![]() ![]() The earliest model, originally designated ТШ-4, made its first appearance back in interwar period (during early 1930s), when then Soviet Red Army started to equip itself with their first armored vehicles (tanks) and was continued to be produced through World War II up until the end of 1940s and beginning early Cold War period. The TSh-4 or TŠ-4 ( ТШ-4, meaning Танковый шлем translated from Cyrillics to Latin as Tankovij šlem, to English alphabet as Tankoviy shlem and simply meaning Tanker's helmet), alternatively known either as Танкошлем ( Tankošlem/Tankoshlem - same meaning, but shortened), or somewhat inaccurately as Шлемофон ( Šlemofon/Shlemophon and loosely translated as Headset, since any helmet with built-in radio could be referred to as being such) is once Soviet and today primarily Russian tank crew's famous combat helmet, an indispensable headwear of literally any combat vehicle operator, a well known and probably the main recognition symbol (a trademark) of all Soviet, Eastern bloc, Warsaw pact and today post-Soviet tank crews as well as of literally anyone else using any kind of Soviet armor and their combat vehicles in general. Various others (literally all conflicts involving Soviet armor) ![]()
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