Protecting the American Warrior: Helmets and Body Armor 1917 - 2015 | Collector's & History Corner

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Protecting the American Warrior | Helmets and Body Armor of the 20th and 21st Century.
The use and implementation of helmets and body armor for American Forces was first utilized in the early 20th century. Helmets for the Americans began during World War 1 where the British Brodie helmet was adopted by the American Forces. The Americans coming over to fight the Central Powers in Europe also used the French Adrian helmet, but this was only specific to African American soldiers like the 369th Infantry Regiment (aka Harlem Hellfighters). Prior to WW1, American soldiers were only protected by a layer of thin cloth from their campaign hats.
After WW1, the Americans retrofitted existing British Brodie helmets with new linings for durability and comfort which became the M1917A1 Kelly helmets. The Kelly helmets immediately were phased out when the M1 helmets were being produced during the onset of World War 2.
The M1 helmets was vastly an important head gear and tool for the American soldier or Marine. It protected the individual from raining debris and shrapnel, but it was not bullet proof. The M1 helmet was not intended to stop bullets as many would believe. The M1 helmet soldiered on after WW2, the Korean War, Vietnam, Grenada, and up until the end of the Cold War in the 1980s. The M1 helmet can still be found in some places today within the Navy on board seafaring vessels.
The M1 helmet was then phased out for the PASGT (Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops) helmet and the MICH (Modular Integrated Communications) helmet. These helmets offer better protection to the soldier, airmen, Marine, and SOF operator in the field today.
Similarly, body armor to the American Warrior also started in the 20th century especially to bomber crews during WW2. Like the helmets, body armor for the American Forces evolved through the years. From flak vests, to nylon, to kevlar, and now to impact armor plates, the survivability to the wearer has increased substantially.
***CORRECTION:
Today's body armor that a US Army soldier carries weighs 33lbs and not 50lbs. With helmet, water and ammo, the total weight adds up to50 lbs.
Also the Steel Pot helmet was used as A) Cooking utensil, B) For bailing out your foxhole, C) Pillow, D) Driving tent stakes into the ground E) Emergency Latrine F) Protecting you from shrapnel and grenade fragments. It was never designed to stop bullets.
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[@knightlykin1499]

One of the things we forgot was the heart shield in WW2! Many people who fought in WW2 were Christians. So this company designed a small slim holy bible, but the rather hard fabric cover, it had a sheet metal cover. So if a grenade went of nearby, or he was shot with low caliber handgun in the heart. The fragmentation or bullet would crash into the hard cover sheet metal, would have to make it through hundreds pages, and hopefully stopped the round or fragment from reaching the heart. It was put in a breast pocket near the heart in an attempt to protect the American soldier in WW2. Many scared mothers and fathers would send their sons those heart shields. I'm not sure how successful they were, but the idea was smart. The bible would even have something like "May this comfort and protect you" or "May this keep you safe from harm" engraved on the cover with a beautiful crucifix engraving. Many soldiers probably felt very confident having that with them. Not to mention there have been several times in battle where a bullet was stopped by a pocket bible. So to add a sheet metal hard cover was smart.

[@dewydecimal7013]

what company

[@geechyguy3441]

Were there any accounts of that working?

[@ScoobieDoobieDoob]

Also forgot the original level III plate armour of Vietnam.

[@Countryfresh223]

My great grand dad was with the 32nd ID on the island of luzon, him and his platoon captured general yamashita and marched him back to Manila to stand trial n watched him hang. He had one of these bibles. Then my grandfather (his son) carried it in nam, 3 separate troops have carried it in the middle east and one in Africa since then.

[@jaropeanutbutter9949]

Similarly he UK around the time that kevlar armor was majorly implemented used a metal block to protect the heart as it was basically a one shot kill

[@dumbumblake3104]

PASGT stands for personnel armor system for ground troops, MICH stands for modular integrated combat helmet and ACH stands for advanced combat helmet

[@frydemwingz]

We used 90's era old army vests, helmets, those square first aid kits in the navy all in the 2000s. this makes me feel old. I thought that was modern equipment back then.

