Question on two more US camo helmet covers

[Harlan (Deceased)]

I have a complete post Vietnam era helmet from the 80's in my collection of U.S. helmets and Doyer is correct.




The post Vietnam helmets from the 80's aren't very collectible, but surprisingly I had a little trouble finding one that was complete. These were the last of the 'steel pots' and I wanted one as an example of the last iteration of steel pots. Below is a photo of a steel pot and cover from '69 on the left and the helmet on the right is one of the helmets manufactured in the 80's just before they changed to Kevlar helmets. They didn't use these for long. The top of the 80's steel pot looks a little flatter than the earlier pots and the base looks slightly wider -



As doyler said, the 80's cover was woodland and it wasn't reversible. This cover was also manufactured by Minneapolis Society for the Blind as doyler said -


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The liner of the 80's helmet was slightly different too and has a different nape strap. I tried inserting the 80's liner in the Vietnam era shell and it didn't snug down flush. The chin straps used on the 80's helmet are made from thick nylon material and use a snap connector instead of the hook and ball design that had been used on all other steel pots since WWII.