As many of you know, there is no specific helmet for Canadian Snipers. Instead, many units or individual Snipers themselves have been procuring American Advanced Combat Helmets.
Now is the interesting part. Both the Canadian CG 634 and the American ACH were designed by and are produced by Gallet. However, there is concern on the part of the Canadian Army staff that the ACH will provide lower ballistic protection even though it has been used successfully by US forces since before 2000 and is a newer design than the Canadian helmet. So instead, their plan is to investigate the new Canadian Combat Vehicle Crewman helmet to see if it will be more appropriate for the Sniper role. And this is where it gets even better. The producer of the CVC helmet is Louis Garneau. Louis Garneau makes competitive bicycle racing clothing and helmets. They are not an armor company. But even this course of action will take some time as these helmets haven’t been issued yet to Vehicle Crews let alone Snipers.
In the interim, Snipers are to cease the use of non-issue helmets but Commanders have been authorized by Land Forces Staff to allow Snipers to remove helmets when firing. How magnanimous of them.