The shell is an exact copy of the Soviet SSh-40 design, the only difference being a unique liner among the copies produced among the Warsaw Pact nations of this helmet. The liner featuring four pads with multiple holes punched in them for ventilation, supposedly developed around 1965. The chin strap having a four-point design with a hook and catch assembly and a chin pad. The shell has a dark olive green paint that has anti-infrared protection, giving it a glazed sheen.