The Story of South Korea's M76 and Iraq's M80 Helmet Family

This one's quite the chronicle as it tells the tale of how a helmet made in South Korea, with ties to the United States and Germany, ended up becoming synonymous with Iraq! A special thanks to Gear Rack for their assistance with this one! You can check out their website here: https://gearrack.com/ and while there be sure to use the discount code uniformhistory10 to get 10% off your first order. Additionally if you want to know more about the Iraqi helmets and the numerous variants and features of them be sure to check out: https://www.iraqimilitaria.com/ and https://www.middleeastmilitaria.com/ Chapters: 0:00 Intro 1:19 Early Composite Helmets and Corlon 3:27 The M76: South Korea's M1 Composite Clone 8:54 The Iran - Iraq War 10:14 The War's Foreign Backers and Materiel 12:14 The Iraqi M80 Helmet 15:27 Gear Rack (Sponsor) 15:54 The Gulf War and The Iraqi M90 22:46 The 1990s, Invasion of Iraq, and The M80/03 27:38 Final Comparison 28:46 Outro