Lightweight Helmet

The is the standard helmet of the United States Marine Corps when it entered service in the early 2000s. In untrained eyes, it is identical to the PASGT Helmet, because of their similarity.
== Description ==
As it is nearly identical to untrained eyes in shape to the PASGT, outside the Marine Corps it is still called the Fritz helmet or K-pot (due to its resemblance to the German Stahlhelm). Though heavier than the United States Army's Advanced Combat Helmet, its larger size also offers more protection and is lighter than the PASGT. Featuring a four-point retention strap system (compared to the two-point retention of the PASGT) and redesigned liner, it is considered more comfortable than the PASGT. 
The entire shell is made from lightweight and reinforced Kevlar fibres, providing good protection against handgun rounds, shrapnel, intense heat with certain amount of resistance to bladed weapons and trauma. In 2017, it was reintroduced with a new Kevlar reinforced Polyethylene shell, decreasing it's weight and increasing it's overall protection in small arms fire, heat, physical trauma and bladed weapons.
The LWH was designed in 2003 and entered service later that year. It completely replaced the PASGT in USMC service by 2009. The LWH was made by the Gentex Corporation and BAE Systems in five sizes. From 2007 onward, additional padding were installed in the helmet to improve comfort for all wearers.
Whereas the PASGT helmet's shell is olive drab, the LWH's is coyote brown and can be fitted with cloth helmet covers, either originally made for the PASGT or more commonly those made for the LWH in desert and woodland MARPAT, as well as a mounting bracket on the front for any sort of night vision device, such as the AN/PVS-7 night vision goggle or AN/PVS-14 monocular night vision device (MNVD). Marines 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.
== Gallery ==
File:LWH_Helmet_Desert_Camo.jpeg|MARPAT Desert Camouflage 
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