While soldiers in battle have long worn headgear for protection, helmets issued during World War II were never meant to be ...

The M1 helmet, 1941-1979, was worn by military personnel beginning in World War II and throughout the Cold War. David Miller, Division of Armed Forces History, NMAH [/] "The ...

The iconic M1 helmet, ... For more information about the history of U.S. military helmets and the Military Invention Day event, read more at Smithsonian.com. View full post on Youtube.

Only minor changes were made until 1942 when the Army rolled out the iconic M1 helmet, famous from a thousand war movies from Sands of Iwo Jima to Saving Private Ryan.This is likely the helmet you ...

The M1 Abrams tank, renowned for its overwhelming success in Operation Desert Storm and its adaptability in Iraq with the ...

The Army developed an improved version of the MICH-2000 design called the Advanced Combat Helmet, and began fielding it in 2003. The tradeoff was an 8% overall reduction in coverage compared to ...

The M1 helmet did a pretty good job of keeping many heads safe, even when exposed to artillery, explosions or small arms fire. They didn't have a 100% safety record, but what U.S. military-issued ...

The American combat helmet, used from the beginning ... M1 (VIETNAM) en it sent the M1 with troops to Vietnam, the Army added a reversible woodland-pattern cover. PASGT The PASGT changed the ...

Historians say there is nothing more indicative of how change has come to war than the American military helmet. At the Museum of Veterans and Military History, 53 N. Mt. Olive, in Vilonia ...

Let’s start from the top, at the head. The helmet, of course, is a change from the M1 steel pot that the Army and Marine Corps used from 1942 into the early 1980s. But that design, molded to ...