[@patrickwilliams1014]

Personal armor system ground troops. (Pasgt)

[@saudakar9004]

Quartermaster didn‘t give me this helmet, *GOD* did

[@hochspannunglebensgefahr5339]

Der Boi actually either American Radiator co. or Schutler gave it to him

[@hochspannunglebensgefahr5339]

Der Boi and why do you have god in bold

[@wyatth.j.1661]

Achtung probably to imply emphasis

[@nicgur_6981]

@@hochspannunglebensgefahr5339 wtf you on about?

[@hochspannunglebensgefahr5339]

@@nicgur_6981 “wtf you on about” 1. None of your business. I am not morally obligated to tell you, you have no reason to care 2. It’s quite obvious, you shouldn’t have to ask in the first place 3. You’re replying to a 3 year old comment. Get a life (for the past 3 reasons, not just this one)

[@hydra26actual]

Cool collection. I have a couple interesting less common pieces that weren't on display here myself, an army M1952 vest (ballistic nylon, rather than fiberglass plates), a couple sets of rba, a chicken plate vest from vietnam for door gunners and a vietnam era variable body armor, which i think might have been the first "modern" ground infantry vest with rifle plates in it. It's kind of interesting because the plates themselves have webbing on them to be worn separately from the fragmentation carrier.

[@thedebug3866]

I wouldn't call the PASGT vest cover 'quick' to slip on, but it does indeed slip on.

[@tumbo1984]

Thats a fine collection,mine is all british so its cool to see how our american friends cover up...thanks for sharing

[@kamuromat]

Mines all german during the 20th century like ww1 and ww2 era.

[@tumbo1984]

+LennyFaceGuy i have a few european steel helmets,think there cool...only german kit i have is the 80's flektarn flak Vest,m56 stahlhelm,active service sleeping bag and a 80's vintage nbc suit

[@StevenTheAristolianNerd]

We've advanced since this video.

[@xrochellxc1nco873]

tumbo1984 oi m8 I know u

[@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723]

Nice.

[@bozuka89USMC]

When I was in the Marine Corps we didn't get those MICH Helmets till '08 but our version was called the LWH (LightWeight Helmet). We still had the PAGST helmets up until then. Also around that same time we switched from the Interceptor Body Armor to the Modular Tactical Vest(MTV). Funny thing is when I deployed to Afghanistan we left our MTVs back stateside and were issued Scalable Plate Carriers (SPC). which removes the kevlar and kept the SAPI plates. It deemed that mobility was more essential than protection.

[@Idekwhattocallthis]

The LWH was the PASGT but much better and lighter (same design shape but 10x more comfortable to wear)

[@patrickmessinger9476]

I wore the PSAGT Kevlar non desert camo version, we in the Seabees weren't issued desert camo. Awesome video thanks so much for the info, brings back lots of great memories.

[@HWRedman1959]

Marines wore the steel part and kevlar vest in Beirut and Grenada.

[@s071john2]

Something to consider: The gentleman speaking in the video stated the reason armor went out of use during the middle ages was because bullet penetrated the armor. This is only a part of the reason, and not entirely accurate. Many, many cuirasses were able to withstand pistol and various small arms fire of the day. They were often shot as part of the "proof" process. While it is true that at closer ranges small arms could penetrate most of this armor, I would say that economics was a larger factor. Why have one armored knight when you can equip 4-6 foot soldiers with firearms that are going be be more lethal, if less protected, for the same cost? Besides that point, I enjoyed the quick look at these protective systems.

[@HistoryCollectorsForum]

+John McClendon Also consider the metallurgy of the armor, the bullet and its weight, the powder behind the bullet, the logistics of providing armor and maintenance in the field, and in cases in WW1, the downfalls of carrying such armor across the muddy battlefields.

[@jellyjohnson7393]

There was a few efforts during WWII to provide sufficient body protection: The Canadian medics used a few steel british belly plates and back plates, not to mention the SN-42 which was highly liked by the engineers who were often under constant fire and last of all the Japanese used a few steel plate designs which are not easy to find good sources.

