Yesterday's Weapons Forums

I have shown most of my US helmets in prior posts. As promised here are a few of my foreign helmets from the collection.

British MkII

British MKiV "turtle shell"

Canadian MkII

Another Canadian MkII

French Adrian


German Luftshutz (air defence)

More to come......

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- Patrick Henry

"Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the people's liberty teeth ...... firearms everywhere restrains evil interference. When firearms go, all goes..."
GEORGE WASHINGTON

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"The great object is, that every man be armed."
- Patrick Henry

"Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the people's liberty teeth ...... firearms everywhere restrains evil interference. When firearms go, all goes..."
GEORGE WASHINGTON

_________________
"The great object is, that every man be armed."
- Patrick Henry

"Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the people's liberty teeth ...... firearms everywhere restrains evil interference. When firearms go, all goes..."
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Swedish

Spanish

German M40 ( Norwegian rework)

More later.

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"The great object is, that every man be armed."
- Patrick Henry

"Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the people's liberty teeth ...... firearms everywhere restrains evil interference. When firearms go, all goes..."
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Those are nice spanish and turtle helmets you have. Most of the ones I've been able to find look like they've been drug along a bad country road. IMA has really nice spanish ones, with the crest on the front, but spendy

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Political Correctness is intellectual fascism
NRA life member
583rd ORD Co/59 ORD BDE
Handorf FRG 1988-1990

.....here's a few of an original WW2 German M-42 helmet.....the models however are NOT original WW2........................

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....oooops-sorry,didnt intend a hijack of your thread while trying at some humore....will the mod of this section pleas stick this in a seperate thread???

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....Naj puška govori!....
.............deplorable typical "bitter clinger"....

Hey, where did Sgt. Schultz come from?

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"The great object is, that every man be armed."
- Patrick Henry

"Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the people's liberty teeth ...... firearms everywhere restrains evil interference. When firearms go, all goes..."
GEORGE WASHINGTON

My 1918 Swiss helmet.

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"The great object is, that every man be armed."
- Patrick Henry

"Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the people's liberty teeth ...... firearms everywhere restrains evil interference. When firearms go, all goes..."
GEORGE WASHINGTON

What markings are on the M40, Norwegian rework? How can you tell?

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Political Correctness is intellectual fascism
NRA life member
583rd ORD Co/59 ORD BDE
Handorf FRG 1988-1990

_________________
"The great object is, that every man be armed."
- Patrick Henry

"Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the people's liberty teeth ...... firearms everywhere restrains evil interference. When firearms go, all goes..."
GEORGE WASHINGTON

very cool stuff , and fun photos too ,

to tie with a comment above "the way things are going in this country" you wont need to display them you-your family-and your freinds will be wearing them

hope you get that display space worked out

Actually the paint looks right for a border guards helmet, but I can't remember what size vent hole they had. The names do sound german, it till looks cool. I bought so many books on stuff, it'll take me a few months to get thru everything. I got one that's just on the german stahlhelm. I'll check in there, see if they have anything on other countries using them

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Political Correctness is intellectual fascism
NRA life member
583rd ORD Co/59 ORD BDE
Handorf FRG 1988-1990

All of my books on German helmets cover WWI through WWII. I don't recall any that cover post war use.

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"The great object is, that every man be armed."
- Patrick Henry

"Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the people's liberty teeth ...... firearms everywhere restrains evil interference. When firearms go, all goes..."
GEORGE WASHINGTON

My sole book is Stahlhelm: Evolution of the german steel helmet by tubbs and clawson ISBN 0-87338-677-9

It lists the M35 as being used by norway, and lists the diferences between the M35 and the M35/40, as being mainly how they rimmed the vent. I don't know if you can tell by pics only. I still want one

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Political Correctness is intellectual fascism
NRA life member
583rd ORD Co/59 ORD BDE
Handorf FRG 1988-1990

Stinkpotpete, you are right, the difference between the M35 and the M40 were in the grommet around the vent holes. The M35 used a separate grommet that was pressed around the hole while the M40 was simplified by using a stamped boss around the hole. The M42 was the same as the M40 but was produced without the rolled rim around the edge of the shell. It is hard to tell just by a picture unless it is a very detailed close up on a clean shell.

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"The great object is, that every man be armed."
- Patrick Henry

"Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the people's liberty teeth ...... firearms everywhere restrains evil interference. When firearms go, all goes..."
GEORGE WASHINGTON

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Civil Defense helmet

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"The great object is, that every man be armed."
- Patrick Henry

"Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the people's liberty teeth ...... firearms everywhere restrains evil interference. When firearms go, all goes..."
GEORGE WASHINGTON