The two bits laced inside the neck straps are larynx microphones. They are designed to strap snugly on your neck and they sense the vibration in your throat while you speak and turn them into a voice signal. The general idea is that inside an armored vehicle it would be to noisy to use regular microphones and instead, they opted for this easier option.
Retired US Abrams Tanker here. Crew intercom systems are one of the most important systems on the tank. Without it, you can't communicate with the most important person in the vehicle, the driver.
I've seen guys in forums either making an adapter or modifying the input jack for it to have compatibility with 3.5mm jacks and they seem to work quite fine
Bought myself one of these for a tenner, a T72 version which has seen better days, currently replacing the padding from the inside, and restitching a new liner. Planning on using it for airsofting since it offers a bit more protection than an actual helmet.
This is only like the soviet ones by the design. Your helmet is an East German copy of the soviet 70s model (4 protective combs). Yours is made from artificial leather which tends to dry and crumble with time, not by use, the Soviet version was always made from a very specific fireproof cloth, the same stuff they made some of their tanker oversuits with.
good video, this looks awesome! btw there are some old left over centurion tanks in some places in israel from the 1973 war. i once sat inside one of them and when i .got up i knocked my head super hard, and it was painful as shit
Was thinking of getting a PNW-57 (Soviet tank helmet with NV goggles that still work, designed for Eastern block tanks to my knowledge) with a D cell battery adapter and the original UV lamp as part of my SHTF kit and for fun, looks hard wearing and it's a lot more simple to run. Thoughts?
@Ysiko Hi Ysiko. I have a PNW 57a and a PNW 57e; the 57e is the better by far. You'll need a IR torch for them both really , but the 57e is OK in just low light. If you check out solidery.eu they have some nice stuff. I bought a NS 71 from them, but I havent got around to testing it. One word of warning though, some old Night vision goggles use very very high voltages in some components, also there are rumours that some even produce X rays, which is very bad news if you have them strapped to your face! So take care. best regards mate.
I have one modded for mini tamiya. The thing looks cool for sure, but since its gen 0 its actually worse than your own night sight, unless you have some spare car lights to mod for the UV filters that come with the thing. Its also pretty heavy, something close to 5 kilo. Bought it for my Russian tank crew collection.
Get yourself some ns71 goggles as you can clip them to most warpac steel helmets and with some modification more modern ones too they function basically exactly the same but I think they are more versatile and they come with a IR lamp built in
Hi I just got mine today, the sides where it should be strapped and adjusted has ripped. (Due to it being old etc) could I possibly sow the ends again?
Finland still uses the helmets, they are bought from Russia (mostly Soviet manufactured). Even Russians themselves use these, but mostly the modernized variants.
This could possibly be a stupid question but if you were to wear one of those charcoal blocking masks with a gp-5 Soviet filter (the asbestos one). Would it counter the asbestos thus making it safe to wear? Or am I just stupid.
Do you mean a dust mask? And no, you wouldn't be able to make a proper seal with both masks, in theory if you got some P3 rated filter medium and stuck it inside the connector of a GOST filter you may be able to block the asbestos inside the filter and use it, but it would be a lot of effort.
Hey recently I acquired what I believed to be a Soviet tank helmet (the older version with three bumps and no radio equipment) but I recently found out it was moldy and so I'm curious what you would suggest the best method to clean it out would be
In case you hadn't found out yet, the straps hanging down at the bottom are laryngophones (throat mics)
Cool think someone told me a while ago.
The two bits laced inside the neck straps are larynx microphones. They are designed to strap snugly on your neck and they sense the vibration in your throat while you speak and turn them into a voice signal.
The general idea is that inside an armored vehicle it would be to noisy to use regular microphones and instead, they opted for this easier option.
Cheers but someone already mentioned that when the video first went live.
Two years I use it as a T-72 tank driver.
Retired US Abrams Tanker here. Crew intercom systems are one of the most important systems on the tank. Without it, you can't communicate with the most important person in the vehicle, the driver.
I've seen guys in forums either making an adapter or modifying the input jack for it to have compatibility with 3.5mm jacks and they seem to work quite fine
That's cool I'll have to try that at some point
Sick tanker helmet im still trying to get one
There are a lot on eBay, just don't get ripped off buying them.
Bought myself one of these for a tenner, a T72 version which has seen better days, currently replacing the padding from the inside, and restitching a new liner. Planning on using it for airsofting since it offers a bit more protection than an actual helmet.
Cool
Good video, I got myself a grey Polish tanker helmet similar to this one since the soviet ones were pretty expensive haha.
Does it have the same fake leather coating that falls off?
Actually no, it seems to be something other than leather and it's in pretty pristine condition
I think some of them had a more cotton/acrylic style coating, those are probably better for not falling apart after a while.
Wow thats pretty cool
Cheers.
I just purchased a French c38 gas mask any idea on what might be in the filter
Asbestos, but regardless, never breathe through old filters.
