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  2. Brodie helmet - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Camp Calvin B. Matthews - Wikipedia

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    Camp Calvin B. Matthews or Marine Corps Rifle Range Camp Matthews or Marine Corps Rifle Range, La Jolla (prior to World War II) [1] or more simply Camp Matthews was a United States Marine Corps military base from 1917 until 1964, when the base was decommissioned and transferred to the University of California to be part of the new University of California, San Diego campus. [2]

  4. List of combat helmets - Wikipedia

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    PASGT-style helmet with four-point retention strap system and velcro-attached head pad system. Also used by NZDF since the 2000s. LShZ 1+ Russia 2012 Russian Special Forces, FSB, Syrian Army: M02 Composite Helmet: Finland: Finnish Defence Forces: Upgraded PASGT-style helmet, replacing the Gefechtshelm M92-style M/92 Komposiittikypärä helmet.

  5. Talk:Brodie helmet - Wikipedia

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    "The American helmet was a slightly modified version of the British MkI helmet. The helmet was made of 13 percent pressed manganese steel alloy, 0.035 inch thick, and could be ruptured only by a blow of 1,600 pounds or more. The British helmet had twice the ballistic strength of the French helmet.

  6. RAC helmet - Wikipedia

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    It was introduced in WW2 and was issued to commonwealth countries in the post-1945 era up to the Falklands War. The RAC helmets came with the same suspension and liner from the Brodie helmets and later the elasticated suspension and liner from the MkIII helmet. Many were converted to use as a Paratrooper Helmet.

  7. California during World War II - Wikipedia

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    University of California-San Diego – Frequency modulation Sonar to track multiple targets with a single ping and large Sonar crystals. [68] University of California, Riverside – V-12 Navy College; University of California, Los Angeles – V-12 Navy College – Scuba diving; Occidental College – V-12 Navy College

  8. Portuguese M1940 helmet - Wikipedia

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    From 1961 to 1974, the M1940 and the M1940-63 helmets were used in combat by the Portuguese Armed and Security Forces in the Portuguese Overseas War. Although largely replaced in the late 1980s by modern kevlar combat helmets, the M1940-63 is still in limited use, namely as a ceremonial helmet used by the Portuguese Army's Military Police. [1]

  9. California World War II Army airfields - Wikipedia

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    San Bernardino Army Airfield, 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of San Bernardino; 499th Army Air Force Base Unit San Bernardino Air Depot Was: Norton Air Force Base (1947–1994) Now: San Bernardino International Airport (IATA: SBD, ICAO: KSBD, FAA LID: SBD) Known sub-bases and auxiliaries Desert Center Army Airfield Rice Army Airfield Gibbs ...