Exclusive: Fair fight? 800 bulletproof helmets for 85,000 CRPF jawans battling Maoists

[Water Car Engineer]

The kind of helmets those US grunts wore were very, VERY basic- little more than the tin shells worn in WW2, the helmets offered today are far more capable but a damn sight heavier. The helmets would but hinder them when they are conducting LRPs and area-domination patrols, BPJs yes, but not helmets- that just isn't how jungle ops are carried out.


This article was written with little understanding about what jungle CI ops involve. The example of the COBRAs is testament to this- they are a highly professional force that is entirely geared around jungle warfare, who have such helmets but you won't see them ever use them in actual jungle ops- maybe for specific missions like HR/CQB, but not day to day ops.

Fair enough, I thought the older helmets are actually heavier.