[@dewydecimal7013]

You're dumb learn to speak properly kid.

[@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723]

1 pilot of Prussian Empire during WW1 wore a very late era Maximilian style armour breastplate and was shot 4 times and survived, the piece is currently kept in The Germanisches Nationalmuseum

[@jimmehjiimmeehh9748]

Ignoring plates, there was also soft armor available, normally heavy silk.

[@SmartassX1]

I served in a smaller european army about 10 years ago and we had those exact forest camo PASGT vests. Not every country can afford the latest and greatest gear.

[@laowu8024]

Which country?

[@ismaelsosa1895]

that's my substitute teacher Mr Gurtski!

[@houstonhensley9324]

Lucky my sub just made fun of students Snd diddent teach anything

[@TheBackpackingSailor]

@@houstonhensley9324 sounds fun

[@i_am_not_ahipster323]

@@TheBackpackingSailor I am seeing u everywhere

[@dougswink3734]

"Vietnam Error" lol. Sort of was

[@oajh2252]

Doug Swink I see you watch lindybeige :)

[@paullytle246]

Doug Swink well the flak vest was not a good defense against spandau

[@austink4623]

Smartphone Gamer Its cool to see the "joke" went over your head.

[@caseyb1346]

@@codymcdaniel1151 whoooosh

[@windwaker2024]

with the intercepter vest he had it so the back of the vest was facing up

[@chaplainleggitt7472]

Good video. I was the quality control person for the 1968 & 1969 Vietnam era helmets (#6521) made by Dana Corporation at their Trenton, Michigan, factory. When I worked there both the materials and the manufacturing process were classified. From what I understand that info is now in the public domain.

[@tomsoki5738]

It’s a steel helmet, not that complicated, why was it classified? Every single country on earth that had a standing army had the capability to stamp sheet steel and temper it.

[@rustyshackleford5066]

the m1 is freaking sexy!

[@ghostrecon6312]

frankie Aranda wtf

[@ghostrecon6312]

frankie Aranda wait I'm wearing an M1 in my pic XD

[@shadow__2797]

No the m16A1 is sexy

[@naraedhawigar12]

TNG BROS its about helmet not gun :3 (sorry for my bad English)

[@jamieoliver6383]

TNG BROS thats a rifle not a helmet lol

[@FormerMPSGT]

Wore the M-1 Steel Pot until Late 1983-83. Three C’s: Chit, Chower, Chave! Cook also🙁 wore the Vest into 1983, had to DEMILITARIZE Them with Field Mess Kit Knives, all we had!

[@sawyerlawrence5033]

Missing an RBA and IOTV as well as the KDH plate carrier. Also the butt pad he has on the UCP IBA wasn't issued with IBAs, it wasn't introduced until the IOTV.

[@sawyerlawrence5033]

Plus the USMC MTV, IMTV, and SPC.

[@MrBioniclefan1]

sawyer lawrence and he had the groin protector on the dcu Camo interceptor vest wrong

[@dewydecimal7013]

anus

[@gcracker2512]

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who noticed a few finite details and errors lol. However in reference to your reply - I think the DCU Interceptor Vests had cock flaps on them. I'm not fully sure but I thought that they did. To my knowledge everything after the PASGT had a cock flap. It was just if you chose to attach it or not. Or even got issued one to begin with.

[@collectornick4270]

He's also missing all the M55s, M69, M1952A, BEAUR, variable, aircrew body armor and the CVC vest. So yeah a few to mention lol but it was a nice presentation.

[@mettugran]

Missing the somalia era, steel plated “ranger style” armor.

