Ballistic helmets

We have some of the Ops-Core Mission Configurable Helmet Covers in stock, they're just not on the website yet, so you'd have to call or e-mail:



Would solve most of your problems in one fell swoop if you did decide to go with an ACH or were stuck with one (e.g., issued helmet).

Fit is adjustable and very stable, supported the PBM-A with COTI with no issues--provides an improved shroud, authentic ARC rails, Velcro panels, and it will fit a Mohawk as well. Only available in Multicam, but honestly, who need any other color?



Great option for upgrading an ACH/ECH if you want some "modern" functionality out of an issued or cheap surplus ballistic helmet without having to buy a brand new ballistic helmet.

~Augee

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~Augee

I don't know where the OP's helmet came from.

But I would trust a surplus ACH for ballistic protection before a ProTech, and IMHO, the Wilcox system is a much better mount than the RHNO II, which is not to say the RHNO II is not a good and serviceable mount, but the Wilcox mounts are the gold standard for a reason, I'd say the OP spent the money in the right places.

Not that there haven't been the occasional issues with ACHs, but not all ballistic helmets are created equal, and there is a difference between making a shell out of ballistic material and testing a ballistic helmet to standard correctly as a complete system.

There may be things you can afford to skimp on, if you're going to get a ballistic helmet, it would certainly not be the one I would choose if I actually had a need for a ballistic helmet. If you don't, just get a bump of some flavor and skip the weight and expense of a ballistic.  

If you don't want to pay Ops-Core money, there are options out there from reputable suppliers of armor like the Galvion (formerly Revision Military) helmets, but honestly for what you get with a pad and chinstrap swap, ACH/MICHs are a pretty good value, largely because there are so many of them out there made for the military.

~Augee

@PFran42

I love Safariland, and there’s not another duty holster I’d use after having used and broken so many other holsters over the years.

I would still rather have an issued ACH/MICH with a Wilcox mount.

~Augee

Yeah. Tried G-Code:





Were not isolated lemons, either.

I had several platforms wither break or separate/lose screws, G-Code sent me replacements that promptly failed in the exact same way. Same thing with the light bearing holster bucket, more than one break. This was in Kosovo, mind you. Not like I was using it for high intensity operations or kicking in doors or really any kind of kinetic operations outside of training, literally just broke from being worn every day.

I finally gave up and stopped bothering even asking for replacements and junked them all.

I really wanted to like the RTI system, too, but G-Code was unmitigated crap.

...moving on...

There's not a website that I'm aware of that does side by side comparisons like on Amazon with all the specs, etc. I'm biased, but the easiest way to look at their selection is honestly to go to our Helmet Mounts category and look at the different variations.

Here's the basic version, though:

L4 = "Universal pattern," that's just the attachment pattern.

The L3 is a keyhole pattern that's discontinued with a weird twist-mounting interface. Was popular within USASOC for a couple of years around 2010-ish but has since pretty much disappeared.

The L2 was a semi-permanent "claw mount."

Pretty much every mount is some variation of the basic G24 architecture/design.

The G24 is the baseline dovetail mount, it's the USSOCOM standard dovetail mount, push-button design, with breakaway feature.

Most of the "Mount Systems" come with the G24 mount, the Mount System just basically means that it comes with a shroud, so different shroud/G24 combinations have different "numbers." The most common one is the G70, which is the G24 + basic Wilcox 3-Hole Shroud. But there are 1-Hole Shrouds, ratchet strap mounts, etc.

There are also fixed mounts using a 3-Hole pattern shroud, those you cannot easily remove the mount from the helmet, it's permanently attached unless you disassemble it or remove the shroud from the helmet.

Again, the most common is the G30 which is just a permanent G24 with a low profile 3-Hole shroud.

The G22 or G22E or G24 Extended Eye Relief depending on which year's price list the vendor used when they created the listing (the actual P/N ends in G22) is the G24 with no breakaway and extended eye relief for use with gas masks, goggles, etc., to get more standoff from the helmet. Why they won't make a G22 with a breakaway, I have no idea, I've asked them multiple times, but as it stands, you have to choose between one or the other.

The other major mount is the G11-ARMY, which is a bayonet mount, force to overcome, reversed tilt control--basically the only USGI bayonet mount that Wilcox makes that's compatible with the USGI J-Arm that comes with the PVS-14. Only comes in black, and as it's name suggests, it was designed at the request of the U.S. Army and passed all the approval criteria and was accepted and authorized for use, but the Norotos RHNO II was much cheaper for the government, so that's what's being issued.

There are some weird variations as well, some not on the website, but again, they're all basically G24 variants, including:

G24L - lightweight G24 - only "semi-released"
G66 - fixed mount, extended eye relief
G69 - fixed mount G24L
G24R - G24 with an adapter that can be used with the low profile rail mounted shroud--again, probably something you don't really need to worry about unless you're also running the DPAM/GSGM ANVIS mounts and need to switch over from ANVIS to dovetail on the same helmet.  

Speaking of ANVIS mounts:

L4 G01 - ANVIS mount for the PVS-23 (F5050)
L4 G02 - ANVIS mount for the AVS-6/9
DPAM/GSGM - dual powered mounts, "the shit" when it comes to ANVIS mounts, but very expensive ($1,600+) and require additional adapters/weird shrouds/rail interfaces etc. to mount to a helmet. Only worry about these if you go far, far down the ANVIS rabbit hole, which most likely you never will.

Things like the Lucie mounts, PVS-21 mounts, just don't even bother looking at. Weird as shit and not applicable. If you need them, you already know.

~Augee