 | Turkey | Turkish Armed Forces and General Directorate of Security | Based on MICH. | |||
| SBH 400 | Pakistan | Magnum resistant helmets produced by GIDS.[49] | ||||
| Sistema Compositi SEPT-2 PLUS | Italy | Italian Armed Forces[50] | ||||
| Italy | Special Units (particularly GIS) of the Italian Law Enforcement community[51] | |||||
| France | 1992 | Danish Army, French Army, Canadian military, Austrian Army, Bangladesh Army, Malta Army, Royal Moroccan Army, Ukrainian Ground Forces, and United Nations peacekeeping forces[52] | PASGT shape helmet produced by Gallet of France, introduced early 1990s. 'Spectra' is a brand-name of a type of resistant fibre, not the actual name of the helmet. Unlike most other European PASGT style helmets, the peak of the F2 has the same defined lip as the original US PASGT helmet, whereas other European PASGT-style helmets (such as the German M92 and the Croatian BK-3) tend to have a sloping peak. | |||
| Soviet Union | 1981 | Titanium helmet | ||||
| Japan | PASGT type helmet | |||||