Rank the quality of the helmets used by the main players of WW2

>>35101090
Most of them could stop ricochets, small low velocity shrapnel, low powder rounds, small pistol rounds.

>>35101090
USA M1 Helmet a best
>provides the best balance between head protection and field of view
>iconic and sexy profile
>it looks both modern and medieval at the same time
>adequately protects the back of the head/upper neck whilst still being able to turn your head

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>>35101227
You think so?

Helmets are a pain in the ass for real K's. Brit Commandos wear felt ballistic protection

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>>35101090
Best helmet is no helmet
Stop the bullets with your jaw

real talk tommy helmets look retarded as fuck.

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Better helmet

>>35101227
Yeah, but those helmets would dent when shot by pistols, causing brain damage. Today's modern helmets can take up to caliber .50 shots, sometimes even more. I've even seen it happen in person at point blank. Nothing compares to those helmets that they used to use now.

>>35101090
Stahlhelm was best, because it led to the East German design.

>>35101449
this thread is about ww2 era helmets

>>35101449
>Today's modern helmets can take up to caliber .50 shots
So in other words, you have no idea what you're talking about.

I mean, the stahlhelm offers the best protection from shell splinters and such, and was reasonably effective at stopping pistol rounds. It was, however, complicated to make, which lead to the neat bit of kit that is the M56, but in the scale of WWII, the only thing that gets fairly close in effectiveness whilst being simple to make is the Tommy helmet, which has its own problems of not being effective at stopping shrapnel or rounds frontally, and also falls off your head.

>>35101449
Lol you think modern Kevlar helmets can stop .50 Cal rounds????

Fuck no. It's just Kevlar. You're lucky if it stops a pistol round. Full size rifle ammo punches right through front and back of the helmet

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>>35101449
>Today's modern helmets can take up to caliber .50 shots

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>>35101449

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No love for the Stahlhelm?

The US even tried to copy it during WWI, only to abandon it because it looked too German.

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>>35101449
What is up with all the illiterate fags lately? Fucking read before posting.

Also stahlhelm best helm, tried post war American and German M42 repro. German al lthe way. Better protection and actually comfier liner. The fiber glass part of the american helmet is a meme.

Also Stahlhelm laid the foundation for modern designs.

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>>35101449
>Today's modern helmets can take up to caliber .50 shots, sometimes even more

>>35102494
Yes I did read am not illiterate you piece of shit fucking. I have never for the helmets from WW2 and you will not have been there to do with it for that. The kevlar helmet has proven to be over and time again for best the.

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>>35102035

looks like the swiss m18/43 helmet had a baby with the stahlhelm

>>35102035
>that knight armor
fucking rad

>>35102887

Got that backwards, the M18/43 descends from the American prototype.

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>>35101449
>Today's modern helmets can take up to .50 cal

Look at all these (you)'s

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>>35102809

Lurk moar.

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>>35102902
Not even close

>>35102911

Huh, that's pretty interesting. I knew they had similarities

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Bulgarian M36 is bretty gud.

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>>35101449
>Today's modern helmets can take up to caliber .50 shots, sometimes even more.

Someone wearing one might survive a shot from a .50, if their skull was as thick as yours.

>>35101748Fuck no. It's just Kevlar. You're lucky if it stops a pistol round. Full size rifle ammo punches right through front and back of the helmet


Unture, at lest if we are not talking at very close ranges. Also "It's just Kevlar"... no. The PASGT helmet got phase out in 2003. The ACH is Kevlar but the glue used to hold it together is much better and so is the liner.

It has stop 7.62x33mm rounds rather effectively past 230 meters and will stop a 7.62x54Rmm at about 600 meters most of the time. I have read of a case were it stopped the latter at a mere 140 meters with the person only having a mild concussion. However that is a matter of the angle of impact.

The ECH that is coming into service is made of polyethylene and does not have any Kevlar at all. There already is a number of other Armies that have made a similar move.


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>>35102809

>>35103253
At far enough ranges, your helmet can block a bowling ball.

>>35101090
/r/ing that document that outlines the stahlhelm's many flaws that lead to the east german helm.
From memory deadening of hearing was a big one

>>35101449

Why are people like you allowed to drive and operate machinery? You can't even read a one line thread parameter. Do you wear a special kind of helmet when you go out?