This is only like the soviet ones by the design. Your helmet is an East German copy of the soviet 70s model (4 protective combs). Yours is made from artificial leather which tends to dry and crumble with time, not by use, the Soviet version was always made from a very specific fireproof cloth, the same stuff they made some of their tanker oversuits with.
+Jari Hohtari I assume it's full of asbestos then.
The cloth? I'm not sure about of its properties, but i remember someone telling me its impregnated (heh) with something called kirza.
Thanks a lot for the explanation.
good video, this looks awesome! btw there are some old left over centurion tanks in some places in israel from the 1973 war. i once sat inside one of them and when i
.got up i knocked my head super hard, and it was painful as shit
There are some weird IDF modifications of some of the old tanks as well, I think there was a weird APC built onto the Centurions chassis.
Weaponsandstuff93 they also have upgraded armor and cannon
Nice video, thanks for uploading.
Glad you liked it.
Was thinking of getting a PNW-57 (Soviet tank helmet with NV goggles that still work, designed for Eastern block tanks to my knowledge) with a D cell battery adapter and the original UV lamp as part of my SHTF kit and for fun, looks hard wearing and it's a lot more simple to run. Thoughts?
It will be very primitive IR but it sounds pretty cool, especially if you can find one at a sensible price with the battery adaptor.
@Ysiko Hi Ysiko. I have a PNW 57a and a PNW 57e; the 57e is the better by far. You'll need a IR torch for them both really , but the 57e is OK in just low light. If you check out solidery.eu they have some nice stuff. I bought a NS 71 from them, but I havent got around to testing it. One word of warning though, some old Night vision goggles use very very high voltages in some components, also there are rumours that some even produce X rays, which is very bad news if you have them strapped to your face! So take care.
best regards mate.
I have one modded for mini tamiya. The thing looks cool for sure, but since its gen 0 its actually worse than your own night sight, unless you have some spare car lights to mod for the UV filters that come with the thing. Its also pretty heavy, something close to 5 kilo. Bought it for my Russian tank crew collection.
Get yourself some ns71 goggles as you can clip them to most warpac steel helmets and with some modification more modern ones too they function basically exactly the same but I think they are more versatile and they come with a IR lamp built in
Where can I get my self one of those for 25$ im 14 and im really looking forward to buy one of those
Check eBay and get one if the price is right.
Don't. If you buy one for 25 bucks, it's gonna be in horrible condition
@@psjesse117 And there aren't any that you can get for $25. Cheapest rn is $45 and it's absolute shite, so I don't recommend getting it
its like a rugby scrum cap with a built in headphones and throat mic
Hi I just got mine today, the sides where it should be strapped and adjusted has ripped. (Due to it being old etc) could I possibly sow the ends again?
I guess if you wanted to, lots of these are at the point now where they just fall apart.
Fun fact of the day Finland used this design to the 90s
Some countries still do.
Finland still uses the helmets, they are bought from Russia (mostly Soviet manufactured). Even Russians themselves use these, but mostly the modernized variants.
Jari Hohtari I thought finland stopped using them in the 90s. Well you learn something new everyday.
You should do a video modern russian tank helmet vs ww2 one
Epic. I’m buying one
I have some old camcorder with a hand strap made out of the same material and damn does it makes a massive mess
I got one of them tanker helmets use it for driving think my ones older then yours looks bit different
Some were fabric, some are faux leather.
Really cool piece
Certainly is.
I found an XM40 gas mask at my local army surplus
Hope you bought it, they are cooler than the actual M40s.
To much slav do you watch life of boris btw?
It isn't a Weaponsandstuff93 video without a gas mask
I have a lot of videos without gas masks in them.
Hoping to get my hands on one but I got a slightly bigger head any ideas if these came in different sizes or is it one size fits all?
They do come in different sizes
This could possibly be a stupid question but if you were to wear one of those charcoal blocking masks with a gp-5 Soviet filter (the asbestos one). Would it counter the asbestos thus making it safe to wear? Or am I just stupid.
Do you mean a dust mask?
And no, you wouldn't be able to make a proper seal with both masks, in theory if you got some P3 rated filter medium and stuck it inside the connector of a GOST filter you may be able to block the asbestos inside the filter and use it, but it would be a lot of effort.
Yea I meant dust masks. I didn't have time to do a quick search
Very cool
Until it sheds the fake leather everywhere.
Weaponsandstuff93 that's the truth. I was going to get one just so I could wear it while I play world of tanks
It looks like something from Fallout NV
Pretty sure these helmets were designed before Fallout was released.
Weaponsandstuff93 I know. I'm saying it looks like it could be in Fallout.
These things appear in games and movies often.
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How did you know?
Hey recently I acquired what I believed to be a Soviet tank helmet (the older version with three bumps and no radio equipment) but I recently found out it was moldy and so I'm curious what you would suggest the best method to clean it out would be
Would rubbing alcohol work?
Weaponsandstuff93 rubbing it down or like soaking it?
Cool video nice helmet
Thanks.
Is the MM-1 the only mask the helmet works with?
ShMS as well, any helmet mask should work in theory.
cool video
Thanks.
I like the mask better than the GP5
Well it was built to a higher standard.
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