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The Adrian helmet (French: Casque Adrien) was an influential design of combat helmet originally produced for the French Army during World War I.Its original version, the M15, was the first standard helmet of the French Army and was designed when millions of French troops were engaged in trench warfare, and head wounds from the falling shrapnel generated by indirect fire became a frequent cause ...
In April 1915, Colonel Adrian proposed a helmet made of three pieces of rolled steel 7 mm thick. The helmet was ordered in June 1915 and distributed from September onwards. The French Army was the first to introduce steel helmets for protection against shrapnel, and by December 1915 more than three million "Adrian" helmets had been manufactured ...
When steel helmets reappeared in World War I, the kettle hat made its comeback as the British Brodie helmet (often called tin hat), as well as the French Adrian helmet. These kettle helmets were also used in World War II by the British, Commonwealth forces (such as Australia and Canada ). [ 4 ]
The earlier Helm Wz.2000 helmet came with a 3-point chin strap. The peak of the helmet is closer to the original US PASGT helmet than other European variants in that the peak has more of the lip of the PASGT than the European-style sloping peak. [38] Hełm wz. 2000: Poland: 2000: Polish Armed Forces, Armed Forces of Ukraine: Hełm wz. 93 ...
Adrian helmets were distributed starting in June 1915 when shakos and crested helmets were in short supply, and their use became mandatory from October 16, 1915, for all cavalry units on the front, including the Chasseurs d'Afrique. Gas masks were also distributed, including for horses.
The original intention had been to erect a monument at every kilometre along the 960-kilometre-long (600 mi) Front but this was later scaled back. [ 3 ] [ 1 ] Sources vary on the number erected, giving a range of 119 to 280 stones, but it is thought that 119 were erected, of which 118 were official stones placed on the frontline between 1921 ...
The 369th in action. After being detached and seconded to the French, they wore the Adrian helmet, while retaining the rest of their U.S. uniform.Seen here at Séchault, France on 29 September 1918, during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, they wear the U.S. Army-issue Brodie helmet, correct for that time.
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