WWII helmet use to '70s!
and again you are wrong its the Tortoise Mk. 5 while similar in shape to that which was first issued in bulk late 44/early 45 it has a different suspension and the one in the picture has been further modified to take a riot face shield.

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I've collected these from various sites and sources I have no idea their origin or

I have no idea who the original photographer was or sources of these photos!
 
This is an interesting collection of NI photos feature Army units conducting a vehicle check points in NI supported by RAF Westland Wessex helo.

Not sure of the specific origin of these photos I believe they are MOD pics and used under the: Fair Dealing exceptions permitted under the Copyright, Designs, and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised. The use of these images are for education and discussion (Non Commercial use) © Crown copyright. IWM (MH 30555)

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A SOLDIER WARNS CRISPIN ABOUT UNEXPLODED BOMB BLASTS AND LIVE GUNFIRE DURING RIOTING, THE 10TH OF SEPTEMBER, 2005. PHOTO: CRISPIN RODWELL.
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Belfast one Monday in August of 1988. Alan Shields was his name – he was a British naval recruitment officer, a lieutenant," "The contents of his golf bag landed on my car."
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LIEUTENANT ALAN SHIELDS’ FORD CAPRI BURNING AFTER AN IRA BOMB EXPLODED UNDERNEATH IT. PHOTO: CRISPIN RODWELL
 
Troops sprint from their barracks near Belfast to board truck to take up guard duty on April 22, 1969
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Troops stand guard in Belfast during rioting as a building is set alight at the height of the riot in August 1969
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August 13, 1969 shows police firing tear gas in the city of Londonderry during the second day of running battles with protesting Catholics citizens
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Comrades of an injured British soldier rush to help after a bomb explosion in Londonderry, the day after Remembrance Sunday, 14th November 1971
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A young girl skips past patrolling British soldiers from the Gloucester Regiment who had become an every day reality to her
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A young boy is held by soldiers from the Gloucester Regiment after he was caught hurling stones at a Saracen Armoured Personal Carrier in the IRA stronghold in March 1972
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Two soldiers of 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment befriend local children at the bottom of a nationalist street in Armagh on July 6, 1998
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A young Protestant child plays while a soldier crouches on patrol on the streets of Belfast
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He stopped poking the stick at him when he took that SLR (L1A1) off his hip and butt stoked him with it!! Kid ended up on the far curb over there! :mad:
 

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