American M1917a1

[@johnfromthewest]

I used to have a pair of antique boxing gloves from the 1910s that was made basically the same way, leather filled with horse hair

[@Rokaize]

It takes a lot of ideas from the medieval kettle helmet. There were a ton of styles and a-lot of regional variation. But it in general, it sits up fairly tall, slopes down and covers part of the shoulders. And has a remarkably similar liner to this helmet. With what little evidence we have of liners from that period. It’s an excellent design and was used for hundreds of years. It was extremely comfortable and provided a soldier with excellent protection from arrows raining down or strikes coming down on his head as it is one big glancing surface. It also allows a soldier to do manual labor or all the other non combat duties a soldier has. Soldiers spend very little time in actual combat compared to doing normal soldier stuff, so a helmet you can wear all day in all those activities is ideal.

[@jeffreyfitzgerald1779]

The steel is called Mangalloy for manganese austenite alloy steel, also known as Hadfield Steel. Brits used it in WWI helmets, but not widely. Canada made much prized miners helmets from them before the war. They say it stops a 45 cal. bullet going 600ft per sec from 10 feet away, and you can knock out the dent. Your head would crack like an egg from the impact though.

[@georgebenta3435]

I just got a relic M1917a1 helmet, it still has the metal liner frame, sadly the rim is gone. It's quite rare here in the Philippines since most of the US helmets were captured, destroyed, or scrapped when the Japanese invaded in 1941. The number on the shell suggest that it's a converted m1917.

[@ClancyWoodard-yw6tg]

I got my hands-on one of these I just got a replace the liner

[@RiflemanMoore]

Amerikanisch Tommie!

[@robertmunoz7543]

To quote bender "screws fall out all the time,the world is an imperfect place! I.e. ukraine 2022!😳 Jman