Unique and unusual 1980s OPFOR helmet?

[ClaptonIsGod]

Just picked this up off eBay. Seller said it was found near Fort Polk in the early 1990s. It seems to be a plastic casting of a standard Soviet steel pot, and as a result is fairly lightweight and flexible. Inside it has two plastic hooks on elastic bands riveted in, they secure a standard 1984 dated late liner. I naturally considered that this might be a movie prop, but if it was, then I do not see why they would use a normal M1 liner as opposed to foam, etc. So, it seems to make sense to me that this is an OPFOR piece. Has anyone seen one of these before, does anyone else have one, and does anyone have photos of them in the field? Also, any ideas on value? Not planning to sell, just curious.

 

[Cap Camouflage Pattern I]

cool

 

http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/71866-aggressor-helmet/page-2

 

http://brendonshelmets.weebly.com/us-opfor.html

 

OPFORS Armor. Opposing Forces at the NTC used Soviet BTR-60, Amphibious, Wheeled Armored Personnel Carrier in training exercises agaisnt U. S. forces. (USAMHI RG 97S)." (Photo Credit: USAMHI)

 

 

bigger pic: https://www.army.mil/e2/-images/2009/08/02/47062/army.mil-47062-2009-08-04-140817.jpg

[Cap Camouflage Pattern I]

 

cropped and resized due to forum size limit

full size: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f2/84/77/f28477c8f383fdee7ea4111406629224.jpg

 

 

other with cool badge https://picclick.com/US-Army-Soviet-Communist-OPFOR-Helmet-For-M1-382040662391.html

 

thread on a different forum http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/us-m1-steel-helmet-forum/opfor-aggressor-helmet-690047/

[ClaptonIsGod]

Sweet, thanks for finding those

[M422A1]

I used to have two of those back in the eighties. I don't remember where I got them, maybe from a friend of mine that was in the Army. I sold them sometime in the nineties. I was told they were for OPFOR war games.

[Rhscott]

These were training aids and were available at TAS-C on most bases. TASC made a lot of stuff local, pretty amazing place actually.

[sgtdorango]

I remember seeing a bunch of these at the local army navy store in the 80s-90s i shouldhave grabbed a few...mike

[Cap Camouflage Pattern I]

From TRADOC Pam 71-9: Catalog of TASO (Training aids Services Offices) Training Devices, 10 October 1976 edition 

[Mr.Jerry]

well that is cool!  I finally found a an Agressor liner (albeit sans the wooden comb) so now I need to look for one of these now too!