Thanks to: elementrange.com/ in Holt Florida for helping me with test site and other stuff! FPS of the 7n21-1 was 1400 out of the vityaz. So it was going a little slower than it should to my understanding

Awesome video ! I wasn’t aware of the IHIPS performance issues , thanks for running the tests , were all a little smarter now . Hooah?

Besides the protection issue, the helmet just sucks. Got issued one via RFI and I still prefer the ACH. The IHPS has brittle plastic on it that breaks all the time, the NVG mount is out of spec and requires a ton of tape to stop ratting. Additionally with even just a pvs14 mounted it becomes super unbalanced and the strap adjustment is garbage. Why the army didn't just adopt a 3M highcut is beyond me, but it probably has something to do with some field grade's OER.

I guess they were going for "no penetration" is all that matters.

I find it odd that Big army wants to improve its ballistic capabilities with the new 6.8 rifles with its borderline outrageous spec requirements but does a complete 180 with body armor and gives little thought in the Gen 1 helmet

These were nice on my deployment, but I had doubts of its protection. Another cool feature of this helmet is when you jump with them, the plastic chinstrap retainers on the helmet snap easily making these almost unusable in Airborne operations.

The add-on rifle armor tells me everything I need to know about this helmet. I work in procurement for the government (not the U.S. but the same shit applies everywhere). It's super easy to sell something like this to the decision makers. You just says something like "It's lighter than a kevlar helmet, and with the add-on armor it's got better defensive capabilities." which is true. What this fails to mention is that it's only lighter without the armor and is less defensive in that case, and with the armor on it's heavier and bulkier. This helmet really hasn't solved any problems. I saw the same shit happen on a ship. There was a hard weight limit that could not be passed and a shit load of mission equipment that needed to be added to allow it to fill all the roles they wanted. Add all the equipment and the ship is too heavy. Solution? Mount all the equipment in removable containers on the deck. As registered the ship meets the weight limits but operationally it has all the equipment it needs. In this case it was more of rules lawyering type thing as the limit was due to some legal agreements but the idea is the same.

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SUP glad you got to utilize those 9mm. I will have DU 308 and 7n37 enroute soon.

Yep I'll stick with my ACH, that performance shows that whoever was involved in all the testing to get this helmet adopted wanted money not improved safety.

Fantastic new vid, a shame the IHPS had awfully similar poor performance to the 6B47, but I can't say I'm surprised. At least it still stops fragmentation... But that's a pretty low bar to be fair.

I liked that C&C Generals USA soundtrack in the beginning, made me think I was watching Spookston for a split second.

Good to see people understand that such deformation is deadly. Thats why i wasn't too impressed with the ECH that Mikeb tested, yes it did stop 7.62x51, yes great, but the deformation already on the 9mm would have done real damage if not killed. So in the end on a battlefield, frag that an ACH could catch with minimal deform, the ECH could have the users skull caved in.

Stumbled upon this channel eating breakfast, i can say that your systematic way of testing, live demonstration that is straight to the result is great, in a sphere of over edited content. I do appreciate the honesty when it comes to it is a small sample size, subbed.

I’m real excited for the PLA armor video, I don’t think I’ve seen it tested before, probably because they didn’t start issuing armor on a wide scale until 2015

Хороший видос, спасибо Oxide! У нас в России уже есть пара таких шлемов, сделаны хорошо, но стоит все таки проговорить пару аспектов: 1) 6Б47 - это исключительно противоосколочный шлем, в нашей классификации имеет самый низкий класс бронезащиты. Почему так сделано? В боевых операциях, когда у противника есть артиллерия, авиация и т.д., личный состав в основном несет потери именно от осколочных ранений, либо от пуль рикошетирующих/на излете, нежели от прямого выстрела. Касательно габаритов 6Б47, он сделан на размер больше, для минимизации запреградной травмы, т.е. M размер это L, L размер это XL у ACH. Поэтому взяв во внимание эти моменты, можно сказать, что IHPS, это задел на будущее,что по мысли создателей, американский солдат, с винтовкой M5 будет вести прицельную стрельбу (и в случае чего, получать в обратку) 2) Второй аспект заключается в том, что на сколько мне известно, в Американском стандарте защиты нет понятия запреградная травма, есть поставленная цель, что пуля либо пробила, либо нет, в отличие от американских стандартов, наши общевойсковые бронежилеты оснащаются КАПами(демпферами) и значительно гасят и распределяют ту оставшуюся энергию пули при попадании в бронеплиту. В Американских армейских жилетах, функцию КАП частично берет на себя слой кевлара, но очевидно, что для разных калибров и дистанций этого будет мало. 3) Поэтому, собрав всю мою супер умную мысль (нет) можно сделать вывод, что бронезащита у нас, строится из нескольких элементов и под другие задачи (поэтому Вам не особо понравился отстрел 6Б47, он попросту не предназначен для этого), Американская система бронезащиты строится на основании другого опыта и видения будущих войн, поэтому такие заделы по бронезащите. Хорошо это, или плохо - покажет время, но самое главное, что работы ведутся и это однозначно хорошо.

