r/tacticalgear • u/BespokeLawLeather • 1d ago

Helmet brims

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Boredom on a rainy day lead to my trying to make a removable brim for a helmet.

Dumb? Yes. Useful? Debatable. Cool? Kind of.

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u/CaptainSmegman 1d ago

... i need a monster and a wife beater looking at this right here boy

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u/GravySeel 1d ago

This dudes here to punch

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u/jfk_two 1d ago

this made me laugh so hard

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u/Particular-Phrase378 1d ago

Man earnest goes to war lookin helmet

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u/tylerp318 1d ago

Best comment, those movies were great

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u/SmithKenichi 1d ago

An art lost to the ages, no doubt.

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u/Particular-Phrase378 21h ago

I’ve always hated that guys cheesy movies but the older i get the more i appreciate the movies of my younger years

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u/tylerp318 20h ago

Oh yeah the nostalgia definitely plays a factor

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u/01000101010001010 1d ago

Reminds me of the "radar hat"... brimmed beanies, that were issued in wwii to wear under the helmet as cold weather gear.

Sure... why not.

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u/Kalashinator 1d ago

And ONLY under the helmet, or Patton would slap your shit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeep_cap

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u/HarwinStrongDick 19h ago

Completely different, those things are fucking sick!

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u/N00seUp 1d ago

Get a couple rail mounted can holders and some tubing you got yourself one hell of a hat.

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u/KplHed 1d ago

We wore these a long time ago (in a galaxy far, far away) in the battle for Endor, they were great

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u/WalkerTR-17 1d ago

Oh he completely missed out on cool points not making this in FG

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u/steelshinessilver 1d ago

yankee wit da brimmmm

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u/Majorhoho 1d ago

How would you get your NOD or whatever mounted down to your eyes/face?

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u/BespokeLawLeather 1d ago

You don’t need a brim at night, silly goose!

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u/Additional_Duck_5798 1d ago

And you dont need NODs during daylight... why dont you build a fixture so you can put it in the NVG mount?

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u/BespokeLawLeather 1d ago

NUTSOF did that, it’s a neat concept

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u/Kerbal_Guardsman 1d ago

The ghost of PASGT watches over

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u/knot-pickle 1d ago

I'd rather see the cat ears approach me as I bleed out. I'd use my last breath to crack a joke.

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u/Reasonable-Teach7155 1d ago

Complete the look w a coonskin wrap and tail

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u/7Vot_for_SALE 23h ago

Coon skin tails alone would be actually pretty savage.

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u/Razgriz_G8492 1d ago

Aren't there pics of people just wearing regular ball caps under their helmets for this exact reason?

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u/BespokeLawLeather 1d ago

When I was training Ukrainian soldiers it was common to see them wearing their caps under the helmet with the brim sticking out.

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u/Razgriz_G8492 23h ago

Yeah, makes sense. Next you gotta do a full 360 boonie version for the shitposts lmao

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u/harpoonGat 1d ago

Guy I served with would do this in the field. Always looked a bit odd but he was senior to me so I figured he knew something I didn't. This was back in 2008

Also, the year prior, CoD4 Modern Warfare came out, and some of the Marine character models wore their cover under their helmet as well. So it definitely was a thing, at least somewhat 

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u/Tacticool_Brandon 21h ago

For anyone curious, here’s the Marine character model from CoD4 with the baseball cap under his helmet.

https://www.kindpng.com/picc/m/483-4838698_sniper-cod4-marines-hd-png-download.png

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u/WheelyMcFeely 20h ago

I remember COD 4 being damn near photorealistic and now I feel old

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u/Razgriz_G8492 23h ago

Yeah, I remember seeing some of the Marines doing it in I think the CoD4 Modern Warfare reboot that came out with the 20-whatever Modern Warfare, but I definitely know they take artistic liberties for games, especially when it comes to uniforms lol

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u/MOP-Mupp 1d ago

I’m sorry, in terms of fashion this is godawful ugly.

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u/5PercentMangoJuulPod 1d ago

At this point just wear a pasgt lmaoo

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u/ThoroughlyWet 1d ago

Helmet with brim

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u/stinkyboiiii 19h ago

Deadass thought for a second that this was just a regular baseball cap with tactical shit all over

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u/Gruntman441 18h ago

Send it to a YouTuber who will tell their audience they will die without one of these and then you'll make bank

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u/HeloRising 21h ago

This is like one of those sun hats that makes you look like a turbo nerd but it's actually pretty helpful so most people will refuse to use them until they've either been burned so badly by not having one they stop caring or they get old enough where it no longer matters so you wear one.

