Lightweight Combat Helmet

The is a combat helmet manufactured by Ceradyne Corporation at 2001 as a successor to the Infantry Armour System Helmet.
== Description ==
As it is nearly identical to untrained eyes in shape to the IAS Helmet, outside the Panamoan Marine Corps it is still called the Brozek helmet or K-pot (due to its resemblance to the Evalkan Stahlhelmette). Featuring a four-point retention strap system (compared to the two-point retention of the IAS Helmet) and redesigned liner, it proved more comfortable than the IAS Helmet.
The entire shell is notable for using lightweight and reinforced Polyethylene fibre in it's design, providing good protection against handgun rounds, shrapnel, intense heat with certain amount of resistance to bladed weapons and trauma. In 2007, it was reintroduced with a new 9090 Titanium Alloy outer shell, which was proposed by Rubicon Industries and Ceradyne Corporation started manufacturing it; while keeping the Polyethylene fibre inner shell intact, with additional foam padding; furthermore decreasing it's weight and therefore increasing the overall protection in small arms fire, heat, physical trauma and bladed weapons.
The LCH Helmet was designed in 2003 and entered service later that year. It completely replaced the IAS Helmet in the APMC service by 2004. The was made by Ceradyne Corporation in five consecutive sizes. From 2007 onward, additional padding were installed in the helmet to improve comfort for all wearers.
Whereas the IAS Helmet helmet's shell is olive drab or a vibrant hue of Desert brown, the LCH'a is coyote brown and can be fitted with Camouflage painting or cloth helmet covers, either originally made for the IAS Helmet or more commonly those made for the LCH in woodland, desert and artic digital camouflage patterns, as well as a mounting bracket on the front for any sort of night vision device, such as the M43 Seeker night vision goggle or Stalker M17 monocular night vision device (MNVD). Marines and Army soldiers currently can be issued with a sling suspension or a pad suspension to fit the inside of the helmet to the head. A nape protection system adds ballistic protection to the rear of the head was also added as to reduce strain and improve comfort to the back of the neck.
Category:Helmets
Category:Armor