[@alexthor6739]

Well the armor wasn't standard issue so it doesn't count for this video

[@echohunter4199]

I’m a retired US Army Infantry NCO serving 1983-2009 and I was issued 3 types of helmets in my tour, I remember hating the Kevlar helmet as did the rest of us. I was in the Gulf War with D Co. 2/502 INF, 101 ABN and we wore regular black leather boots since there wasn’t enough desert boots to go around. We also wore the PASGT vest but no desert Camo cover. I had a spare vest that I sat on in our HMMWV since our biggest concern was land mines as a few vehicles encountered some while we were on the Iraqi border, having the batteries of the HMMWV coming through my butt wasn’t something I looked forward to. They issued us the digital Camo parka and pants which we wore in the winter time since it got damn cold at night. When the 1st Armor Division deployed to Kuwait in April 2003, we were delayed a couple days waiting for IBA vests to arrive since they were new. We arrived in Iraq in 19 May 2003 and it was like being on Mars, it was an eerie scene. Oddly enough, us old salts didn’t particularly like the new ACH helmet since it barely covered the head, what’s next? A tea cup saucer? I was issued the older “Ranger plates” instead of SAPI plates for my IBA due to the low inventory and those things were a lot heavier than SAPI plates!

[@herbschlenker8801]

Excellent commentary! However, I don't believe that cooking in the "steel pot" would ruin the tempering because if there is food (liquid) in the helmet, the temperature of the helmet would not be able to exceed the boiling point of 212 degrees for the most part. That's why you can boil water in a paper cup in a fire - thanks.

[@juhaantti-poika9955]

Excellent presentation. Thank you, sir.

[@jadenephrite]

Regading 4:18, PASGT is the acronym which means Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops.

[@moj6241]

Actually, no the British stayed with the 'Brodie' design but there's many many different variations, with different liners, chinstraps, and we created a new helmet by around 1944 called the turtle helmet

[@desiderata4445]

The magazine belt should be reconfigured to make the bullets magazines serve as additional protective shell on top of the body armor. It would have a positive psychological boost if most of the upper chest and most of the abdomen area are covered. There could be magazine pockets for the upper thighs and arms, too.

[@mixmaster2909]

Guys in the field are already wearing armor that can stop multiple AK rounds specifically the plate carriers guys already have to carry about 80+ pounds of gear depending on what mission they’re on adding more magazines and armor on your body will only reduce mobility and might actually get a soldier killed so in theory it might actually do the opposite

[@maroslavtute9560]

78th Fort Dix. Lighting tomatos always in my heart. Greetings from Germany.

[@zeta7651ita]

The First model of kevlar helmet adopted was Also called "Fritz", it's the name that US soldier gave to the model 38/40/42 of the german "stalhelm", they gave similari design so Fritz for the win!

[@hhtactical4764]

"an outer cover you can quickly slip over" that cover is anything but quick to put on. it took me a solid 40 minutes to get the thing put on right. I have also been told that the covers for the vests were only issued to some people due to them being thought of rather late to be put into mass production

[@saigonfrontiers8617]

I like how they completely missed the m55 flak… which was literally seen constantly in Vietnam unlike the 3/4th which was barley seen

[@bdontbreak9582]

The 3/4th was a army thing mainly used in a defensive role other than armored units.

[@pxmonkeederp]

You're looking at the interceptor vest backwards, and it has plate pockets in both the front and back. When you first get to it in the video, you're looking at the back.

[@joshuathomas8529]

That pad on the back of your ACU vest called IBA ( individual body Armor)goes with the new armor system called IOTV. The new armor is not any cooler than the old vest you have, it just balances the weight better. I never Hurd that wege shaped flap called what you said. We called it primarily a groin protector, nut flap, or a dick protector. I was issued the deltoid protectors most commonly referred to as DAPS. I never wore them over seas in Iraq or Afghanistan. I never saw any one else where them either except on TV, never in real life.

[@jellyjohnson7393]

I am sure Humvee gunnars would have worn the deltoids or people clearing houses atleast.

[@stahlhelmturtle9822]

Interceptor Body Armor. Not individual

[@Luuk344]

Really love your guys videos keep it up!

[@ochkonlon3169]

Ive probaly watched this 6 times already

[@thecrazyyoutuber2017]

I have a M1 helmet from Vietnam. A soldier really wore it during the Vietnam war. I don’t know his name sadly. It was built on July 1967. That’s it’s manufacturing date. (July 1967). (I can send a picture of it if you want.)

