Manufactured by
"Lysvinskiy
Metallicheskiy Zavod" (ЛM3) located in Lysva, which produced this type
untill 1941, alongside the models 39 and 40.
Source:
http://www.world-war-helmets.com
[Main Soviet plants][Hide]
LMZ: Leningrad
Metallurgicheskiy Zavod
(Leningrad Metallurgical Plant) produced between 16 000 and 20 000
unmarked helmets (mainly Ssh 39 and 40) until the end of the blockade.
These helmets were made of lower quality alloys being forced to rely on
inventory on hand during the 900 days of siege.
3KO: Zavod Krasniy Oktyabr
(Red October Factory) located in the city of Stalingrad made about 4
million helmets until late 1942, when the city was completely destroyed
and occupied by the enemy (as so many the factory was evacuated (to
Chelyabinsk) in 1942 and continued under the same name following its
removal).
ЛM3: Lysvinskiy Metallicheskiy Zavod
(Steelworks of Lysva) located 100 kilometers from Perm at the foot of
the Ural Mountains, produced the majority of the production of helmets
Ssh 39. Far behind the front and safe from enemy bombers this plant
produced throughout the war, with subsequent production of the helmet
Ssh 40 (the plant survives till this day producing consumer goods).
Source:
http://www.world-war-helmets.com. |
Stamp indicating maker, size and year of
production (1940).
Size 3 marked on the liner aswell, which
is the later type made of fabric and fitted with a band of
Graleks.
[Graleks material][Hide]
Related to
oilcloth it consists of canvas
covered with rubber, heated together to obtain a flexible and resistant
material. The texture pattern may differ from one liner to another.
A
later liner variant was constructed without "graleks", presumably for
economic reasons while the Soviet Union faced disaster in 1941 after
the German invasion in june.
Source:
http://www.world-war-helmets.com
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Ssh39 by ЛM3
Also manufactured by Lysvinskiy
Metallicheskiy Zavod (ЛM3) in Lysva.
(click thumbnails for larger images)
Olive green "nitrokraska" paint suffered
at the right side on which it likely rested in a humid enviroment for
some time.
[Nitrokraska paint][Hide]
Developed in the
Soviet Union for
anti-corrosive and water resistance features (the paint is designated
by the nomenclature XB-518 (KHV-518 also called "nitrokraska").
Ssh 39 helmets were painted olive green however the shades of color
differ between date of production.
Source:
http://www.world-war-helmets.com
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Soviet star stamped into the shell's
front lip.
Metal stamped "2 6108" in the neck area
("2" reflects
shell size, numbers after the space resemble a lot number but this
remains unclear).
The black "881" is the workshop number.
Shell ink stamp stating "POCT 2A"
(meaning size or "ROST" in Russian, "2" for medium shell size, the "A"
indicates liner size 58).
Lower line states the maker "ЛM3" and "41 r." indicating year of
manufacture ( the Russian letter "r" (g in Latin) meaning year.
Source:
http://www.world-war-helmets.com.
Chinstrap lugs are metal stamped with
the liner size aswell.
Liner ink stamped with size and fitted
with a band of Graleks material.
