US Navy Mk II talker helmet

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Mk II talker helmet
File:"Richard Salter, CK 3-c, a talker of a gun station, aboard the U.S.S. Tulagi (CVE-72) off the coast of southern France." - NARA - 520858.jpg
The US Navy Mk II talker helmet
Type Combat helmet
Place of origin United States of America
Service history
In service 1942–1980s
Used by US Navy, US Coast Guard[1]
Wars World War II
Production history
Designer Beaver Edwards [2]
Designed 1942
Manufacturer McCord Radiators Company [2] [3]
Specifications
Width 28.6 cm [1]
Height 21.6 cm [1]
Diameter 32.4 cm [1]

The US Navy Mk II talker helmet was a combat helmet used by the US Navy from the Second World War and into the 1980s.[3] [4]

History

In 1942, the US Navy decided to commission a special helmet for sailors posted on decks and tasked with transmitting orders by sound-powered telephone. The new helmet was to protect "exposed deck personnel" and accommodate a telephone headset; furthermore, it had to be usable while wearing a gas mask and binoculars.[2]

The helmet was made of non-magnetic Hadefield manganese steel.[3] Designated "USN MK-2",[4] was at the time the largest helmet ever used in US service. [2]

Gallery

  • The US Navy Mk II talker helmet, worn by the sailor in the rear-center of the image; The two sailors in the foreground wear the M1 helmet

  • Flickr - Official U.S. Navy Imagery - A Sailor acts as the sound-powered phone talker..jpg

    Modern Mark 4 talker helmet

  • Modern talker helmet worn by a gunner

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