Is The US Army’s New Helmet a Complete Disaster? The IHPS

As a retired First Sergeant, I can assure you that all those rounds would have been survivable if you had fastened the chinstrap.

One of the most important factors that should be considered when choosing a helmet is how cool it looks

As a former ODST who served on Reach, I can tell you that those helmets absolutely would not save you from a needle rifle

as someone with no combat experience whatsoever, i can confirm that those rounds wouldn't have caused any major damage if they weren't fired.

As a former veteran of a WW2 reenactment I can tell you those rounds wouldn’t have penetrated if they were blanks

Another fantastic demonstration of how a ballistic helmet's primary function is NOT protection from rifle/pistol rounds but rather a secondary function. They are primarily designed to protect from shrapnel and blunt force trauma.

I remember a range Sgt at Ft Benning who was a vet of Grenada. He went in with, I believe, 82nd Airborne. Anyway, he had a 1st Gen K-Pot, the super heavy bucket with the double thick rim around the edge in front & back and the double thick side protection over the ear area. He caught an AK to the noggin, right on that thick rim in front. It snapped his head back, sprained his neck, but did not penetrate. It actually stuck in that rim. He got to keep the helmet and turned it into a conversation piece.

Helmets went into widespread use during WW1 and for specific reason of protecting head against shrapnel and rocks flying around after an explosion, raining down on entrenched soldiers. Nice to see how far technology got in getting even limited protection against close range bullet shots.

Personally witnesses an ACH deflect a point blank 5.56 coming out of a SAW during a MOUNT training mishap. Guy was severely concussed but ended up being okay. Really glad the guy was okay, and really really glad I wasn't in their unit.

When I did my mandatory military service in a central-European country, I asked what calibers the helmet would protect us from. Got the answer "None. It'll protect against some shrapnel. Maybe". Very confidence inspiring.

That .22 damage was way more than I'd expected, and I've caught one of those in the calf as a kid! 😮

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2009 Afghanistan I was the victim of a command det IED made with a Russian 152 Artillery round the blast bounced me off of an MRAP and out of the whole round one piece of shrapnel hit me in the side of my helmet and it went through just far enough to split my scalp about 6 inchs on the right side of my head, my interpreter ran out a grabbed my oh shit handle on the back of my body armor and drug me behind the MRAP, The piece that hit me was about the size of a Gerber tool, our Doc had to pull the piece out of my helmet with a pair of pliers to get my helmet off, they medivaced me back to Bagram where they xrayed me and found no fractures stitched me up and held me over night, I thank the guys who invented that helmet for my life, I still get headaches but I'm alive and still able to hold my wife and grandkids because of that helmet.

Resistance to blunt force trauma is a big one when you consider how many of the US Army's deaths are vehicle accident related.

Thank you for the video. While I'm not exactly a survivor of the Battle of Belleau Wood my service time was a while ago, but I still find this stuff pretty interesting. Back in the day we all wore our helmets with really no idea how they would perform under certain circumstances. I think it's nice that today that all this kind of information is out there for the troops.

Thank you for the demo, Brother!

All I gotta say is that I had a buddy I was deployed with who had a IHIPs on and took a 7.62 to the dome, and he survived.

This helmet is designed to be worn together with a PT belt. This is not an accurate test as the helmet will not perform properly without a PT belt in the direct vicinity...

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I never expected them to stop anything but a .22, what i'm more curious about is how they'd perform in their intended function, shrapnel. Idk how hard it is to get a hand grenade but im interested to see how the helmets would hold up against the explosion and shrapnel from a grenade suspended, say, 5m/15ft above them.