The new helmet offers the same ballistic protection as the Mk6A helmet .
Helmet 's new shape allows a soldier to lie flat and shoot straight , without the rear rim digging into his body armour and tipping the front rim over his eyes .
The new helmet offers the same ballistic protection as the Mk6A helmet , but its new shape allows a soldier to lie flat and shoot straight , without the rear rim digging into his body armour and tipping the front rim over his eyes .