In a world where the Ops Core FAST RF1 helmet exists, and is supposedly rated for 7.62x39 threats, why switch to something inferior? Also a FAST RF1 test would be neat. See if it could stop some of these more "exotic" threats.

Wow, that is seriously concerning to see.

Got issued an IHPS in April (by itself, no face visor or appilque shell) and the only thing it seems to improve over the ACH is that it is more comfortable to wear a Peltor Comtac headset underneath it. The Army should've gotten with the program and followed in the Marine Corps footsteps (who allegedly receives worse equipment than the Army) and adopted the high cut ECH.

Great video per usual! Frustrating to see the Army adopt this helmet before letting it actually live up to expectations. Though from what you said, I'm getting similar vibes as with other military projects like the Osprey or F35, where it needs some more iterations/development before reaching true expectations, or even exceeding them. Fingers crossed they can get this sorted for the better.

Ah yes the Next Generation IHPS THE NIGAHIPS

Love the command and conquer generals background music❤️😂 might have to start playing that again

Would be incredibly interesting to see a team up with the slo-mo guys to see the damage made on the helmets by the bullets!

Please do a vid on the newest US military helmet, the camo dog kink mask...

I've literally been issued this helmet and it's on my clothing record, I wear it to the field regularly. It's very comfortable. Most people that have them now were issued them through RFI when we might have went to Afghanistan back a few months ago and when we got sent to Poland recently.

Pretty surprising that Civvie FMJ 9mm can cause that bad of deformation on a modern military helmet. They should definitely explore more options with the NG IHPS to find some more acceptable results.

I loved the assessment - but I'm also really happy you chose to start it off with some C&C Generals USA OST in the background, then following it up with Ed Harrison's Neotokyo soundtracks? I'm gonna redownload the whole album now. And damn, those tiny AP rounds look like a nasty ordeal to deal with.

Command and Conquer Generals music? Hell yeah!

When the Neotokyo ost hits just right. Great vid!

Hey ox I think you forgot to add the audio for the army ad it doesn’t take a genius scene but other than that great insight to the army’s helmet and it shows that they really messed up. This helmet seems useless as they don’t really issue the neat attachments and the ballistic protection is bad. Reminds me of Russia’s ak12 where they add pic rails but they don’t issue good attachments and the new features are useless and even makes the gun worse.

Does Moose have any interest in adding my data from ESAPi, and upcoming XSAPI, LTC, and GOST armor to his sheeT?

"Let's just push the darn thing out. We'll worry about the ballistic protection later." - the Army basically Also, much love from the island of Guam! Keep up the great work!

Hey, it's me at 1:00 . Good video.

the only thinking in buying gear is "how much money will i make from the deal?"

Love the C&C Generals music in the background. it kept distracting me from the info you were portraying!!

As a combat medic, looking at that deformation makes me cringe... definitely enough force to at minimum cause a subdural or epidural hematoma, which greatly complicates treatment especially in the field. There's a lot of fluids I wouldn't be able to push because of increased intercranial pressure, as well as a lot of medications- not to mention dealing with a patient who has a TBI is just... not fun. You gotta work your ass off to make sure that, at the least, they don't die.

The fact the Army okay'd this is not surprising.

Hey oxide if I was able to get hold of a buckshee virtus helmet (it's the British body armour and helmet) would you be interested in testing it's protective abilities I'll try include a mandible and visor though there not ballistic rated for some reason we use them in public order (riot training) pretty sure a brick would break the mandible.

It stops the bullet but still shatters your skull….top quality

here's hoping NG IHPS fares much better. I feel like a lot of people see everything new with teething issues and use that as an excuse to remain completely static and complacent, often even ignoring the original teething issues of the stuff they already have.

