To: The Looking Spoon
What’s with the German style helmet?
17 posted on
11/08/2014 1:00:32 PM PST by
AceMineral
(One day men will beg for chains.)
To: AceMineral
Looks like a typical post-1970s US-issue helmet to me...the cloth camo cover typically seen in US service hides its resemblance to the classic German “coal scuttle” helmet.
19 posted on
11/08/2014 2:04:55 PM PST by
M1903A1
("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy... and call it progress")
To: AceMineral
The German Stahlhelm m1940 and variants was simply one of the best designed helmets ever produced — most modern helmet patterns are based on it, including helmets used by US troops. The cloth cover on modern American helmets conceals the resemblance to the old “coal skuttle” helmet.
23 posted on
11/08/2014 7:17:41 PM PST by
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