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Brodie's Steel Helmet, Type B: with the shell made from Hadfield (manganese) steel. Helmet, Steel, Mark I: introduced in Spring, 1916, a modified version of the Brodie helmet with a wholly redesigned liner and a mild steel rim to the shell. In 1917, a rubber ring or "doughnut" was added between the liner and the top of the shell, and in 1935 ...
B13 Helmet steel, M1917A1, M1917. (Brodie helmet) B14 Tools for reloading small arms ammunition, parts and equipment. B15 Items common to 2 or more Group B products. B16 List of all Parts of Arms Locker, Arm Rack, Arm Repair Chest, and Pistol Cleaning Kit; B17 Rifle, U.S., cal. .22 M1922, M1, and M2 [9] B18 Pistol, Pyrotechnic, M2
The 369th in action. After being detached and seconded to the French, they wore the Adrian helmet, while retaining the rest of their U.S. uniform. Seen here at Séchault, France on 29 September 1918, during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, they wear the U.S. Army-issue Brodie helmet, correct for that time. [1]
These helmets were worn by both the German-trained divisions and regular Central Army divisions. Other helmets included the French Adrian helmet, the British Brodie helmet and later the American M1 helmet. Other equipment included straw shoes for soldiers (cloth shoes for Central Army), leather shoes for officers and leather boots for high ...
Helmet Steel Airborne Troop; Jeep cap; Kepi; M1 helmet; M1C helmet; M2 helmet; M38 Tanker helmet; Mk III helmet; Papakhi; Patrol cap; Peaked cap; Pith helmet; RAC helmet; Rogatywka; Sailor cap; Slouch hat; Soviet helmets during World War II; Stahlhelm (Used by the National Revolutionary Army) Tam o' Shanter; Tent cap; Turban; Type B Helmet ...
Burmese Kettle Helmets. When steel helmets reappeared in World War I, the kettle hat made its comeback as the British Brodie helmet (often called tin hat), as well as the French Adrian helmet. These kettle helmets were also used in World War II by the British, Commonwealth forces (such as Australia and Canada). [4]
The top of the stone is carved with the helmet of the army that held that section of the line in 1918, with appropriate identifying badges. [ 6 ] [ 2 ] Thus, for Belgian and French sectors an Adrian helmet is depicted, and for the British sector a Brodie helmet is used, in each case set upon a laurel wreath . [ 2 ]
The Mark III helmet was designed to provide better protection for the side of the head than its predecessor. It was a deeper helmet with a smaller brim and provided 38% more protection than the Mark II, particularly at the sides (total area of head protection was increased by 12%, horizontal protection was increased by 15% and from items falling from overhead by 11%).