Metal Detecting WWII Battlegrounds on MSN

Fallschirmjager helmet pulled from a German trench line

Deep in a German forest trench system, the team uncovers a battered Fallschirmjager paratrooper helmet buried under roots and ...
Metal Detecting WWII Battlegrounds on MSN

Nightfall exposes five Wehrmacht helmets and hidden weapons

As daylight faded, this Western Front dig uncovered five German helmets, a captured Soviet machine gun, and a British bayonet. The find points to a wartime dump tied to retreat, looting, and hard ...
The Guardian

The German and Allied helmets in the second world war are different shapes. Why? Surely there must have been a consensus as to what was the safest military headgear.

Why are cars different shapes? And houses, shoes, even guns? Different designers, different perceived threats (shrapnel, gunfire), different priorities (protected ears vs auditory performance). Dave ...
The National Interest

Study: World War I Helmets Are As Good As Today’s ‘Nazi-Style’ U.S. Military Helmets

When U.S. soldiers received new helmets in the early 1980s, the reaction was dismay. The Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops (PASGT) was supposed to offer better protection than the M1 helmet ...
autoevolution

German Studies Claim Motorcycle Helmets Could Be Significantly Safer

A study carried out by the German Hohenstein Insitiute in Bönnigheim shows that the actual motorcycle helmets could indeed be a lot safer if some other measurements would be taken into account. The ...