>>35102809

lol you're an actual retard. This is great. Thank you for being my entertainment.

>>35103120
wow is that your's

>>35101449
7/10 obvious but got good (you)s

God tier

stahlhelm
>Good coverage, good neck protection, good vision.

SSH-39
>Good coverage, good neck protection, good vision.

Good tier
M1
>>Good coverage, not so good rear and neck protection, good vision.

Shit tier
Brodie helmet
>Zero neck, side and rear protection, zero ear protection. Generally garbage.

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>>35101090
Get lost faggots
best helmet

>>35101449
Can we make this a new copypasta?

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>>35101449
>helmets can take 50.cal shots
holy shit,where can i get one?

>>35101090
Dutch/Romanian>British>Italian>Soviet>German>Burger

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German>Soviet
It's scientifically proven.
How?
My grandfather as a kid found 2 helmets lying on the ground after the war. One-soviet with the red star somewhat visible and a german one with some paint left.He wanted to see which one was better, so he took a rock and then dropped it on the helmets from around 5 meters height(dropped,not thrown). The soviet one got immediately squashed like a can after the first drop.The german one held on for quite a few drops and after a while of dropping the rock over and over again it wasnt squashed,but it simply broke in half.

Stop defending the soviet Ssh-40, it was made to withstand ricochets from bombs and other such bounced off fragments while the german stalhelm was made to have good protection of all sorts-bomb fragments, pistol bullets and so on.

>>35105754
>british
>better than anything
>>35105837
kys

>>35105837

>German>Soviet
>It's scientifically proven
>proceeds to post some bullshit story without any evidence or scientific records

Yeah.... Nah, you`re a retard

>>35101449
WTF would be the point, pretty sure the average human's neck would break if the helmet did stop a .50

>>35105848
>>35105858
looks like someone is butthurt about me not praising the equipment of the allies

>>35105885
Nah, you're just retarded.

>>35105354
Why don't they just make the whole plate carrier out of helmets, then our boys overseas will be immune to small-arms fire

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It wasn't widely issued, but I like the french M41.

And since this is relevant, global helmet database:
http://www.world-war-helmets.com/home.php

>>35105837
the german M40 is good,but i consider the East german m-56 the best because of the large slope, if we are talking generally.
ww2?Yeah,the m40 is best.

>>35105848
>>35105858
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvBHq5PW0Ag

>>35101090
German>Soviet>US>Japan>UK>Italian

>>35105946
It's a repro, so it doesn't take into account steel quality or manufacturing techniques.

Also there's more to headgear than just protection.
Even without taking logistics into account, If you have a 5cm thick helmet made of adamantium that can resist 20mm shells but costs an arm and a leg, is heavy as fuck, with shitty straps and incomfortable to boot, would you take that over a regular ww2 helmet?

This thread is pretty stupid, I miss the days where retards stayed in the containment generals.

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It's hard to beat the design of the German M40 Helmets.

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>>35103759

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>>35105912
Is it supposed to slide up like a photographers helmet?

>>35101449
This is the best bullshit post I have read in a long time.

>>35104001
Vatnik fag detected

>>35106037
I don't think so, it's just additional padding instead of the visor, so you can use it easily in cramped spaces like vehicles and buildings. The previous models weren't great when you had to use a fireport.

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>>35101449
>brain damage
got shot in the head recently, anon?

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>>35101227
I think the M1 helmet *looks* the best, but functionally speaking the Stahlhelm probably was the best design. The profile was so good that we adopted a similar design.

>>35104104
I've never bought into the whole "hun" propaganda, fucking A, but that guy looks like he walked out of a poster

I like the Finnish helmet with the little studs on them

>>35101124
This. Absolutely phenomenal helmets.

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>>35102809

Do you speak any bit of fucking English?

>>35102952
does that dude have a fucking scimitar

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>>35102809

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>>35102809

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>>35106391
Admittedly both bear similar profiles, at least compared to the Kelly helmets.

>>35102950
You, maybe you'll figure out when you're being trolled.

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>>35101449
>modern helmet
>stop a .50

>>35101090
Brodie a shit

US M1 good

German stahlhelm little better than US

>>35103888
Yes. You should have gotten one when they were available. $26 at Sportsman's guide but they sold out months ago.