Protecting the American Warrior: Helmets and Body Armor 1917 - 2015 | Collector's & History Corner
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Protecting the American Warrior | Helmets and Body Armor of the 20th and 21st Century.
The use and implementation of helmets and body armor for American Forces was first utilized in the early 20th century. Helmets for the Americans began during World War 1 where the British Brodie helmet was adopted by the American Forces. The Americans coming over to fight the Central Powers in Europe also used the French Adrian helmet, but this was only specific to African American soldiers like the 369th Infantry Regiment (aka Harlem Hellfighters). Prior to WW1, American soldiers were only protected by a layer of thin cloth from their campaign hats.
After WW1, the Americans retrofitted existing British Brodie helmets with new linings for durability and comfort which became the M1917A1 Kelly helmets. The Kelly helmets immediately were phased out when the M1 helmets were being produced during the onset of World War 2.
The M1 helmets was vastly an important head gear and tool for the American soldier or Marine. It protected the individual from raining debris and shrapnel, but it was not bullet proof. The M1 helmet was not intended to stop bullets as many would believe. The M1 helmet soldiered on after WW2, the Korean War, Vietnam, Grenada, and up until the end of the Cold War in the 1980s. The M1 helmet can still be found in some places today within the Navy on board seafaring vessels.
The M1 helmet was then phased out for the PASGT (Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops) helmet and the MICH (Modular Integrated Communications) helmet. These helmets offer better protection to the soldier, airmen, Marine, and SOF operator in the field today.
Similarly, body armor to the American Warrior also started in the 20th century especially to bomber crews during WW2. Like the helmets, body armor for the American Forces evolved through the years. From flak vests, to nylon, to kevlar, and now to impact armor plates, the survivability to the wearer has increased substantially.
***CORRECTION:
Today's body armor that a US Army soldier carries weighs 33lbs and not 50lbs. With helmet, water and ammo, the total weight adds up to50 lbs.
Also the Steel Pot helmet was used as A) Cooking utensil, B) For bailing out your foxhole, C) Pillow, D) Driving tent stakes into the ground E) Emergency Latrine F) Protecting you from shrapnel and grenade fragments. It was never designed to stop bullets.
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One of the things we forgot was the heart shield in WW2! Many people who fought in WW2 were Christians. So this company designed a small slim holy bible, but the rather hard fabric cover, it had a sheet metal cover. So if a grenade went of nearby, or he was shot with low caliber handgun in the heart. The fragmentation or bullet would crash into the hard cover sheet metal, would have to make it through hundreds pages, and hopefully stopped the round or fragment from reaching the heart. It was put in a breast pocket near the heart in an attempt to protect the American soldier in WW2. Many scared mothers and fathers would send their sons those heart shields. I'm not sure how successful they were, but the idea was smart. The bible would even have something like "May this comfort and protect you" or "May this keep you safe from harm" engraved on the cover with a beautiful crucifix engraving. Many soldiers probably felt very confident having that with them. Not to mention there have been several times in battle where a bullet was stopped by a pocket bible. So to add a sheet metal hard cover was smart.
what company
Were there any accounts of that working?
Also forgot the original level III plate armour of Vietnam.
My great grand dad was with the 32nd ID on the island of luzon, him and his platoon captured general yamashita and marched him back to Manila to stand trial n watched him hang. He had one of these bibles. Then my grandfather (his son) carried it in nam, 3 separate troops have carried it in the middle east and one in Africa since then.
Similarly he UK around the time that kevlar armor was majorly implemented used a metal block to protect the heart as it was basically a one shot kill
Personal armor system ground troops. (Pasgt)
Cool collection. I have a couple interesting less common pieces that weren't on display here myself, an army M1952 vest (ballistic nylon, rather than fiberglass plates), a couple sets of rba, a chicken plate vest from vietnam for door gunners and a vietnam era variable body armor, which i think might have been the first "modern" ground infantry vest with rifle plates in it. It's kind of interesting because the plates themselves have webbing on them to be worn separately from the fragmentation carrier.