Great stuff man. I'll stick to an ACH/ECH for now 😬

The results are very similar to Mike B's ECH tests. Polyethylene helmets are good at stopping round but they deform terribly while doing so.

I'm currently deployed and they gave us this helmet. And holy shit. Thanks for the video. 😬

Hmm, the armies newest helmet is a slight upgrade over the last one. Not only is it an improvement, it is also lighter than the lost model. I concur that the helmet did not appear to do very well at all. Those shots are from armor piercing type round at point blank range. The helmet you tested does much better at a more realistic range. Our troops do not wish to be that close to our enemy. They will likely be at a much greater distance from our enemies, and they will be behind cover. The angles at which bullets might hit a helmet at range and behind cover all also more optimal for a survivable hit. There is another video that illustrates this helm being hit by non armor piercing rounds at point blank and from a distance with rifle rounds. I am pleased too see that there is armor that can be added as that was not in the previous video that I had seen from another content creator. There is another point that you brought up that I am not sure the military will address, as that does cost us. However keeping our troops alive is worth a cost. I wonder if the plastic mounts you describe can actually be an issue as they save weight and maybe cost, but plastics do become very brittle in low temps. If they are of some sort of composite, their might not be such an issue in lower temps. I almost forgot another subject I was thinking about. America is working on BCI technology. If our enemies have our type of tech, they will eventually be able to read our troops thoughts. We don't need our enemies to know what our troops are planning. So maybe we need a helmet that not only blocks bullets, but also tech that can read minds. Unfortunately, that will also come at an additional cost. That could be an electronic ad on for our current helms, or it could be build in to the material. Even if we made that type and say they were much more expensive, maybe the add on. Not all of the troops would need the accessory or helm. Just those that are doing the planning.

I'm not meaning to defend the helmet, I'm not invested in this particular helmet. That said, I question the reliability of a test on the helmet without a dummy head inside. If someone was actually wearing the helmet, their head and neck would be able to absorb much of the energy of the bullet - energy that, without a head inside, goes into deforming the material of the helmet. I happen to know a lot of Vicis employees and have attended many seminars about their work and it seems clear to me that testing a helmet without a head inside is a recipe for wildly inaccurate results. I know this would be expensive, but for future tests, I recommend a dummy head with accelerators inside for a better picture of how protective each helmet really is. I also recommend researching the methods with which helmets are tested in various industries.

Always good content, nice work

that flinch at 1:26 is brutal bro lmao, its just a glock relax killer

Man, I didn't expect Task & Purpose in the video. Love both of your contents

The most ok helmet for the price of a top tier helmet. Very cool army, epic. Definetly not graft.

When I was deployed one of my jobs was to initiate the death paperwork for KIAs. I can tell you the ACH did not stop the tiny shards of shrapnel, there were very few bullet strikes to the ACH that I saw. When a rocket explodes there are thousands of razor sharp shards that slice right through the ACH.

My expectations were low but holy fuck

Speaking of Chinese armour, theres plenty of polyethylene armour on sale on alibaba claiming to be Lvl IV. Might want to try testing a few of those as private individuals as well as militias and irregular groups wearing these are likely to be extremely common in the future.

If you’re getting shot from 5 meters by an armor piercing round you have bigger problems than how much your helmet can stop.

7n21-1? chese body amour? Next time: "So I got my hands on a good condition t-90 mbt, I figured I would test it's amour using my m256A1 smooth bore cannon. I will be firing DM33 APFSDS at a range of 1000 meters."

I love the c&c generals soundtrack

Will you do a test on the ECH?

Yep. I’ve swapped mine back for the old model. That thing is literally bulkier, just as heavy, and doesn’t allow for any kind of thermal device mounting. I’ve been hearing the intention was to issue highcuts but the order was messed up. Probably just rumors.

That NeoTokyo music tho, caught me off guard haha

Damn, that command and conquer soundtrack brings back some memories.

Tfw for once the Marin Crops has better gear than the Army with their ECH

It's a red herring to me that the designers and manufacturers of these helmets, accompanied by US government representatives and DoD representatives, did not even consider testing these helmets on this scale.

props for the neotokyo music around 3:20

Yo the CNC generals music!! A bit too many childhood memories coming back

I’ve been issued the helmet and I have to say, I don’t very much like it. It weighs just the same as my old ACH if not heavier, and wearing PELTORs is only a little more comfier than the ACH. I do like the chin strap system but there’s far better helmets that are more comfortable and more light that offer better protections(coughcough3MHighcutscoughcough)

My unit was issued these along with the Gen 2 MSV's for the Uber Big Dick Game in Europe when it started in February. I like the modern suspension system and rail options, but I do agree they are copes. I'm happy you made this video and I can't wait for you to test the new plates. I'm a tanker so mainly I use the IHPS with M113 headsets as a more comfortable and convenient package when I have to dismount. I really wish they'd issue mounts for comtec headphones instead of using the CVC.

