This is a great video, I hope you don't mind if I sample your steel helmet tests a little bit when I talk about Russian army helmets. I conducted my own tests on these helmets and got similar results as you did!

You ain’t destroying a piece of history, you can always just get another one from ragman level 1

I never knew that these helmets were that kind of life savers at standart 9mm , but that 7.62 x25 tokarev is really a killer !

you might want to keep the video stored safely into a HDD, just in case youtube decide to go crazy with the content (as some older content did, at some point, disapeared because of YT's weirdness)

shooting this close to a ricochet helmet gives me anxiety! thanks for the good vid and test!

Awesome insightful test guys! As a Miliitary Helmet afactinado like you as well as having worn and tested several Steel and Kevlar Helmets throughout my Military service careers to both to the USA and Republic of Estonia. The 1st helmet I wore was the US M1 in the US Army it was terrible. As one size fits all the damn thing got constantly loose and gave me constant headaches. Years later in the then fledging Estonian Defense Forces Army I wore this same Soviet helmet you tested here in this video the the SSh- 68 helmet also the Finnish/ Swedish 37-65 helmet and the East German M56 helmet. I also ballistically tested the East German M56 several times and found it overall to live up to its reputation if being an excellent protective helmet. Just as you , I found discovered as you did, that it depends on the batch of steel how the helmets were made as to their ballistic protection performance in resisting compromise. It has been claimed that the East German M56 helmet was alledgedy made of a Steel/ Titanium Mixture. I believe that this claim could indeed be factual with certain batches of the M56 helmet however not everyone or all of the batches of M56 helmets. I felt that the East German M56 helmet was superior to the worn old used US PASGT Kevlar that Estonia was begining to receive in 1995+. As the US manual states after a year of exposure to Sunlight and Rain the, Kevlar helmet loses some to allot of it's ballistic protection. Based upon my research and my personal testing, I did recommend that the GDR/ DDR NVA M56 Helmet be adapted by the then fledging Estonian Defense Forces Army back in 1995. As to it's known superior ballistic protection and available at the time. An American Militaria Historian author was in the process of writing a book about the East German M56 Helmet and reached out to the Estonian Defense Forces Army where I was tasked to respond. I did and he has photos of me wearing the DDR NVA M56 helmet for his book publication. Also a former East German Border Guard years ago told me that thet experimented with a composit material like Kevlar however the upgrade for GDR government was not affordable. I would like to see a photo of the GDR/ DDR NVA composit Kevlar Ballistic Helmet Believe me Mike, you guys tests on various Steel and composit material Military Helmets are very important. Thank you for your dedicated insightful work! Best Wishes Keep up the good needed work. Safe Journeys.

Devin looking like Sgt. Mercury

7.62 tokarev is so under rated. I wish it was more popular.

Please keep making videos like these I love them

Hey mike, you should two ideas 1.try shooting them with some intermediate rounds at ranges like 200 meters plus 2. Test if intermediate rounds with deflect if they hit at a steep slope. Thanks

this years helmets seem to be better, I should buy one in 2021 lol

I might grab one of these in the near future. Great video!! 👍🏼

Something strange I have noticed personally is a difference in chinstraps on these helmets. While most have a normal prong buckle, mine has a simple slide buckle (made 1990). One thing that would be really good to know with these tests is when the helmets were made, since a lot of gear made near the end of the Soviet Union was much lower quality than that made long before. Though it has been theorized the one in the first test was defective or fire-damaged, I would guess it was simply a low quality one made in ‘90, ‘91, 92’, or somewhere close to those years.

Please test the Polish wz 67,,,Greetings from Poland

Have you shot a polish pot yet? You probably have i just missed it. They feel pretty solid, maybe more so than the soviet. Awsome vid by the way!!!!!!! Love watching as always

Great experiment guys

I know it's for the greater good of this test but it just hurts a bit to see it get shot tho

Hey Mike another good helmet test. Thanks for taking your time and money to test them. ( You can't test helmets where I'm from so it's really great to find out ). I was wondering what years are good ones for this helmet ?( As in years where it performs well against bullets ).

Comrade needs Aspirin 🤯

Oddly comfortable as well.

Hey Mike, I was curious about the batches the helmets came from. Would you happen to know what the "good" batches are, as well as the bad ones, and how to tell? I just bought one on ebay, and I wouldn't want it to be subpar in protection.

Most people forget that most of these were made to stop low velocity shrapnel, kinda like the flak jackets the air force wore. Nice video.

Could we please get a follow up on the date of manufacture of both of the SSH 68 helmets that were tested? It should be marked in the inside, near the rear of the helmet, inside a black rectangle. Example, (3KO-year of manufacture). Thank you!

What year was this one that was shot? I’d like to buy one for an affordable head protection in case shtf

Basically Level II performance, not bad

So out of curiosity what was the date and factory of the last one?

5.7 is small 5.56 7.62 Tokarev is small 7.62x39

Wonder if waxing or oiling the helmets would help with glancing shots

I have a polish variant of the SSh-68, the Wz.67, it seems pretty tough but I can't really test it since the firearms regulations in Poland are kinda tough

Dear mike, once you finish with the test and helmet, what do you do with the helmet ? I'veen curious about the final destination of a helmet after a ballistic test

Retest of Finnish/German M40 🥰

where do you buy these helmets?

Would balancing the helmet on a 2x4 vs a styrofoam head make a difference regarding performance?

How thick is this helmet? What sort of steel is It made from?

is the GK80 test uploaded yet?

Hey! Maybe italian M 33 helmet in future?

Do a Hungarian m90

In Soviet Russia, helmet wears you!

Why u no start with 22.

You got less views, but your likes are the same.

Boomer 5-7 wins again.