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Configuration
| Specification | CG634 | FÉLIN |
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| Type | Combat helmet[source] | infantry combat system[source] |
| Place of origin | Canada[source] | — |
| In service | 1997-Present[source] | — |
| Used by | Canada Ukraine[source] | — |
| Wars | Kosovo War International Force for East Timor War in Afghanistan First Libyan Civil War Iraqi Civil War Military intervention against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Red Sea crisis Russo-Ukrainian war[source] | — |
| Designed |
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1996[source] |
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| Manufacturer | CGF Gallet 1997-2002 Mine Safety Appliances 2007-2012 Revision Military Inc 2012 and refurbished helmets 2015-2020[source] | — |
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| Produced | 1997-2020[source] | — |
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| Variants | CG634 with minor improvements 2007-2020 CG634 Gen ll/CM735 2015-2022 CVCMH (made using modified CG634 helmet shells)[source] | — |
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| Protection standard | The CG634 is the main combat helmet of the Canadian Armed Forces . It was introduced in 1997 and is based on the French Gallet F2 helmet. The helmet has protection equal to an NIJ Level 3a rating, being able to stop a shot from a .357 Magnum .[source]Open-source estimate; CG634 helmet rating described as equal to NIJ Level 3a, not an independently established certification | — |
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| Designer | — | Safran Electronics & Defense[source] |
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| Components | — | modified FAMAS rifle with a host of other electronics, clothing, pouches, and body armour[source] |
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| Helmet | — | integral SPECTRA helmet fitted with real-time positioning and information system, and with light amplifiers for night vision[source] |
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| Power supply | — | two rechargeable Li-ion batteries[source] |
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| Electronics | — | computer unit, manager unit, radio, man-machine interface, GPS, cables and connector[source] |
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| Communication | — | works by bone vibrations (bone conduction transducer)[source] |
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| Sight technology | — | uncooled infrared sensors, combined with adapted magnifying optics[source]FRF2precisionriflesight component only |
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| Country of origin | — | France[source]Inventory Origin column; table 3, row 2, cell 2; revision 1374575395; retrieved 2026-09-30 |
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