CVC, MICH 2000, And IBH Helmets
 

Got kind of bored tonight, and didn’t feel like doing anymore work, so I put together a small gallery of helmets I have owned and a new helmet I just got.


US Issued CVC Helmet (No longer with me)
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c337/cvcad/CVC1.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c337/cvcad/CVC2.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c337/cvcad/CVC3.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c337/cvcad/CVC4.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c337/cvcad/CVC5.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c337/cvcad/CVC6.jpg


MICH 2000 (Real)(No longer with me)
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c337/cvcad/MICH1.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c337/cvcad/MICH2.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c337/cvcad/MICH3.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c337/cvcad/MICH4.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c337/cvcad/MICH5.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c337/cvcad/MICH6.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c337/cvcad/MICH7.jpg


TS IBH
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c337/cvcad/IBH1.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c337/cvcad/IBH2.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c337/cvcad/IBH3.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c337/cvcad/IBH4.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c337/cvcad/IBH5.jpg

Wheres your Legionnaire helm +2 skills

Lol, man, sometimes I wish you weren't my father, so I could stangle you with Ian's ***** at night.

Your Gonna Run out of real estate on Ian's forskin, Trying to stretch that small thing around my neck

I'm assuming that's the Toy Soldier IBH? If so how is it?

Hey Primnus,

Very good! It is better than the MICH 2002 replica I owned. The straps are a bit sharp at certain points, so you need to just wear it down a bit or else it can scratch up your face in certain spots.

The velcro pads they give you are SHIT, but other than that, it is a great piece! Light, and a good fit.

Cool, cool, how much was it after all was said and done?

I got it on a European pre-order. It turned out to be 130ish CDN in total, which is a great price, as the helmet had to get shipped from Asia to Sweden, then from Sweden to Canada.

Hey Yuxi, what size hat do you wear and how's the fit of the IBH to your head? I take a 7 1/2 and I find the helmets that I have are very tight for me.

Anyone knows if Toy Soldier and Proud are the same. They both sell very similar or identical IBH.

I wear 7 1/4 as far as I can remember, I usualy do not wear hats, so I can not give a 100% positive answer, but that is what I remember from measuring.

The helmet according to Godlyspartan looks fairly big on my head actually.

No idea how it would fit you, if you were in Toronto you could just drop by and give it a try.

From what I hear, the TS and Proud helmets were developed together or something, but no firm answer from me at least. Mine came black, I just sprayed it down with Krylon spray paint.

The IBH looks big on your head cus you don't have any hearing protectors or a headset on if you did it looks much better. Peltor Comtac's fit nicely.

The TS IBH looks to be casted from a real one, if you look closely behind the ear curve you'll notice 2 bumps which are for the screws for the real ones flipback headset.

The pads and straps are shit. Overall the build quality is good. to bad they didn't use the same material for the dummy plates.

Thanks for checking. Now, how about a pic of how big or not the IBH looks on you with your loadout. :D

Hehe, how bout one in my birthday suit? j/k

Yeah, I will try to get something up so as to show size, but keep in mind, I only weigh like 140, so I am not the best reference for an average size dude.

For me I think my face is not round or large enough. I do miss the sordins I use to have, but haven't rounded up the cash for the comtacs. :D

If you look at the pics of the IBH in use, on some guyss heads it doesn't look too big, like it looks pretty subdued, I will post pics later tonight when I return home.

dude, what paints did you use? Fuck... your skulls look fuckin' highspeed. I'm planning on doing a spartan dagger design (frontal area) .. >_< but I need an airbrush!!! ahh

All my tan coloring is through Krylon, their military line up, like the cans with woodland camoflage on it. The white was just some interior house spray paint, and I outlined the skull with a sharpie after.

What spartan dagger design do you mean? got a picture?

Hey Eddie, here are the pics I was writing about earlier. It looks fine on these chaps, my head is just not the right shape to fill out this helmet :)

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...D-05-08625.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c337/cvcad/6.jpg

The fit for me isn't that great either. I think its cus we have small Asian heads

O yeah check this out as a strap replacement for the IBH its for the ACH/MICH. It may work and its a hell of a lot cheaper then the oregonareo upgrade kit, but no pads.

X Style
http://www.ops-core.com/ACH_Head-Loc...tion__P2C5.cfm

H Style
http://www.ops-core.com/ACH_Head-Loc...tion__P1C5.cfm

Pricey! Are they any good man? I do want replacements, I thought about just getting some regular MICH straps though.

I hate you.
I wish I had a bloody cvc helmet.
so if any of you wankers have one, and it works (ie the actual comms system duh) TELL ME I NEED ONE!
I swear if I can get my soviet tanker helmet to work with our vehicles I'd wear that in the lav any day.
Greg

I'm won over.

Do you guys recomend the X or H?

I was reading about those replacement straps from Ops Core a couple days ago on 10-8 and it seems like the X nape is the way to go as it's a bit more comfortable and the stability provided by the H nape is overkill unless you're jumping out of perfectly good airplanes.

Good to hear! Any other sources for the straps other than straight from the maker? prices just seem to be usualy better from retailers.

The X one looks like the canadian chinstraps...

Gentex also makes an X-harness type replacement chin strap for the MICH/ACH, you might want to get in touch with them and see if its any cheaper.

Heres a vid from shotshow about Opscore chinstraps.

YouTube - Milspecmonkey.com Shotshow 2007 Ops-Core

There's a guy on ebay selling his own version of that retention system. Its installed in my CVC helmet and it's pretty comfortable.

Incidentally the guy doens't seem to know what he's got or what it's worth.

edit - it's an SDS suspension in a CVC helmet, not custom.

Does anyony still manufacture the IBH (the real one that is ) as Dover's website has only a slight mention of it. Any info would be apreciated. Also Has anyone read/heard any comparisons to the MICH 2002 tc or what ever model is the side cut version to allow for a comms system ?