I appreciate the C&C Generals Menu music

The command and conquer generals theme music goes great with this.

I wish I had the resources to provide you with AP rounds or gear, I can't even afford to buy some 855A1 for myself lol Good work on this testing series though, I love the videos.

Use them at work. Wasn’t aware of the ballistic characteristics. This is really concerning

Looking forward to the PLA plate test. If it did stop a m993, then the new NGSW ammo probably won't penetrate either, let alone at longer ranges. This truly will be a test for the NGSW program

Gotta love the neotokyo stopgap background

5:35 To my understanding, what you are talking abt here, is essentially the same reason the US picked the m16 during vietnam, and ACU camo in the 2000's. The DOD has competitions for what new shit gets picked, and a lot of times it is super corrupt and backdoor deals are made. So we end up with more expensive and crappier equipment. (one reason is that more expensive stuff = the DOD needs more money. So the more they spend, the more they get. The more they get, means more raises, etc.)

“Decision making” did you mean “political influence”?

Good to see you doing these vids/tests Oxide. Now I feel safer with my ACH. You keep being you brotha!

THANKS FOR THAT MUSIC, holy shit it brings back C&C fat memories i love you

The biggest flaw with PE helmets is they inherently degrade over time, unlike the rigid fibrous helmets they replaced. PE helmets actually chemically break down just sitting on the shelf.

Bit of an odd question (and it's fine if you don't want to answer it) but what are your thoughts on Garand Thumb's recent video that tested the IHPS? Specifically, his helmet seemed to have performed better in his testing compared to yours. Do you think it's because he tested out the new gen IHPS?

I love the command and conquer generals music in the background lmao

i was not expecting neotokyo ost in the wild

I'd like to see a test of the British Virtus helmet, it's another polyethylene helmet. I wonder if it performs as well as the ECH, or deforms like this.

I'd love to PMI those cores..

love the CNC generals ambient music

Was not expecting to hear this music here. Brings me back man

2:50 holdup Holy shit, how did you even manage to get one of these new models? Even older models were quite hard to find Also, would be interested for a comparison between old and new model

Hating on the 6b47, but there's plenty of videos of it saving soldiers shot near point blank with rifle rounds in Ukraine

Would love to see more hits at range. Great stuff!

Great video. The only thing I can see that might improve the test data is to include a head analog in the helmet. Since that would be how it’s designed to do it’s job. Still wouldn’t want that helmet for protection, looks rough.

I'd love to see how British helmets stand up to these tests considering they've sent a few different models over to Ukraine the past couple of months

Grand Thumb just made a video on this helmet, and it performed better then the ECH. I think you might want to buy a new one and test it out. Who knows maybe you got a scuffed IHPS. Also one thing to note is that most of the time you're being shot at from further distances, which will decrease the deformation and pentration.

Finished a game of neotokyo, watched this vid right after. What are the odds of that. Excellent music choice

That was a great video. Thank you for putting so much time and money into it.

UHMWPE helmets deform more than kevlar, same with the OpsCore and ECH. Even the ECH deforms alot when hit with 9mm, but it can stop a 7.62x39. IHPS is basically a thinner ECH with different shape

You CAN NOT test modern ballistic helmets without a head (or head analogue) inside! They are designed to spread the impact to a large area of the head to minimize trauma. With a head inside, you'd have way less deformation. I'm not saying this particular helmet is any good, only that your test is bad...

That's cool you film at Element in Holt. I'm a local 👋 glad I found your channel, definitely going to be watching more of your videos

i really love the videos keep up the work

Marine keep winning these days High cut ECH is better in almost every aspect

Any chance you can show the weight of the helmets and body armors before testing them?

I love that you used a C&C Generals soundtrack! I loved that game so much! I miss playing it. Too bad we're probably not getting a sequel.

This is now one of my favorite channels.

This is depressing, my brother is in the reserves and it worry’s me that if we were to go to war, my brother would not be protected as he deserves to be(yes I know he wouldn’t be the first to be deployed).