I’m a retired US Army Infantry NCO serving 1983-2009 and I was issued 3 types of helmets in my tour, I remember hating the Kevlar helmet as did the rest of us. I was in the Gulf War with D Co. 2/502 INF, 101 ABN and we wore regular black leather boots since there wasn’t enough desert boots to go around. We also wore the PASGT vest but no desert Camo cover. I had a spare vest that I sat on in our HMMWV since our biggest concern was land mines as a few vehicles encountered some while we were on the Iraqi border, having the batteries of the HMMWV coming through my butt wasn’t something I looked forward to. They issued us the digital Camo parka and pants which we wore in the winter time since it got damn cold at night.
When the 1st Armor Division deployed to Kuwait in April 2003, we were delayed a couple days waiting for IBA vests to arrive since they were new. We arrived in Iraq in 19 May 2003 and it was like being on Mars, it was an eerie scene. Oddly enough, us old salts didn’t particularly like the new ACH helmet since it barely covered the head, what’s next? A tea cup saucer? I was issued the older “Ranger plates” instead of SAPI plates for my IBA due to the low inventory and those things were a lot heavier than SAPI plates!
Thats a fine collection,mine is all british so its cool to see how our american friends cover up...thanks for sharing
Mines all german during the 20th century like ww1 and ww2 era.
+LennyFaceGuy i have a few european steel helmets,think there cool...only german kit i have is the 80's flektarn flak Vest,m56 stahlhelm,active service sleeping bag and a 80's vintage nbc suit
We've advanced since this video.
tumbo1984 oi m8 I know u
Nice.
When I was in the Marine Corps we didn't get those MICH Helmets till '08 but our version was called the LWH (LightWeight Helmet). We still had the PAGST helmets up until then. Also around that same time we switched from the Interceptor Body Armor to the Modular Tactical Vest(MTV). Funny thing is when I deployed to Afghanistan we left our MTVs back stateside and were issued Scalable Plate Carriers (SPC). which removes the kevlar and kept the SAPI plates. It deemed that mobility was more essential than protection.
The LWH was the PASGT but much better and lighter (same design shape but 10x more comfortable to wear)
Marines wore the steel part and kevlar vest in Beirut and Grenada.
Missing an RBA and IOTV as well as the KDH plate carrier. Also the butt pad he has on the UCP IBA wasn't issued with IBAs, it wasn't introduced until the IOTV.
Plus the USMC MTV, IMTV, and SPC.
sawyer lawrence and he had the groin protector on the dcu Camo interceptor vest wrong
anus
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who noticed a few finite details and errors lol. However in reference to your reply - I think the DCU Interceptor Vests had cock flaps on them. I'm not fully sure but I thought that they did. To my knowledge everything after the PASGT had a cock flap. It was just if you chose to attach it or not. Or even got issued one to begin with.
He's also missing all the M55s, M69, M1952A, BEAUR, variable, aircrew body armor and the CVC vest. So yeah a few to mention lol but it was a nice presentation.
with the intercepter vest he had it so the back of the vest was facing up
Excellent commentary! However, I don't believe that cooking in the "steel pot" would ruin the tempering because if there is food (liquid) in the helmet, the temperature of the helmet would not be able to exceed the boiling point of 212 degrees for the most part. That's why you can boil water in a paper cup in a fire - thanks.
that's my substitute teacher Mr Gurtski!
Lucky my sub just made fun of students Snd diddent teach anything
@@houstonhensley9324 sounds fun
@@TheBackpackingSailor I am seeing u everywhere
the m1 is freaking sexy!
frankie Aranda wtf
frankie Aranda wait I'm wearing an M1 in my pic XD
No the m16A1 is sexy
TNG BROS its about helmet not gun :3 (sorry for my bad English)
TNG BROS thats a rifle not a helmet lol
Missing the somalia era, steel plated “ranger style” armor.
Well the armor wasn't standard issue so it doesn't count for this video
Actually, no the British stayed with the 'Brodie' design but there's many many different variations, with different liners, chinstraps, and we created a new helmet by around 1944 called the turtle helmet
That pad on the back of your ACU vest called IBA ( individual body Armor)goes with the new armor system called IOTV. The new armor is not any cooler than the old vest you have, it just balances the weight better. I never Hurd that wege shaped flap called what you said. We called it primarily a groin protector, nut flap, or a dick protector. I was issued the deltoid protectors most commonly referred to as DAPS. I never wore them over seas in Iraq or Afghanistan. I never saw any one else where them either except on TV, never in real life.
