(below is a Google translation, am too lazy to translate it all myself
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Halo anyone? Or give him some dreads and you get a Predator maskAMSTERDAM - Dutch troops from 2011 to wear a new helmet that weighs less, a better fit and more protection. The helmet consists of several parts which are removable. In addition, the safety helmet according to the designers in stripped down form a friendly relation.
This can be useful when contact with people is sought, according to the designers. This includes the glasses, there are variants in which the eyes are visible. What is often not the case.
Testing
If the tests for Galea (for Roman helmet) can extract good from 2011 to 5500 soldiers of the new helmets use.
New sections on the Galea, the old helmet in the nineties to replace his loose neck, jaw and ear. According to developer Jan Brouwer TNO, the helmets so that soldiers have rarely top of the skull can become injured.
"Also, we now extend protection for neck, neck and face, without the modern soldier as a knight looks," says Brouwer.
At a show in Prague was a design innovation rewarded.
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