SSh-60
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SSh-60 | |
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Type | Combat Helmet |
Place of origin | Soviet Union |
Service history | |
In service | 1960-present |
Used by | See Users |
Wars | Vietnam War[1] Sino-Vietnamese War Transnistrian War Russo-Ukrainian War |
Production history | |
Produced | 1960-1972 |
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The SSh-60 (СШ-60 (Russian: стальной шлем образца 1960 года/stalnoy shlyem, or steel helmet) was a product improvement of the Soviet SSh-40 steel helmet of the Soviet Army and entered production around 1960. It was not fundamentally different from the previous World War 2 era SSh-40, the primary difference being an updated liner/suspension system.
Design
[edit]The overall form and shell of the helmet remained unchanged. The internal harness was modified to include four stuffed leather pads (rather than three as with the SSh-40) attached to the dome rivets. The petals were moved to the top of the helmet along with two rivets and the chin strap.[2] As the SSh-60 looks identical to the SSh-40 externally when worn, photos don't indicate how many were in use. The short time of manufacture suggests that these were limited in numbers when compared to the SSh-40.
An export version of the SSh-60 exists, designed for sale and exportation to other countries outside of the Soviet Union. It differs from the main issue helmet only with a change to the color of the helmet liner.
The SSh-60 was subsequently developed into the model SSh-68. Quantities of both SSh-40s and SSh-60s remained in use throughout the Soviet period and beyond: some examples were still being used by the Russian Army in the 2010s.
Users
[edit]Moldova[citation needed]
Russia[citation needed]
Syria[3]
Ukraine: Large numbers of SSh-40s, SSh-60s and SSh-68s were seen in use with Ukrainian forces during the war in Donbas.[citation needed]
Vietnam: Used by the Military Police (Vietnamese: Kiem Soat Quan Su, lit. 'Military Control').[4]
Former users
[edit]Iraq: Replaced by the M80[5]
Soviet Union[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Soldiers of Vietnam People Army accompanying a couple of students on their way back to the barrack". x.com. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
- ^ Sergey Monetchikov. Uniforms: From helmet to the steel helmet Magazine "Big Brother», № 6, June 2009 http://www.bratishka.ru/archiv/2009/6/2009_6_14.php Archived 2018-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Campbell 2016, pp. 20−21.
- ^ "Vietnam Ssh60".
- ^ McNab 2022, pp. 38−39.
- ^ Zaloga 1985, p. 58.
Bibliography
[edit]- Campbell, David (16 June 2016). Israeli Soldier vs Syrian Soldier: Golan Heights 1967–73. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4728-1331-2.
- McNab, Chris (20 January 2022). Armies of the Iran–Iraq War 1980–88. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4728-4558-0.
- Zaloga, Steven (1985). Soviet Block Elite Forces. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-0850456318.
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