I am sure Humvee gunnars would have worn the deltoids or people clearing houses atleast.
Interceptor Body Armor. Not individual
Working on putting together a 2004 US Army impression. More specifically, Battle of Sadr City. I just need to find an Interceptor within my price range.
Do you think offensive weapon development will surpass body armor in the future? Or will there be a need for developing something disruptive as fire arms were vs swords and melee weapons? Maybe rockets/RPG qualify?
What type of mich helmet was that with the acu digital camo
Which ACU digital? OCP or UCP?
Barack Saddam Hussein Obama bin Laden #Grammar Nazi he probably means ucp that's what civilians think it's called the ocp he would call multicam
Hexa
Not just civilian, I've seen cases of Soldiers calling UCP ACU.
what did the guy in the background say to the guy who was talking about the helmet at 2:16 ?
Jumpman Keel is like to know as well.
I think he said “they want you up there” but I’m not sure
This guy has some great one liners
or use it to shave my dad used it to shave in 1960 -1962 in Germany in the 14th armored division as a loader on a M52 105mm self propelled howitzer
I have a M1 helmet from Vietnam. A soldier really wore it during the Vietnam war. I don’t know his name sadly. It was built on July 1967. That’s it’s manufacturing date. (July 1967). (I can send a picture of it if you want.)
Digital Camouflage Helmet has a Torri for the Rakkasan my old unit. 1-187IN, 3BCT, 101st ABN DIV(AA).
I like how they completely missed the m55 flak… which was literally seen constantly in Vietnam unlike the 3/4th which was barley seen
The 3/4th was a army thing mainly used in a defensive role other than armored units.
So he was saying that sometimes soldiers would take out the front plate for mobility?
+William Tucker I was in the US Army for 10 years and served with many, many DS vets. I have never heard of anyone dropping their front plate.
Yeah, I thought it was the side or backs dropped but never the front.
The IBA w/ESAPI was OIF. Now the newest is the different plate carriers w/ESAPI.
I need that 6 color helmet and vest cover.
I will fight you for it. Lol
Umm on the OTV you have it backwards, and the helmet was still a PASGT.
Really love your guys videos keep it up!
Fun fact they used the steel pot was used up into desert storm but it was very rare
You sure? Unless they were part of coalition forces they never used the steel pot helmet I don’t even think any desert helmet covers were made for the steel pot you might be getting confused by the Iraqis, they wore a helmet that was based off of the m1 helmet that was made out of a bullet resistant material which didn’t really work at all but was effective against blunt force trauma and debris they also had helmets that looked very similar to the m1 helmet too
@@mixmaster2909 not everyone that went received desert camo in time... but anyone active duty in the us military had kevlar helmets by then.... although they still had the woodland camo pattern covers on them. 🤷♂️
Tourniquet is usually pronounced as 'torny kay' not as 'turnikit'.
It's like the name 'Renault', it's pronounced as 'ren oh' but some people think that it is called 'ren holt'.
try and get your hands on the army plate carrier, or new IOTV Gen 4
What's kind of interesting is that before the Brodie helmet was adopted by the US as well, they almost adopted this one:
nuke.combat-helmets.com/Default.aspx?tabid=210
Called the EXPERIMENTAL N°2 "DEEP SALADE", it was adopted by the AEF but then rejected because it looked too much like the German Stahlhelm.
I suppose the idea of also being (accidentally) shot at by the rest of the allied forces didn't exactly appeal to the army brass.
We could great increase the protection of all our armor - vehicular and personal - by adding a few layers of graphene, with negligible increase in weight. It's the Holy Grail of armor protection!
@10:00 That IBA, Interceptor Body Armor, to me was the WORST Armor I've ever had. We finally switched to the IOTV in late 2007, early 2008. All the weight was on the shoulder, no real adjustment
Who is Gurski? (if you don't mind me asking)
You missing the part when the marines were using the matv body armor and switched to the plate carrier
Cool video but what about the marines flaks? Especially Korea to Vietnam
The 3 color iba makes me jealous I wanted one of those
the presentation of the 2nd to the last set, to me you made it seem like it was only isseued 1 plate of protection, when of course that wasnt the case, what military only provides one face of protectiob, other then that great video
Brandon x actually sometimes that was the case. During the Gulf war and invasion of Iraq, ground troops weren't logistical prepared. Not everybody had plates and some only had one plate because they were told to hand the other one in. NBC gear was issued in woodland even though they were fighting in the desert.
