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AI Overview: The Future Assault Shell Technology (FAST) helmet is an advanced military headgear designed to provide enhanced protection and functionality for soldiers in combat. It incorporates modern materials and technology to improve safety, comfort, and usability, making it a significant evolution in helmet design compared to traditional options such as the pickelhaube or hard hats used in construction. Its design aims to meet the rigorous demands of modern warfare while offering improved ballistic protection and integration with additional gear.
Helmet
A helmet is a protective headgear made from materials like leather, metal, or plastic. It serves to protect the head in various contexts, such as for soldiers, construction workers, welders, cyclists, motorcycle riders, rock climbers, and sports participants. Helmets are designed with features like fabric cushions and straps for comfort and security.
Boar's Tusk Helmet
The boar's tusk helmet is a type of military headwear from Mycenaean Greece, made from ivory tusks attached to a leather base padded with felt. It is referenced in Homer's Iliad, specifically in a scene where Odysseus prepares for a night-raid. A helmet typically requires between 40 to 140 ivory plates, necessitating the killing of 40 to 50 boars for a single helmet.
Hard Hat
A hard hat is a type of helmet designed to protect the top of the head, primarily used by construction and factory workers.
Horse Riding Helmet
This page redirects to the topic of Riding helmets, which are essential safety gear for equestrian activities.
Beyond-armour Effect
The Beyond-armour effect, a term coined by Försvarets Fabriksverk (FFV) during the development of the AT4 anti-tank weapon, has become a standard phrase in military jargon. It is differentiated from related terms such as 'Behind-the-armor effect' and 'After-armour effect', which describe the impact of armor-piercing shells with delayed detonation. Shaped charge warheads, commonly used in portable anti-tank weapons since WWII, utilize explosive charges with a cone-shaped liner to penetrate armor. However, they create smaller holes, which can lead to less interior damage. Historical contexts, such as the use of bazookas and M72 LAW rockets, illustrate combat challenges in effectively disabling enemy vehicles.
Shell (projectile)
A shell is a type of projectile utilized in weapons, filled with explosives or incendiary devices, designed to be shot from guns. Primarily large caliber, shells are fired by artillery, armored vehicles, and warships. A fuze activates the shell's contents upon impact. While typically cylindrical in shape, shells may vary in design, particularly for specific applications like anti-tank operations.
Bulletproof Vest
This page redirects to the topic of Bulletproof vests, which are protective garments designed to absorb and reduce the impact of projectiles and shrapnel from firearms.
Golden Helmet of Coțofenești
The Golden Helmet of Coțofenești is a missing Geto-Dacian helmet from the 5th century BC, discovered in Prahova County, Romania. It was previously exhibited at the National History Museum of Romania before being stolen in January 2025 during a robbery at the Drents Museum in Assen, Netherlands.
Shell (weapons)
The article on Shell (weapons) redirects to the topic of Shell (projectile), indicating that it covers the category of projectiles known as shells used in weaponry.
Pickelhaube
The pickelhaube was a spiked helmet worn by the German army from the 19th century until World War I. Designed by King Frederick William IV of Prussia in 1842, it featured a metal spike believed to be decorative. The helmet was made of hardened leather and was gradually adopted by other German states. Due to its inadequate protection against modern warfare, it was replaced by the steel helmet, Stahlhelm, during World War I.