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Cheap to make in terms of metal, different from Prussian/Nazi ones, and proven effective in the field (they were used by the Wehrmacht in v late WWII as a replacement but were never wholesale adopted).
Luis Bailey
Me on the far left.
Jaxon Barnes
Where is this from?
Christian Martin
Babylon Berlin I think.
Samuel Edwards
It looks worse in just about every way compared to the stahlhelm, it is much wider which makes your head a larger target, and someone is more likely to clip the edge of it, it doesn’t really cover the ears, upper neck or back of the head very well, a helmet is supposed to protect against mostly shrapnel, and debris not bullets, but this leaves much of the head open, and the most glaring problem, it looks like shit, I don’t know they they didn’t just stick with the stahlhelm or something similar, it would look less comedic, and would probably offer better protection.
Henry Rodriguez
Helmets are good at defending your head. I think it was adopted a lot more after WW1 as explosives became more deadly and used by the enemy often.
Hunter Hill
I’m talking about this specific helmet, not helmets in general.
Adrian Hughes
* upper back of the neck
Joshua Anderson
*why they didn’t
Landon Miller
Not covering the ear is actually a good thing: it makes it easier to hear shit. Regardless, they were shown to be effective and they were most importantly cheap in terms of metal.
Eh it was more specifically against shrapnel in the trenches: a lot of stuff was flung up and came back down.
Nathaniel Perez
The Wehrmacht tested the new version and found it provided better protection than the old one. I suspect that being more rounded, it deflects shrapnel better.
Grayson Young
Hearing is nice, but many soldiers prefer to wear ear muffs or ear plugs, because constant loud noises can fuck you up in the long term, and besides, I would prefer slightly dampened hearing over a piece of shrapnel or bullet to the side of the head.
Liam Harris
Eh a lot of helmets don't cover the ear: the tommy helmet didn't for example.
Matthew Gomez
As long as it hits the thing, but considering how wide, and open it is, I would suspect your more likely to be in your skull. It probably did perform better, but with advances in modern ammunition, deflection isn’t really a thing anymore, any decent bullet from a decent gun is going to go straight through.
Isaac Perry
And it was generally regarded as one of the worst helmets of the war, they’re is a reason the shape isn’t used anymore.
Ayden Scott
Helmets were always about shrapnel, not bullets. And you're very unlikely to get projectiles coming at you from underneath, which is the only situation where the newer Stahlhelm is less protective.
Jackson Diaz
It did the job for two world wars.
Juan Bell
Let’s just hope those projectiles don’t come from the side or back either or your fucked.
Camden Scott
The vast majority come from above. That's why the Tommy helmet was shaped the way it was, although it may have gone too far.
Jack Ross
Helmets don't protect you against bullets at best they stop 9mm like the psat but everyone uses rifles in military. They mostly protect you falling objects, pic related.
