Original USSR Military Army Helmet Painted Art Theme”The Motorcyclists in WW2′. There are painted 3 pictures, looks great. See all photos. Original Soviet Military Soviet Army WWII SSH-60 type Steel Helmet. The Helmet is new. Head covarage 560 – 590mm / 22-23.2 inches. Dimensions: 280/255/170 mm – 11/10/6.7 in. The weight is 1,230kg / 2,7lb with a hemmed dermatin hood. The original Soviet helmet of the postwar and cold period, without restoration. Knocked out a star on the helmet visor / a leather strap with rivets are clearly visible, there is a factory knocked out number 2-, original the lining. The SSh-68 (Russian:?? -68 [??????????????????? 1968???? /stalnoy shlyem, or steel helmet], English: SSh-68 steel helmet model 1968) – is a steel combat helmet. And then Russian Armed Forces. The SSh-68 is a further development of the SSh-60. It differs primarily in its greater strength, greater front slope of the dome and the shorter outer edge. It is usually painted in dark green. The helmet weights 1,300 grams with leatherette. 1,500 grams. SSh-68 provides protection from impact shock machetes, etc. , and steel fragments (shrapnel) weighing 1.0 grams at speeds up to 250 m/s. The SSh-68 is not meant to protect against bullets. The SSh-68 was used by the armed forces of the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact. Today, it is still in service in most countries of the CIS. As well as Vietnam. Due to the introduction of improved helmets starting with the original 6B7, the SSh-68 was progressively withdrawn from service. In the Russian Armed Forces. The final examples are being gradually replaced by the newer 6B7-1M and 6B47 helmets.