The Army's new combat helmet is up to 24 percent lighter

Seems like a big improvement on the steel pots we wore back in the Sixties,although we did find lots of uses for the old girl,pounding tent stakes,keeping your butt out of the mud,communal stews when we were lucky enough to to get the no.10 cans of vegetables on resupply,bailing out fighting positions during the monsoon seasons,good times,good times.