| Enhanced Combat Helmet | |
|---|---|
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| Type | Combat helmet |
| Place of origin | United States |
| Service history | |
| In service | 2012–present |
| Used by | See Users |
| Production history | |
| Designed | 2007 |
| Manufacturer | Ceradyne[1] and Gentex[2] |
| Produced | March 2012 – present |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 3.3 lb/1.5kg |
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The Enhanced Combat Helmet (ECH) is a combat helmet designed in conjunction of a joint program of the United States Marine Corps and United States Army to replace the current combat helmets in use by the U.S. Army, Marines, Navy, and Air Force. Although similar in shape of the Advanced Combat Helmet and its predecessor the Modular Integrated Communications Helmet, the ECH is instead constructed using thermoplastics instead of the ballistic fibers used on previous-generation combat helmets.[3]
The US Army is in the process of replacing it with the Integrated Head Protection System.
- ^ "U.S. Government Order Totals 114,000 Enhanced Combat Helmets from 3M". 3M News | United States.
- ^ "GENTEX AWARDED $1.8 MILLION ENHANCED COMBAT HELMET (ECH) CONTRACT BY U.S. MARINE CORPS SYSTEMS COMMAND (MARCORSYSCOM)". GENTEX Corporation | United States. 22 July 2009.
- ^ Marine Corps Systems Command (2013-07-30). "Enhanced combat helmet heads to production". Marine Corps Systems Command. Archived from the original on 2013-12-07. Retrieved 2014-03-19.