Is the Brodie helmet effective?

Some sources suggest that Type Bs increased protection by up to 10 per cent over Type As, and 50 per cent over French Adrians. “The Brodie, although cheap and simple to manufacture, gave good protection from falling shrapnel and secondary, low-velocity fragments,” explains the Imperial War Museum’s Martin Boswell.

How many lives did the Brodie helmet save?

Studies show that this helmet saved over 70,000 lives in World War II, but had Dean’s Model 5, or better yet Model 2, been adopted, it would have saved perhaps another 5,000 American soldiers.

Why don t soldiers strap their helmets?

Some believed that being close to over-pressure events (artillery, etc) could cause a head injury with the large helmet being force up and the tough leather strap breaking the neck. This was supported by more than one army regiment actually giving written orders to their men to not buckle up.

Is the stahlhelm still used?

The British Brodie was phased out in favor of the M1 and models based on it. The Stahlhelm is still in use today which suggests it still has substantial value. The Stahlhelm has a harder shell as its production used a different process to make it tougher (but also more difficult to produce).

Did WW1 helmets work?

The results indicated the WWI helmets were just as likely to prevent brain damage as the designs being used today. (A soldier wearing any of the helmets is five to 10 times less likely to experience bleeding in the brain from an overhead blast than someone without a helmet, according to the study.)

Why did the Brodie helmet become so popular?

The French came up with the ‘Adrian’ helmet and the Germans the ‘Stahlhelm’ but it was the Brodie helmet, eventually issued to the British Army, that became iconic to the 1914-1918 conflict and remained a potent symbol of British soldiering for decades after the Armistice.

What is the name of the helmet invented in 1915?

For the 1951 film by Samuel Fuller, see The Steel Helmet. The Brodie helmet is a steel combat helmet designed and patented in London in 1915 by John Leopold Brodie.

Why did the British get rid of the helmet in WWII?

Phasing out from the British Army began in 1944 as it was replaced by the Mark III (or ‘Turtle’) helmet, which offered better protection to the neck and sides of the head. The Mark III was initially called the ‘Canadian Helmet’ because large numbers had been issued to Canadian troops for D-Day.

What was the original color of the British Empire helmet?

The original paint scheme, suggested by Brodie, was a mottled light green, blue, and orange camouflage but they were also painted in green or blue-grey. The weight of a Mark I helmet was approximately 1.3 pounds (0.59 kg).