[@jasonarmstrong5750]

This guy has some great one liners

[@WebGearReview]

Thanks for the good information , and by the way you have a nice collection

[@stang3787]

Thank you. It developed by accident as I was primarily interested in firearms.

[@WWIIman1942]

Working on putting together a 2004 US Army impression. More specifically, Battle of Sadr City. I just need to find an Interceptor within my price range.

[@jeffjefferson2676]

Great video!

[@TheBackpackingSailor]

PASGT for life

[@ptonpc]

Britain bought a load of Vietnam era vests from the USA to be used in Northern Ireland (While Britain was waiting for its own version to be made). The story goes when the vests were issued in NI, many of them had holes and dried blood from their previous wearers.

[@ethanspaniel9152]

The special operations museum is awesome

[@josecamarena5974]

Digital Camouflage Helmet has a Torri for the Rakkasan my old unit. 1-187IN, 3BCT, 101st ABN DIV(AA).

[@sirnoname6943]

Some one should do "Cooking with m1 helmet"

[@Thebonesoftrees]

sweet post thank you,

[@ohnenamen2843]

In case of body armor the history returns. We can see the same evolution in the Middle age, they were bad protected and they build heavier and heavier armor, to protect them against fire weapons. Til they realized, that they can’t fight in to heavy armor. So they took less armor and start focusing on speed and this evolution was til WW1 then the militaries started to make helmets again and later body armor, too. And they make weapons which can penetrate these and make heavier armor. But f.e. special units focus on speed again. I think, we will build mechanized body armor, so the soldier don’t need muscles anymore, or the history returns again

[@isaachousley325]

Thats exactly describes the evolution of of usmc body armor over the last 2 decades. IBA to MTV, Marines wanted something lighter so the scalable plate carrier was introduced and issued concurrently with the MTV, MTV and SPC are then replaced by the IMTV and the IMTV plate carrier, USMC stops issuing the vest version and only issues the plate carrier, and it is currently being replaced by the pc gen 3

[@claytonsturgill4529]

i love my plate carrier stops everything up to 7.62x59 that covers about 80 percent

[@Kballs]

Mine stop 308

[@andraslibal]

Do you think offensive weapon development will surpass body armor in the future? Or will there be a need for developing something disruptive as fire arms were vs swords and melee weapons? Maybe rockets/RPG qualify?

[@psychoaiko666]

Ackshually there were bulletproof armors, but those were extremely heavy and extremely expensive, compared to normal armor, which in itself was already extremely expensive. Edit, I'm talking about the end of medieval / start of Renaissance period of course.

[@markusdee6136]

2:48 Once tested firing 9mm and .45acp onto an M1 shell at about 10 meters. Deformed, but no penetration.

[@dirtydogvideo]

Great vid.

[@gumgum8605]

Just trying to check this out before I get drafted

[@josephvandyck5469]

The IBA w/ESAPI was OIF. Now the newest is the different plate carriers w/ESAPI.

[@dj1NM3]

What's kind of interesting is that before the Brodie helmet was adopted by the US as well, they almost adopted this one: nuke.combat-helmets.com/Default.aspx?tabid=210 Called the EXPERIMENTAL N°2 "DEEP SALADE", it was adopted by the AEF but then rejected because it looked too much like the German Stahlhelm. I suppose the idea of also being (accidentally) shot at by the rest of the allied forces didn't exactly appeal to the army brass.

[@rickylowry3213]

Very cool

[@georgepalmer5497]

We could great increase the protection of all our armor - vehicular and personal - by adding a few layers of graphene, with negligible increase in weight. It's the Holy Grail of armor protection!

[@survivealiveofficial4056]

Just a bit short, I was wearing a plate carrier and not a full ibas in 2008

[@doorguner01]

or use it to shave my dad used it to shave in 1960 -1962 in Germany in the 14th armored division as a loader on a M52 105mm self propelled howitzer

[@simonyip5978]

Tourniquet is usually pronounced as 'torny kay' not as 'turnikit'. It's like the name 'Renault', it's pronounced as 'ren oh' but some people think that it is called 'ren holt'.

