The Enhanced Combat Helmet (ECH) was the standard issue combat helmet of the Australian Defence Force, introduced in 2004 to replace the M91 helmet,[1] an Australian version of the American PASGT helmet, it was replaced by the Team Wendy EXFIL Ballistic helmet[2] from 2015[3] The ECH is manufactured by Israeli company Rabintex, and was selected in a competition between four rival designs.
It is the same shape as the U.S. MICH 2000 helmet, but is lighter in weight and has a Bundeswehr M92 helmet-style padded headband/crown pad suspension system.
[4] It retains the 3-point chin strap that was used on the previous Australian M91 PASGT helmet.
[5] Its Rabintex model number is RBH 303 AU.
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