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The TSh-4 is a classic Soviet and Russian padded tank crew (tankoshlem) bump helmet equipped with built-in throat mics and communication speakers. It is made entirely of cloth, and is easily identified by the strips and blocks of cushioning materials that are placed atop the helmet. It features no hard protection and is meant only to guard the crewman from bumps and knocks while inside the tank.
The helmet has several different names and translations:
- originally translated as TŠ-4 (in Cyrillic: ТШ-4, meaning; Танковый шлем, latinized as Tankovij šlem, anglicized as Tankoviy shlem and meaning; Tanker's helmet)
- Танкошлем (Tankošlem/Tankoshlem - same meaning, but shortened),
- Or, most popular, but somewhat inaccurately as Шлемофон (Šlemofon/Shlemophon and loosely translated as Helmet-headset) - imperfect since any helmet with built-in radio could be referred to as being such
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