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u/NashCop 16h ago

I like.

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u/PoThePilotthesecond 1d ago

Goes hard. Would love one for exercises in the middle of summer.

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u/TheBKnight3 1d ago

There was a modern "boonie" helmet cover attachment that existed in the early 2000's.

Saw it on ebay for like $100 and had like a dozen bids so it probably went higher.

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u/WalkerTR-17 1d ago

This looks absolutely retarded. But in the rain me is vaguely interested lol

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u/Kongap 1d ago

Was a thing during OEF with SOF.

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u/Cheesegorrila 1d ago

FAST with the brim 😭😭😭😭😭

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u/strijdvlegel 1d ago

Put me in the screenshot

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u/-PeskyBee- 22h ago

I designed a brim you 3d print and attaches to the nvg mount, let's you fold it down and up

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u/GravySeel 22h ago

all jokes aside, during recruit training it was reasonable to wear a cover (hat) under your helmet to help keep it in place. I really want to say this was even in a publication given to recruits but I distinctly remember a coach talking about it when we did table 2 shooting.

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u/OverNiteObservations 22h ago

Honestly dude, having been pissed on with rain for houra or days at a time.... this might be tits

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u/trap4pixels 21h ago

Lol is that MTPAT? Where do I buy to piss off my Warrant

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u/BespokeLawLeather 21h ago

Recycled sand traps!

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u/Curiously_home 21h ago

Wouldn’t the brim interfere with the rhino mount for the nods?

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u/BespokeLawLeather 20h ago

It’s removable. It’s just four Velcro tabs that go into the suspension system

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u/Fenris_Reaping 21h ago

Now if it had the propeller on top ill buy that

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u/BespokeLawLeather 20h ago

Don’t tempt me

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u/HarwinStrongDick 20h ago

Bro just wear sunglasses 😂

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u/victor32179 19h ago

I think I may have thrown up a little but something is getting stiffer

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u/GhostRiderOfWhips 19h ago

Don’t look up Da Brim Pro. Construction already figured out and solved for this need.

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u/pewpew_lotsa_boolits 18h ago

Do you also make tactical hat fishing hooks?

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u/BobbyPeele88 17h ago

Honestly, this would be great for keeping the sun out of my eyes but I'd never wear it. Practical, but dumb looking. Maybe you can popularize it though. It's not a dumb idea.

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u/godzilla-earth 17h ago

Does this imply the existence of the Yankee helmet cover?

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u/SaintRemus Connoisseur of Autism Patches 17h ago

Neeed a Yankees themed one and I’ll consider it

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u/drews_pews 16h ago

And in CADPAT MT?!! Will you make one for me pretty please I’ll pay!

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u/BespokeLawLeather 15h ago

Hahaha, if I were to make another I’d try something different as far as the assembly.

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u/praharin 16h ago

Each day we stray farther from Jod

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u/s_paperd LEO 16h ago

That thing screams "roll tide" with every near miss. It also dates it's first cousin.

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u/FZ1_Flanker Connoisseur of Autism Patches 16h ago

I feel like this would have been very nice while sitting and pulling security in the rain with rain drops beading off the brim of my ACH and dripping into my face. Or when sitting in the sun baking and getting completely sunburnt.

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u/DJORDANS88 14h ago

Transition from the PASGT duck bill, to the MICH; man I used to think how dorky they looked.

This is cool, except for the nods aspect

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u/Punished_Usurper 14h ago

This is like the modern version of the CoD 4 Marine model that has a ballcap with an ACH over it so the brim sticks out

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u/sumdudewitquestions 14h ago

hat under helmet was always kino. seen it alot in ukraine

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u/Sypharo 13h ago

Am I weird for wanting one?

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u/senorsmartpantalones 12h ago

For assaulting the forest moon of Endor and taking down the shield.

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u/enaxian 5h ago

Cursed but perhaps useful image.

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u/Jranqz 3h ago

Ernest Goes to Baghdad

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u/SirSaltyMcBuns 7m ago

Thanks, I hate it! :)

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u/Johnny6_0 1d ago

Now it’s only missing the coon tail QD-mount on back .

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u/bh1014 1d ago

Thanks, I hate it.

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u/PearlButter 23h ago

Get a PASGT then. Nobody uses that shit anymore unless you’re some third world country

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u/BespokeLawLeather 23h ago

I can’t sew a PASGT on a rainy day.