Afghan National Police Helmet

Found this about a month ago on my lunch break in a local gun store. A customer of their's brought this in along with some patches. It's a Soviet SSH60 painted tan and oversprayed with what looks like some kind of stencil. Very similar to US 3 color desert camo. Don't often see any helmets from Afghanistan.

Very good find....

MZ~

Pretty cool helmet.

Nice lunch break!!

Very nice! Out of interest may I ask what patches were bought in with it? I havnt seen this style of stenciling in use before, it looks great!

aussie digger wrote:Very nice! Out of interest may I ask what patches were bought in with it? I havnt seen this style of stenciling in use before, it looks great!

Ha, I didn't buy the patches or even pay much attention to them. I'll go back and see if they're still there.

Thanks for all the comments.

I think the guy said he was in a Military Police unit that was involved in training the ANP. I think there was an ISAF patch, a unit patch, and maybe a couple of afghan patches. I will stop tomorrow and see if they are still there.

Which store did you find this helmet in CT?

I used to live in New England. The only shops I know of in CT are Military Specality and Army Barracks but that's it.

When you saw an ANP wearing a helmet, you KNEW the area was dangerous!

aussie digger wrote:Very nice! Out of interest may I ask what patches were bought in with it? I havnt seen this style of stenciling in use before, it looks great!

Here are the patches that came in with the helmet.



In doing some research here, the bear patch is Missouri National Guard worn by the 205th Military Police Battalion who depoloyed to Afghanistan in 2010. They were part of a mentoring program with the ANP and the Afghan National Border Police.

Mercenary25 wrote:Which store did you find this helmet in CT?

I used to live in New England. The only shops I know of in CT are Military Specality and Army Barracks but that's it.

Just a random Gun Store. Not even sure it's actual name. Plenty of other places in CT to find stuff other than the Berlin Turnpike

Schottzie wrote:When you saw an ANP wearing a helmet, you KNEW the area was dangerous!

That just cracks me up!!!

Hello,

Interesting helmet.

Wish I will have information on my find one day

https://oefoif.forumotion.net/t3928-ana-helmet-ex-ssh40

Jean-yves

the helmet looks more like the Ssh68

it's an unusual camo, interesting helmet

battle gear wrote:the helmet looks more like the Ssh68

it's an unusual camo, interesting helmet

Battle gear, please take the time to post an introduction in the introduction section