The poor bastards in the black hawk down situation thought that taking out their backplates was a good idea, it wasn't.
Very cool
Kevlar 'chocate chip' pattern
The ww2 steel pot had swivel bails. I'm pretty sure originals had fixed bails.
Nope. The swivel bale began to show up in early 1943, so swivel bales are still very WWII. Fixed bale was pre-mid war.
sorry! i got it mixed up
Patrick Williams Don't worry about it, happens to the best of us :P
Swivel bales started being seen in late 1944 😂 even then in short quantities. They were not being issued in 1943 at all. Fixed bales were far more widely used throughout the entire war
I found that hsi collection was interesteing, but little on information. THe early body armour were nothing but fragmentaion protection. It wasn't till the US SF started using modern body armpour did we see bullet protection. the Clasificatrion of protection from projectils is called "Class" these range from 2, 2a, 3, 3a, in soft armour (WIll stop handguns up to a 35 with the Class 3A" to hard armour "Plates", in classes 4, 5 etc.. the first Issue meldes were the RBA (Ranger Body Armour) that was used by the Ranger Regt, first seen in the famous Battle of Mogadishu, or Black Hawk Down story by Mark Bowden. The Rangers wore woodland camo, class 3A vest with Plates that protected from small arms up til 7.62 (308 Cal) ammunition. The Army started issueng the same Body Armour to units that participated in the War in Bosnia. Also during this time the Maries were being issued a version that had a quick release in case of accidents over water. This was due to several accidents where Maries drowed because of the body armour. Afterwards there was the developement of the IBA Individual Body Army, which was the 3 colour camo pattern vest he had displayed backwards on teh table. No one was issed only one plate. Now if a solider only wore one plaate, then he wasn't a smart soldier. This Body Armour was made famous and used during the Invasion and fighting in Iraq and Afganistan. There were problems due to not every soldier getting issued body armour. But in the end everyone was issued it. Afterwards, the US Army developed the version fo Body Armour that he had on the chair in teh Digital (OCP) camo pattern. This is a complete body armour sytem that was designed to protect a soldier more fully. But only non-combatant or verhicle crews wore it because of it's bulk, size and weight. The US Army has changed camo patterns again to the current Multicam /Scorpion/UCP patterns. the body armour is the same as the previous version which you saw on the chair. Helmets have chaged across the boart, and although the protection that has been added sionce the PASGT Helmet came out in the early 80's and used by unsits liek the 82d Airborne Div. in Grenada. the current issue MICH is a lighter version with trhe same level (Class) of protection. Another differnce in the hard plates are the amouts of impacts they can have. The current issue plates can handle two impacts from small arms fire. The Speical FOrces have used body armour longer and have mosty purchaced it through the open market, this allowing them to have better and lighter armour. Delta Force and the SEALs have been wearing Body Armour for almost 40 years now. or since they were developed. THe US Army SF change often their brands of Body Armour, but i knwo that resently they were still using Crye Pression BA. They have also began using other brands of lighter helmets that allow them to wear communication and hearing protection along with night vision. lights, and strobe lights. The Combat Crews in the USMC have also been using full body protection (Armour) coveralls since IED probelms in Iraq and A-Stan. And we are now seeing panels that can be worn over the legs with MOLLE/PALS webbing that can support drop leg pouches and holsters. Gloves have changed alnog with uniforms. The current combat uniforms are Fire Resistant. And tody a soldier can expect to wear a full fire resistant uniform, from head to toe. The Navel Seals Seal Team 6 used special sheaths for their body armour vest that protected them from water, as water can case a 30% drop in protection, combined with a flotation device. JUst slipped the vest panels inside and wore like a noremal vest. There is much more that can be added, but I though I would through in this little peace of information as I found the gentleman wasn't clear nor complete in his information. To add another point in WW1, the Germans developed armour steel plates to be worn over the torso aliong with face shields. ANd it has been found that the first known body armour was used by Alexander the Great, and it was a composite body armoutr that protected against arrows.
