Hełm wz. 67 vs M1 helmet: Specs Compared

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AProtective equipment

Combat helmet

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Benio Kit · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

BProtective equipment

Combat helmet

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Graham Sherwood · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

Measured figures

7 of 35 rows sourced on both sides

1.5kgWeight

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Mass

All recorded figures & sources

1.5 kg

Weight

Single source

1,5kg (3,35 lbs)^[source]

Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.

Configuration

Hełm wz. 67 and M1 helmet configuration
Specification	Hełm wz. 67	M1 helmet
Type	Combat helmet^[source]	Combat helmet^[source]
Place of origin	Polish People's Republic^[source]	United States^[source]
In service	1967-present^[source]	1941–1985 (US)^[source]
Used by	See Users for details^[source]	See Users for details^[source]

Wars	Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia Martial law in Poland Gulf War War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Syrian civil war Russo-Ukrainian War^[source]	World War II Chinese Civil War Indonesian National Revolution Internal conflict in Myanmar Korean War Hukbalahap Rebellion First Indochina War Cuban Revolution Algerian War Civil conflict in the Philippines Vietnam War Suez Crisis Laotian Civil War Congo Crisis Guatemalan Civil War Portuguese Colonial War Nicaraguan Revolution Colombian conflict South African Border War Dominican Civil War Six-Day War Nigerian Civil War Football War Cambodian Civil War Ethiopian Civil War Ogaden War Eritrean War of Independence War of Attrition Black September Yom Kippur War Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Turkish invasion of Cyprus Western Sahara War Lebanese Civil War Salvadoran Civil War Sino-Vietnamese War Internal conflict in Peru 1982 Lebanon War Iran–Iraq War Falklands War United States invasion of Grenada United States invasion of Panama Somali Civil War Gulf War Croatian War of Independence Bosnian War Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa^[source]

Designer	Military Institute of Armament Technology^[source]	Major Harold G. Sydenham^[source]

Manufacturer	Huta Silesia^[source]	McCord Radiator and Manufacturing Company and Schlueter Manufacturing Company^[source]

Produced	1967-1989^[source]	—

Variants	wz. 67 wz. 67/75^[source]	—

Former operator · al-Qaeda	al-Qaeda^[source]	—

Former operator · Free Syrian Army	Free Syrian Army^[source]	—

Material	steel^[source]	—

No. produced	—	22 million (1945)^[source]

Reported operators	Reported operator · Donetsk People's Republic Reported operator · Egypt Reported operator · Poland Reported operator · Syria Reported operator · Ukraine Reported operator · Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Reported operator · Polish People's Republic	Reported operator · China, Republic of Reported operator · Colombia Reported operator · Dominican Republic Reported operator · India Reported operator · Iran Reported operator · Guatemala Reported operator · Japan Reported operator · Panama Reported operator · Philippines Reported operator · South Korea Reported operator · Turkey Reported operator · Uruguay Reported operator · Vietnam