Why do modern American military helmets look like the German Stahlhelm ? Was the Stahlhelm really that good?
Why do modern American military helmets look like the German Stahlhelm ? Was the Stahlhelm really that good?
Robert Miller
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Jaxson Sanders
>Why does everyone's military helmets look like the German Stahlhelm ?
Fixed
Yes
Jacob Gomez
The PASGT offers superior protection from head injuries than a steel helmet. It also allows for easy use of a headset under the helmet, which the M1 didn't.
Here's a good book to look up at your local bookstore on the development of the PASGT helmet.
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Grayson Stewart
That automatic rifle in OP's photograph seems to have borrowed quite a lot from German arms, as well.
Jackson Walker
>That automatic rifle in OP's photograph seems to have borrowed quite a lot from German arms, as well.
The design is Belgian actually
Elijah Parker
Its Belgian, and it borrows from several older designs, German and American.
Connor Nguyen
Might as well dump my rare PASGT collection
Ethan Diaz
Isn't the M60 based off of the MG42?
Carter Ward
That's an M240, but yes the M60 incorporated some German designs as well.
Dominic Powell
The overall concept is borrowed from the Germans' use of the MG-42 but the M60 itself is considered a partial derivative of the M1941 Johnson. The United States actually turned offers from Germany to use a modified MG-42 (what became the MG3) out of a desire to avoid reliance on a foreign manufacturer.
Henry Taylor
The only thing that is borrowed is the idea of a GPMG in that photo
Joseph Harris
The design considerations for a steel helmet are completely different to modern ballistic resistant fibers, which frankly should be obvious but still needs stating every time we have this thread. Any resemblance between the stahlhelm and fiber helmets are coincidental.
Flatter helmets like the British MkIII "Turtle" and NVA M56, adopted from wartime tests, although having ease of manufacture as one of the design benefits, did test very well and probably represent something approaching peak effectiveness for steel designs.
No.
John Hernandez
Did someone say 80s army???
Elijah Ross
That's the only one good thing at those subhumans got right and that was the stahlhelm.
Carter Scott
MOAR
Bentley Hill
>Book costs $1500
Lmao
Camden Gonzalez
Seriously does that fucking thing come with a bookmark made of 24 karat gold?
Zachary Johnson
>Seriously does that thing come with a bookmark made of 24 karat gold?
No, Jimmy.
Nathan Myers
The stahlhelm itself? Not really. Steel helmets are shit. But the general design is solid. It protects the ears and back of the neck a lot better than, say, a Brodie or M1 helmet.
Brandon Reed
are there only 12 copies in the world?
Alexander Clark
>priced more than the actual PASGT system (around $150 for vest and helmet without the plates)
Either the seller is an asshole or mistyped it because I got my copy for ten dollars at the closing sale of some hippie bookstore and most other sellers charge around $20.
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Nicholas Jackson
Weil ihr Schwuchteln es einfach nicht drauf habt.
Daniel Adams
Dieses uezs
Dylan Adams
Is that Rick Moranis?
Chase Bennett
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Adrian Sanchez
Halt's Maul, Kartoffel
Lincoln Ortiz
Weiß Deine Mama, dass du schlimme Wörter im Internet schreibst?
Mason Rogers
In every picture of artillery I've seen there's at least one shirtless guy
Benjamin Sullivan
>Mama
Jaxson Brooks
Ok imma unleash my autism for a sec here
>Automatic rifle
It's either designated as an LMG (Light Machine Gun) or MMG (Medium machine Gun) (Depends if the country makes a big deal of the differences between 5.56-fed and 7.62-fed machineguns)
The weapon in question here is an M240B, which is an American adaptation of the Belgian FN Mag, which in turn takes a few inspirations from the Mg42 and BAR
Carter Wright
Bump
Leo Anderson
I got it in color
Aiden King
aw shit it's a nod buggy