Rogue One Helmetology

In a lot of ways Rogue One, my knew favorite movie, BTW, seems very familiar. Take a look at some of the costume props.

Here's a screen cap of one. This looks to me like the old standard issue helmet from the Second World War:

And these here, well, they look Israeli:

Nice.

Has anyone else noticed that Captain Cassian's outfit looks a lot like a vintage Battlestar Galactica Viper pilot uniform? Behold:

The later is probably just a sci-fi 'name check' as it were, Our director saying, 'See, I'm one of you.' The former when combined with the olive and brown uniforms is a not so subtle message, 'We're the good guys.'

I mean come on. These guys look like they're about to scale the cliff at Point du Hoc:

Well done Rogue One people, Well done indeed.