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At the beginning of the Crimean War, such helmets were common among infantry and grenadiers, but soon fell out of place in favour of the forage cap. After 1862 the spiked helmet ceased to be generally worn by the Russian Army, although it was retained until 1914 by the Cuirassier regiments of the Imperial Guard, and the Gendarmerie.
In 1935 the Wehrmacht adopted a lower, lighter version of the M1916/18 "coal scuttle" helmet; this became the ubiquitous German helmet of World War II, worn by all branches of the Wehrmacht and SS, police, fire brigades and Party organizations. Collectors distinguish slight production variants as the M35, M40 and M42.
Although German helmets were ordered, Ottoman officers believed that the design impeded the soldiers' ability to hear orders in the field and requested that the visor, ear and neck protectors be removed, which was done using grinding machines. [22] Germany delivered 5,400 visorless versions of the M1918 helmet for the Ottoman Empire.
'Spectra' is a brand-name of a type of resistant fibre, not the actual name of the helmet. Unlike most other European PASGT style helmets, the peak of the F2 has the same defined lip as the original US PASGT helmet, whereas other European PASGT-style helmets (such as the German M92 and the Croatian BK-3) tend to have a sloping peak. STSh-81
1 Helmets and hats. Toggle Helmets and hats subsection. 1.1 Allied. 1.2 Axis. ... Uniforms of the German Army (1935–1945) Ranks and insignia of the German Army ...
Josef Schulz was a German soldier. He was born in 1909 [citation needed] and lived in Barmen, [1] Wuppertal, [2] Germany. During World War II, he served as a corporal [1] [2] in the 714th Infantry Division of the Wehrmacht. [3] He is officially recorded as having died during operations in Yugoslavia on 19 July 1941. [3]