Frag Out! Magazine
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tional rubber gaskets might be attached to the bottom part of the lenses. Step-In Visor donning and doffing is really easy. Recently, the latest Ops-Core SF helmets were adopted by USSOCOM and are currently deployed with SOF operators around the world. Will the SF family be as successful as legacy FAST? It has been more than a dozen years since the first FAST was unveiled and changed the way we think about combat helmets. We will see what time will tell. But definitely it is cool guy's stuff. FAST R2 Just recently, in the mid-February 2021, Gentex Corp. unveiled that a new variant of the helmet passed US Gov FAT testing against higher threats. Just a day earlier we sourced information that there is a FAST R2 helmet capable of stopping 7.62 x 39 rounds from an AK assault rifle. Accord- ing to the available information it shares the shape of the FAST SF but uses new hybrid carbon fiber, polyethylene and aramid composite for increased ballistic performance. The performance information provid- ed declares stopping 7.62 mm x 39 MSC (725 m/s), 7.62 mm x 51 M80 FMJ (847 m/s) and 5.56 mm x 45 M193 (990 m/s) rounds. The supposed weight of R2 in Large is 1600 grams. EQUIPMENT