The Tactical Ballistic Helmet II – Mission Configurable from Gentex integrates an ACH shell in High, Mid or Regular cut with Ops-Core’s Skeletal VAS Shroud, ARC Rails and X or H-style chin strap. The helmet also comes with issue Team Wendy ZAP pads or Gentex Adjustable Thickness Pads. You’re looking at about $450 for this helmet fully configured.
Looks impressive, especially for the price! What functional difference will there be between this helmet and a similarly configured Ops-Core or Crye Airframe helmet? Just weight, or is there more to it that I’m not seeing?
The essential difference is the shell. It’s an ACH.
Omg want. O – o Glad to see Gentex pumping fresh blood into the helmet field, liking the cross breeding with the Ops Core and the MICH going on here.
I believe that in fact OpsCore is pumping in GenTex’ Name as they were acquired by gentex not so long ago 🙂
Still, helmet looooove. <3
Not so much “helmet love” here. The original “Kevlar” (PASSGT) protected roughly 10% more of the skull than all these “improved”, abbreviated helmet designs, from MICH onwards. I have never quite accepted the rationale for that switch.
Since our recent combat casualty experience has been skewed towards vehicle/IED casualties, it’s hard to statistically determine if 10% less head coverage directly translates into 10% more injuries, or 10% more pieces of lead and steel stuck into young men’s brains, in a force vs. force fight. All things considered, in a small arms and arty rich fight, I gotta think more head coverage would be a better thing.
The PASGT helmet had too much of a “bell” effect causing echoing w/in the helmet as it covered the ears too much. Ballistic effects on the PASGT were also horrible compared to newer gen helmets. Weight was another problem, along w/the helmet digging into the back of the neck b/c of the design. While a lot of these problems are resolved w/an upgraded system, the PASGT is an inferior system compared to the newer ones.
I’d be more digging it if it came with the ops core h-nape harness like in the PDF, as opposed the cheesedick looking one it has-
Apparently, you’ve got a problem with reading comprehension. It is available with the Ops-Core chinstrap, x or h style.
Love the price for a full package on this, and with all the color options
Seems great, but they don’t seem to want sales. Can’t get a return on a quote request.