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Russian and Soviet steel combat helmet From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The SSh-68 (Russian: СШ-68 [стальной шлем образца 1968 года/stalnoy shlyem], 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.[1] It is usually painted in dark green.[2]
| SSh-68 | |
|---|---|
SSh-68 helmet | |
| Type | Combat Helmet |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union |
| Service history | |
| Used by | See Users |
| Wars | Sino-Vietnamese War Soviet-Afghan War 1982 Lebanon War First Nagorno-Karabakh War Georgian Civil War Transnistria War War in Abkhazia Tajikistani Civil War East Prigorodny Conflict First Chechen War War of Dagestan Second Chechen War Russo-Georgian War War in Donbas Second Nagorno-Karabakh War 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine |
| Production history | |
| Designed | 1968 |
| Produced | 1968-present |
| Variants | See Variants |
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 and Afghanistan.[3]
Due to the introduction of improved helmets starting with the original 6B7, the SSh-68 was progressively withdrawn from service.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.
The helmet weighs 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.[4] The SSh-68 is not meant to protect against bullets.
SSh-68 are available in three different sizes, P1, P2, and P3. P1 (small) is good to about a 58 head, size 2 (medium) is between about 59 and 61 and size 3 (Large to extra large) is from 61 up. SSh-68s are not sized as NATO helmets are since they are designed to be able to adjust for soldiers to wear an Ushanka or other heavy hat underneath it during the winter.
Helmet sizes 1, 2, and 3 of the standard steel variant with the leatherette liner weighs 1.3 kg,[5] 1.3 kg,[6] and 1.32 kg[7] respectively.
The standard steel variants have different dimensions depending on the size.
Size 1 dimensions (LxWxH) 280/270/170mm [5]
Size 2 dimensions 290/270/170 mm [6]
Size 3 dimensions 300/260/175 mm [7]
Afghanistan[3]
Artsakh
Georgia − Used in the 1990s, replaced by more modern Kevlar helmets[20]
Lithuania[21]
Mongolia[22]
Nicaragua[23]
North Vietnam
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