Steel Helmet M56 (Global Mobilization)

NOTE: This article is about East German M56 helmets in Global Mobilization - Cold War Germany. For its North Vietnamese counterpart in S.O.G. Prairie Fire, see Helmet M56 (S.O.G.).

The Steel Helmet M56 is a ballistic-resistant helmet used by East German military forces in ArmA 3. It was added with the release of the Global Mobilization - Cold War Germany Creator DLC.

Overview[]

Adopted in 1957, M56s are the standard-issue combat helmet of all East German infantry. It is a steel helmet with a chinstrap made of three shorter straps connected to form a Y-shape strap buckled to the wearer's ears.

M56s are by default painted in a flat colour, though they can also be customised with camouflaged covers and/or meshes. No matter the variant, they all share the same weight of 10 "mass" units.^{[CfgWp 1]}^{[CfgWp 2]}

Hitpoints[]

Body part	Base armour value	Damage reduction modifier (vs. ballistic)	Damage reduction modifier (vs. explosions)
Head	6 ^{[CfgWp 3]}^{[CfgWp 4]}	50% ^{[CfgWp 5]}^{[CfgWp 6]}	50% ^{[CfgWp 5]}^{[CfgWp 6]}

Camouflage[]

Blue
Green
Green - [Mesh]
Strichtarn
Winter

With the exception of baseline Green variant, all other camouflage options use fabric covers:

Blue: Sky blue colour scheme intended solely for use on peacekeeping deployments.
Green: Dark green colour scheme. Also features an optional mesh cover.
Strichtarn: Standard splinter camouflage pattern.
Winter: Winter camouflage scheme.

Gallery[]

Config/script references[]

CfgWeapons[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 CfgWeapons >> gm_gc_headgear_m56_base >> ItemInfo >> mass
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 CfgWeapons >> gm_gc_headgear_m56_cover_base >> ItemInfo >> mass
↑ CfgWeapons >> gm_gc_headgear_m56_base >> ItemInfo >> HitpointsProtectionInfo >> Head >> armor
↑ CfgWeapons >> gm_gc_headgear_m56_cover_base >> ItemInfo >> HitpointsProtectionInfo >> Head >> armor
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 CfgWeapons >> gm_gc_headgear_m56_base >> ItemInfo >> HitpointsProtectionInfo >> Head >> passThrough >> "0.5"
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 CfgWeapons >> gm_gc_headgear_m56_cover_base >> ItemInfo >> HitpointsProtectionInfo >> Head >> passThrough >> "0.5"