M1 helmet
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The M1 helmet is a combat helmet that was used by the United States Armed Forces from 1941 to approximately 1985. Designed to replace the M1917 helmet, a variant of the British Brodie helmet used duri
View of an M1 helmet shell
The Helmet Model Number 5, intended to replace the M1917 but not adopted
U.S. Coast Guard Fireman First Class Charles Tyner with his M1 helmet following Operation Dragoon in August 1944. His M1 helmet blocked a piece of shrapnel that would have otherwise fatally struck his head, inflicting a "superficial scratch" instead.
A U.S. Army machine-gunner wearing an M1 helmet with a camouflage cover and additional natural camouflage added on the slots in the helmet's cover
M1C helmet
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The M1C helmet was a variant of the U.S. Army's popular and iconic M1 helmet. Developed in World War II to replace the earlier M2 helmet, it was not made available until issued to paratroopers in Janu
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…the third point connecting at the nape, extra large sizes, and a further adjustable liner. Use seemingly ended after German reunification in the 1990s. M1C helmet Modèle 1951 helmet…
M1C helmet