kammo-man Posted October 31, 2011 Share #76 Posted October 31, 2011 Very nice liner . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted October 31, 2011 Share #77 Posted October 31, 2011 Very nice liner . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted October 31, 2011 Share #78 Posted October 31, 2011 Très intéressant Andrei! I'd never seen these variants before...didn't know they existed. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squad leader Posted October 31, 2011 Share #79 Posted October 31, 2011 Hi Andreï, Great EO modified liner. :thumbsup: Dan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOLO Posted October 31, 2011 Share #80 Posted October 31, 2011 I like the set up of the M51 & modified US liner, thats a very interesting and historically accurate set up like they used at Dien Bien Phu cool set Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtdorango Posted October 31, 2011 Share #81 Posted October 31, 2011 These are amazing, very interesting helmets and liners from a very interesting time period, i would love to find one of these!!!!....awesome!.....mike :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugme Posted November 2, 2011 Share #82 Posted November 2, 2011 Moderator Update: I have just removed a good many posts about whether or not this is an item that qualifies to be on the USMF. For the record, it had already been determined that this thread does fit since this is a collectors forum and the item is a U.S. M-1 used by the French. The same would be true if this were something used by the Canadians or the Brazilians or any other of our allies who used U.S. made equipment. Let's get this thread back on track and if anyone disagrees with me feel free to contact me by PM. Any other posts on this thread concerning this will be removed. Thanks for your cooperation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treetop Posted November 7, 2011 Share #83 Posted November 7, 2011 Andre, thanks for sharing this amazing collection of Airborne helmets. I used to have a lot of French Airborne books and always admired those helmets and jump suits never realizing that they had two liners on them. I believe the 2nd REP was still wearing them when they went into Kolwezi. Any photos are greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treetop Posted November 7, 2011 Share #84 Posted November 7, 2011 Moderator Update: I have just removed a good many posts about whether or not this is an item that qualifies to be on the USMF. For the record, it had already been determined that this thread does fit since this is a collectors forum and the item is a U.S. M-1 used by the French. The same would be true if this were something used by the Canadians or the Brazilians or any other of our allies who used U.S. made equipment. Let's get this thread back on track and if anyone disagrees with me feel free to contact me by PM. Any other posts on this thread concerning this will be removed. Thanks for your cooperation. I think this subject does belong on the forum for just the reasons you quoted. I would like a section of the forum to look at foreign camoflage, but that might be pushing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrei Posted November 7, 2011 Author Share #85 Posted November 7, 2011 Andre, thanks for sharing this amazing collection of Airborne helmets. I used to have a lot of French Airborne books and always admired those helmets and jump suits never realizing that they had two liners on them. I believe the 2nd REP was still wearing them when they went into Kolwezi. Any photos are greatly appreciated. Thanks for your interest. At Kolwezi, the 2REP jumped with french TAP56 helmets and... with US T-10 parachutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nguoi tien su Posted November 8, 2011 Share #86 Posted November 8, 2011 Show off ! Good to see them all together Andrei. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
man860 Posted November 13, 2011 Share #87 Posted November 13, 2011 Andrei, fantastic helmets--Love the netted paras!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earlymb Posted February 24, 2019 Share #88 Posted February 24, 2019 PICT0045.JPG Unfortunately, I do not have the cloth chinstrap. It is made of the same thick cotton used for the TT47 uniform and its design is very basic. A friend of mine has a original one. One of these days, I'm gonna butcher a TT47 jacket and have it made... This young Vietnamese paratrooper displays a good view of the chinstrap. I'm currently looking into M1 helmets used by French para's so I'm kicking this old topic up... The helmet in the picture also seems to have the Clip-on chinstraps on the shell? First time I've seen that in Indo-China, very interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juodonnell2012 Posted February 24, 2019 Share #89 Posted February 24, 2019 My main focus of collecting is actually indochina. I have a few helmets and have done research on what the French received helmet wise. It seems the French received the newer 50s made McCord made helmets with the green painted metal hardware chinstraps, but no liners to go with them. They start appearing around 52 or so and are very common especially during later operations like hirondelle and Castor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earlymb Posted February 25, 2019 Share #90 Posted February 25, 2019 Were US helmets still used in Algeria too or would those have been TAP51 or 56 helmets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juodonnell2012 Posted February 25, 2019 Share #91 Posted February 25, 2019 US helmets were heavily used during Algeria as well it just depended on the unit. Tye 2eme REP and 9e RCP can be seen wearing them in 1957-58. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted February 26, 2019 Share #92 Posted February 26, 2019 Here’s a few classic items all in one happy pic Owen Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted February 26, 2019 Share #93 Posted February 26, 2019 Some more m 1s Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ITALIANWARFRONT Posted March 3, 2019 Share #94 Posted March 3, 2019 would this be a french Indochina war helmet period? thank you Giorgio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ITALIANWARFRONT Posted March 3, 2019 Share #95 Posted March 3, 2019 would this be a french Indochina war helmet period? thank you Giorgio liner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ITALIANWARFRONT Posted March 3, 2019 Share #96 Posted March 3, 2019 liner . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ITALIANWARFRONT Posted March 3, 2019 Share #97 Posted March 3, 2019 . .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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earlymb Posted March 3, 2019 Share #99 Posted March 3, 2019 Those look like French rank insignia. The headband is in backwards though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m1a2u2 Posted March 4, 2019 Share #100 Posted March 4, 2019 Any thoughts on if this one I have is genuine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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