Every Helmet Protection Level Explained: Which Ones Stop a Rifle?

Every Combat Helmet Explained: from the Brodie of 1915 to the Ops-Core FAST RF1. Can a combat helmet actually stop a rifle round, or is "bulletproof" a myth? We break down what every major military helmet was really built to stop: shrapnel, pistol bullets, fragments or rifle fire.

Inside: the British Brodie "steel umbrella," the German Stahlhelm and its Stirnpanzer forehead plate, the American M1 steel pot, the Kevlar PASGT, the Soviet titanium Altyn, the Advanced Combat Helmet (ACH), the Marine Corps Enhanced Combat Helmet (ECH), the Army's Next Generation IHPS and the rifle-rated Ops-Core FAST RF1. You'll learn what backface deformation is, why "rifle-rated" has no single definition, and what the NIJ RF1 level actually covers.

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Brodie Mk I
0:46 Stahlhelm M1916 and the Stirnpanzer
1:51 M1 Steel Helmet
2:55 PASGT
3:59 Altyn
4:58 Advanced Combat Helmet
6:05 Enhanced Combat Helmet
7:35 Next Generation IHPS
8:54 Ops-Core FAST RF1

#CombatHelmet #MilitaryHistory #InsigniaExplained #MilitaryHeadGear #TacticalHelmet #BallisticHelmet #Helmets #OpsCore #BodyArmor #BallisticProtection #MilitaryGear #TacticalLoadout