[@vermutg]

Very interesting!;)

[@blizte3]

oh man the one full vest is neat

[@jesses.7107]

I need that 6 color helmet and vest cover.

[@TheBackpackingSailor]

I will fight you for it. Lol

[@kylewon]

what did the guy in the background say to the guy who was talking about the helmet at 2:16 ?

[@WardMan75]

Jumpman Keel is like to know as well.

[@DanielPfender]

I think he said “they want you up there” but I’m not sure

[@benholloway27]

What type of mich helmet was that with the acu digital camo

[@theopenmindedtruthseeker9747]

Which ACU digital? OCP or UCP?

[@spacechimp3199]

Barack Saddam Hussein Obama bin Laden #Grammar Nazi he probably means ucp that's what civilians think it's called the ocp he would call multicam

[@Riceball01]

Hexa Not just civilian, I've seen cases of Soldiers calling UCP ACU.

[@ryanromero3900]

When you learn more from this video than you do in your history class

[@stevenmemeson3218]

Fun fact they used the steel pot was used up into desert storm but it was very rare

[@mixmaster2909]

You sure? Unless they were part of coalition forces they never used the steel pot helmet I don’t even think any desert helmet covers were made for the steel pot you might be getting confused by the Iraqis, they wore a helmet that was based off of the m1 helmet that was made out of a bullet resistant material which didn’t really work at all but was effective against blunt force trauma and debris they also had helmets that looked very similar to the m1 helmet too

[@pickolascage1283]

@@mixmaster2909 not everyone that went received desert camo in time... but anyone active duty in the us military had kevlar helmets by then.... although they still had the woodland camo pattern covers on them. 🤷‍♂️

[@Unit8Transhuman]

What was the 3rd one's helmet cover camo called?

[@sambeach2726]

The helmets were introduced in wwi on the western front to stop cods of dirt thrown in the air by explosives falling on soldiers heads and killing them. Aussie and New Zealand soldiers in Vietnam didn’t usually wear body armour and helmets. Too hot and heavy.

[@Nperez1986]

@10:00 That IBA, Interceptor Body Armor, to me was the WORST Armor I've ever had. We finally switched to the IOTV in late 2007, early 2008. All the weight was on the shoulder, no real adjustment

[@shanedaly6936]

You missing the part when the marines were using the matv body armor and switched to the plate carrier

[@chippidychip1145]

So he was saying that sometimes soldiers would take out the front plate for mobility?

[@s071john2]

+William Tucker I was in the US Army for 10 years and served with many, many DS vets. I have never heard of anyone dropping their front plate.

[@jellyjohnson7393]

Yeah, I thought it was the side or backs dropped but never the front.

[@joshuapedraza6012]

try and get your hands on the army plate carrier, or new IOTV Gen 4

[@dewydecimal7013]

it was imbeded in kevlar not the display case

[@therocknroller184]

My question is, why is it in the first IBA he said that the back was the front?

[@OhioOP1]

What he said about Armour was kind of true but Knight armor could deflect bullets, the main reason Armour was no longer used was because troops weren't mobile enough.

[@news_internationale2035]

Not to mention buff coats.

[@OhioOP1]

@@news_internationale2035 yeah, they really helped against swords and were lighter than steel.

[@arclight4668]

nice

[@willspears754]

Who is Gurski? (if you don't mind me asking)

[@RebelFNOS]

The 3 color iba makes me jealous I wanted one of those

[@brandonm1881]

the presentation of the 2nd to the last set, to me you made it seem like it was only isseued 1 plate of protection, when of course that wasnt the case, what military only provides one face of protectiob, other then that great video

[@Tremulousnut]

Brandon x actually sometimes that was the case. During the Gulf war and invasion of Iraq, ground troops weren't logistical prepared. Not everybody had plates and some only had one plate because they were told to hand the other one in. NBC gear was issued in woodland even though they were fighting in the desert.

[@jellyjohnson7393]

The poor bastards in the black hawk down situation thought that taking out their backplates was a good idea, it wasn't.

