{"product_id":"original-u-s-vietnam-war-hgu-2-flight-helmet-with-visor-and-decals","title":"Original U.S. Vietnam War HGU-2 Flight Helmet with Visor and Decals","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is a great Vietnam War HGU-2 flight helmet with some interesting orange and blue decals on the top and back. This model of helmet was used throughout the war and is a great piece for any U.S. Vietnam War or Aviation collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is a maker’s tag on both of the attachment lugs for the oxygen mask which is no longer present. The tag reads \u003cstrong\u003e60C4459 DUNRITE TOOL \u0026amp; DIE CORP\u003c\/strong\u003e. This example is in fantastic condition with a great level of wear present. The leather bang around the helmet has a number stamped into it \u003cstrong\u003e59C3574 F1. Some of it has worn away as shown.\u003c\/strong\u003e The helmet retains the original tinted visor with its locking wheel at the top. The locking wheel does come off but can be reinserted and locked. The blue interior is in fair shape with some sweat staining. Overall a great Vietnam War flight helmet ready for further research and display. The size appears to be Medium\/Large.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHGU-2\/P\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe HGU-2\/P and APH-5 were based on the same helmet with the USAF standardizing theirs as the HGU-2\/P, the US Navy and US Army had the APH-5 and APH-5A respectively. Just like the US Navy the USAF considered more than one design for replacing the trusty P-helmet series that had served the USAAF and USAF well from 1948 onwards. General Textile Mills appears to have offered a version designated DH-5, very much like the DH-5-3 offered to the US Navy, but in the end the USAF chose the same basic MSA design as the US Navy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Navy began their development around 1956 and the USAF assigned the HGU-2\/P nomenclature to their version on 15 August 1957 and it was produced in accordance with the military specification MIL-H-26671 dated ???. The HGU-2\/P helmet seems to have been fielded from 1959 and differed from the US Navy APH-5 in a few areas. The communications and the oxygen mask tabs are different and so is the colour of the neoprene edgeroll. Identifying features of the HGU-2\/P helmet are a heavy helmet shell, often with a poorly painted finish (applies especially to helmets manufactured by Consolidated Components Corp.), thick grey or tan neoprene edgeroll, visor housing with metal strip reinforcement along the visor lock knob track, metal visor tracks, and a three-piece styrene energy absorbing liner. The HGU-2\/P is equipped with an H-149\/AIC headset identifiable by the MX-2088\/U earcups, the double nylon string attachment and the microphone plug hanging loosely from the side of the helmet. Original HGU-2\/P helmets came with leather oxygen mask attachment tabs in tan leather with three snaps on each (early USN APH-5 helmets had black tabs with only two snaps on each). Later HGU-2\/P helmets were often field modified with Hardman receivers for christmas tree bayonets or cast aluminium receivers for single bayonets. Some were also modified with the three ventilation holes in the crown, often seen as an identifying hallmark of early HGU-2A\/P helmet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Original Items","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41702360744005,"sku":"ONJR24MAM011","price":495.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1524\/1342\/files\/ONJR24MAM011__07.jpg?v=1717447146","url":"https:\/\/www.ima-usa.com\/products\/original-u-s-vietnam-war-hgu-2-flight-helmet-with-visor-and-decals","provider":"International Military Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}