m95, Army, Air Force, Military Police

Dutch infantry on exercises wearing the m95 helmet.

The m95 is the standerd helmet for the dutch armed forces.
This helmet is also known as the "schuberth" model or B826.
The first helmets that enterd service in 1992/1993 were all painted in the blue UN colour and produced by the Schuberth Helme GmbH in germany. These helmets were only issued to the troops that went to Bosnia and later to Haiti.
In 1995 it became the new standerd helmet, replacing the m53 model, and in 1996/1997 they were issued to the armed forces.
These helmets are paintedin olive green and produced under licence by Induyco SA in Spain.
The marines were also issued this type of helmet but with another type of snap fastener(on the right side), one which can be locked, making para jumping possible without losing the helmet.
There are 8 types of helmet covers for this helmet used by the dutch armed forces:
-Woodland: standerd army, military police, air force
-Forrest: standerd marines, navy
-Jungle: army, military police, air force
-Dessert: armed forces
-Black: special forces, counter terrorisme
-White: EU monitoring and artic operations
-Blue: UN operations
-Dark blue: military police
There are 5 sizes used by the dutch army for the m95:
-XS /51-52
-S /53-55
-M /56-58
-L /59-60
-XL/61-63