T-55 Question

That’s a BTR-152 wheeled APC. Sort of an armored Deuce and a Half.

The helmets look to be standard Soviet steel pots. The Czech army was ordered to stay in their barracks at the beginning of Operation Danube. They sat out the invasion. Unlike the Hungarians in 1956, some of whom fought the Soviets until overwhelmed.

Fascinating. You are a wealth of knowledge.

Although it looks like they used the open top version and not the closed top BTR-152K