M42 Duperite helmet

The M42 Duperite helmet was a paratrooper helmet issued to Australian paratroopers during WW2. The helmet got its eponymous name from the shock impact-absorbing material it was composed of. It was similar to the first of the British dispatch rider helmets.

Australian paratrooper with M42 Duperite helmet.

References

http://nuke.combat-helmets.com/Default.aspx?tabid=88 M42 Duperite helmet (in German)

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Media related to M42 Duperite helmet at Wikimedia Commons

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Ancient	Attic Boar's tusk Boeotian Chalcidian Coolus Corinthian Galea Illyrian Imperial Kegelhelm Konos Late Roman ridge Montefortino Negau Phrygian Pilos Shmarjet
Medieval and Early Modern	Armet Aventail Barbute Bascinet Burgonet Cervelliere Close Dragoon Enclosed Falling buffe Frog-mouth Great Hounskull Kabuto Katapu Kettle Kulah khud Lamellenhelm Lobster-tailed pot Mempo Morion Nasal Paseki Pickelhaube Sallet Secrete Spangenhelm Takula tofao Turban Viking
1914–1945	Adrian Brodie Bulgarian M36 Czechoslovakian M32 Danish M1923 German Stahlhelm Greek M1934/39 HSAT Italian M33 M42 Duperite M1 M1C Mk II talker helmet Mk III Netherlands M34 Polish wz. 31 Portuguese M1940 RAC SSh-36 SSh-39 and SSh-40 Spanish M21 Spanish M26 Spanish M34 Spanish M42 SSK 90 Swedish M26 Swedish M37 Swiss L'Eplattenier Swiss M18 Type 92 Tetsubo
1945–1980	CABAL II CCB Czechoslovak Vz. 53 Helmet CG634 GK80 Hungarian M70 JK 96 Mº 44 E.T.A. M59/85 M63 M76 Para Mk IV Mk 6 Modèle 1951 Modèle 1978 MPC-1 OR-201 Paratrooper Polish M50 SSh-60 SSh-68 Swiss M71 Type 66
1980–2000	M92 GOLFO Head Gear System Iraqi M80 Iraqi M90 M59/85 M87 PASGT QGF03 Sfera SPECTRA
2001–Present	A2 Helmet Advanced Combat Helmet BK-3 Helmet ECH (Australia) ECH (US) FAST Lightweight Helmet MICH Mk 7 IHPS

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