Talk:Czechoslovakian M53 helmet

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The sentence "These designs became the Vz. 52, which was the predecessor of the Vz. 53.[1]" is wrong. The citation leads to state "There seems top be a bit of confusion over the designation of these helmets........... some sites refer to them as Model 52 (M52), and some refer to them as Model 53 (M53). I think this comes from the origins of this Czech helmet. Apparently, in 1952, Czechoslovakia acquired a number of Russian Ssh40 steel helmet shells and installed the Czech designed leather liners. Shortly after this first batch of helmets was assembled, Czechoslovakia started manufacturing their own version. These all-Czech versions were first issued in 1953. This would account for the dual designation of M52 or M53."
It´s only personal opinion, and it´s wrong. In fact, vz. 52/vz.53 dichotomy comes from ministry of defence/ministry of interior affairs dichotomy. "Vz. 52" is name in ČSLA (army), while "vz. 53" is name in VMV (armed forced of home office, like Inner Guard, (Castle Guard), Border Guard, Civil Defence etc.). But it´s all the same helmets. Made in SSSR (with little star and six rivets) or made in ČSSR (with two swords and three rivets), all have the same label. Please someone with better english, repair it.
Chekotay (talk) 04:58, 14 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

to do[edit]

@JacobMinor33: This is a to do list based on a brief review of the article.

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Each sentence and piece of information in this draft article requires sourcing. Therefore a piece of article text like, "They were used by the North Vietnamese Army in the Vietnam War, and were also sent to various Eastern Bloc countries.", which is not supported by citation 2, must have an additional citation. This requirement applies to all text in the article.
Edaham (talk) 02:19, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Article moved to mainspace with outstanding citation issues[edit]

Well done for improving this article and moving it to the main space!

I've checked through the article and also had a look at the accompanying citations. There's some areas I feel need further citations. I've left some tags in the article and left reasons for the required improvements where necessary. Many thanks Edaham (talk) 02:05, 23 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]