08-31-2016, 07:32 AM
(08-31-2016, 12:35 AM)CNV2855 Wrote: WW1/WW2 helmets? Rarely stopped a bullet. But any little bit helps, especially when it comes to getting your soldiers to risk their lives in the first place.
Rather off topic but then the thread has wandered so far.... You may be suprised to know that it wasn't the intention for the helmets to stop a bullet during WW1 at least not ones that were shot directly at you, most helmets were designed with "Shrapnel" in mind or low velocity impacts(Shrapnel the shotgun type shell that sprayed an area the shape of a cone with small round metal balls in a downward slanting airburst) the British/US Brodie helmet was tested by pistol shot which was sufficient for this purpose, and proved effective in defending against this type of attack...
An interesting book thats worth having a look at and covers the subject during WW1 pretty well... you might note they also tested cloth armour....
Helmets and Body Armour in Modern Warfare, Bashford Dean 1920
Body armour was offered for private sale thoughout WW1 some more effective then others ...
Shrapnel : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrapnel_shell
Ivor
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