[@anakinmiller5421]

Umm on the OTV you have it backwards, and the helmet was still a PASGT.

[@Alienkiwi730]

Kevlar 'chocate chip' pattern

[@Okayest_Weirdo]

With my iotv, body armor, I took off the shoulder, crotch, neck and back protection to reduce heat exhaustion

[@jasonarmstrong5750]

Calvin Otis I can understand you taking off everything you mentioned save for the groin protector, if I was in the military that’d be the one thing I’d leave (for obvious reasons)

[@brendanlloyd2799]

Cool video but what about the marines flaks? Especially Korea to Vietnam

[@isaacanest3534]

I have never seen anyone actually wearing the deltoid protects, and the neck protector and groin and back is just a bunch of unneeded stuff that just adds weight and heat, the majority of people don't even have the side plates in

[@captainzach2745]

I like the flak vest I mite be getting one

[@Riceball01]

There's better vests out there than old issue flak vests. I'd look into a plate carrier or an after market flak, that's unless you want the flak for collecting.

[@michaellivingston4973]

The flak jacket you have for the Viet Nam war is an army issue. We Marines had a different type with plates sewn in and it was horrible to wear. We HAD to wear it. It was heavy and very hot.

[@stang3787]

USMC issued the ones made for Korea.Making do with old equipment is a Marine heritage.(03 Springfields at Guadalcanal)

[@pickolascage1283]

@@stang3787 you guys really need a decent budget separate from the navy. As an army scout it's even hard for me to stomach.. kinda pisses me off how they're treated. Some of the best trained in the world sent out with obsolete shit.

[@stang3787]

@@pickolascage1283 I am a soldier, not a Marine, but I appreciate your comment. Some Marine Generals were extra proud that they kept costs down by using equipment the Army didn't want or believed was obsolete or no longer functional.

[@pickolascage1283]

@@stang3787 roger, understood. They do get the shitty end of the stick sometimes tho.

[@lexyseeley2118]

2:42 I have that cover.

[@poppashots994]

Chocolate chip... But when I saw the writing it shows chocate chip... 😀😆😂🤣😭... I sometimes do that on emails or text.

[@jackicornelius9251]

do a full uniform of the us army

[@Alienkiwi730]

"Chocate chip" camo

[@doorguner01]

The M1 steel pot

[@patrickwilliams1014]

The ww2 steel pot had swivel bails. I'm pretty sure originals had fixed bails.

[@GabeNewellDFTBA]

Nope. The swivel bale began to show up in early 1943, so swivel bales are still very WWII. Fixed bale was pre-mid war.

[@patrickwilliams1014]

sorry! i got it mixed up

[@GabeNewellDFTBA]

Patrick Williams Don't worry about it, happens to the best of us :P

[@wartimeproductions335]

Swivel bales started being seen in late 1944 😂 even then in short quantities. They were not being issued in 1943 at all. Fixed bales were far more widely used throughout the entire war

[@haroldwatts825]

Rakkasan helmet patch.. Steel Berets.

[@Puzzoozoo]

70 pounds is 5 stone. Looks like muli mariani is still relevant in the infantry.

[@davidtheoldfart5836]

Cool as fuck Chris keep uploading 👍🏻

[@markmoreiras7649]

What about more modern marine body armor?

[@mixmaster2909]

2 reasons number 1 they’re expensive as shit number 2 you’re not really supposed to get gear the military is currently using the military will regulate it up the ass because chances are if you can get the gear the enemy can too

[@blizte3]

I want this so bad as helmet steel pot

[@GabeNewellDFTBA]

Steel pots are not that expensive, especially if they're really beat up.

[@stahlhelmturtle9822]

"Prior to WWI, there were no such things as helmets or body armor". Medieval knights, Samurai, etc: Am I a joke to u?

[@stang3787]

US

[@charlestapley6525]

I have an m1 pot from the 80s and is a back swivel bale and the chin strap has an extra strap that loops into the bail and connects to another strap, were these used a lot, or did I find an rare helmet?!