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Future Tasks of Lightweight-Polymer Combat Helmets

Authors:
Henrik Seeber
Arash Ramezani
Hendrik Rothe

Keywords: applied research; fiber-reinforced plastics; optimization; armor systems; ballistic trials

Abstract:
In the military and police sector, the endangerment for the forces rose during the last decades. Especially police forces are facing new threats due to the higher terroristic activity in western European cities and a rising propensity to violence. This development makes it necessary to provide a state of the art protection for patrol officers. This includes helmets made of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) to lower the overall weight of equipment and increase the combat value of the forces by providing more comfort and possibilities for attachments. However, at the moment these types of helmets are not ready to provide the required level of protection against projectiles. The intention of this paper is to provide background information about those new threats and to mention first ideas how to tackle the emerging problems of actual UHMWPE combat helmets.

Pages: 64 to 67

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2017

Publication date: October 8, 2017

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4537

ISBN: 978-1-61208-594-4

Location: Athens, Greece

Dates: from October 8, 2017 to October 12, 2017