Mike Box actually, no. During Vietnam ceramic ballistic plates that could stop 7.62 were issued to helicopter crews and in small quantities to ground troops.
The flak jacket you have for the Viet Nam war is an army issue. We Marines had a different type with plates sewn in and it was horrible to wear. We HAD to wear it. It was heavy and very hot.
USMC issued the ones made for Korea.Making do with old equipment is a Marine heritage.(03 Springfields at Guadalcanal)
@@stang3787 you guys really need a decent budget separate from the navy. As an army scout it's even hard for me to stomach.. kinda pisses me off how they're treated. Some of the best trained in the world sent out with obsolete shit.
@@pickolascage1283 I am a soldier, not a Marine, but I appreciate your comment. Some Marine Generals were extra proud that they kept costs down by using equipment the Army didn't want or believed was obsolete or no longer functional.
@@stang3787 roger, understood. They do get the shitty end of the stick sometimes tho.
In Russua soldiers have no protection and no mobility
What about more modern marine body armor?
2 reasons number 1 they’re expensive as shit number 2 you’re not really supposed to get gear the military is currently using the military will regulate it up the ass because chances are if you can get the gear the enemy can too
The M1 steel pot
I have an m1 pot from the 80s and is a back swivel bale and the chin strap has an extra strap that loops into the bail and connects to another strap, were these used a lot, or did I find an rare helmet?!
The thing are government is doing how do I need to ask for my suit so I feel save going out of my house
Brodie helmet not bullet proof it’s only for nearby explosions and debris coming down Britain did not had that helmet until now the British did not had head protection they only wear hat like cloth but till now they have it it only the good thing that when someone trying to shoot you in the head with the helmet on it’s horrible the good thing is the helmet being scratch so your basically ok
Chocolate chip... But when I saw the writing it shows chocate chip... 😀😆😂🤣😭... I sometimes do that on emails or text.
but it's not only green
armor didn't disapear because bullets penetrated it, a decent full plate woud stand a lead ball easily. the reason is that armies were changing from a feudal standard of a knights with their peadants into a conscript troops. A knight would care to get himself the best gear money can buy, but you wouls not take the troble to purcase anithing like that for a conscripted peasant, besides a gun and a uniform, because you have got tens of thousands of them, buing less gear you can afford more guns. numbers matter
Grenada not Grenadem
And now they have plate carriers
Didn’t wear “infidel” patches “over their”..... funny, I had one on my armor carrier, he’ll I had Infidel on my dog tags as my religion....
As a Muslim when I join the British ay and if I get sent to a Middle East place I would put an infidel patch on just to piss off the enemy
70 lbs fuck that...
Nick Mckeehan me dying fuck that
"Prior to WWI, there were no such things as helmets or body armor".
Medieval knights, Samurai, etc: Am I a joke to u?
US
they did not would
Human tank
Now we need powered exoskeletons to help guys carry their armor, stuff (water, cooling/heating equipment, food, first aid, communications) and a heavy 15-20mm gun to fight other guys in body armor.
And...... done.
Railguns and similar inventions will make armor useless again.
I doubt most of the terrorist forces out there will be able to get their hands on that level of technology for a long time after it's invented.
I think things like drones are going to make armor obsolete as you won't need actual humans to fight wars anymore.
Steven Clark unless you are fighting russians
Why don’t they make diamond gear cause only diamonds can break diamonds
Lots of things can break diamonds. If you meant cut, then yes, diamonds can cut diamonds. Even if they could be made large enough to be useful for protection, the cost would be ear bleedingly expensive.
@@ptonpc made that comment a year ago and it was a joke my friend
@@donnie6313 No worries
I have 3 helmets, 1 steel pot Korea w/ cover and 2 vietnam steel pots messages if you wanna buy I also have uniforms
do you even ship to the Old Continent? :D
The guy is wrong on a lot of his history plus the info on the mich helmets. Which are now advanced combat helmet. Also that iba is setup way wrorng. No combat shirts ARE NOT like a tshirt. Sooooo much wrong info. I wear this stuff on the daily.
Care to elaborate?
It’s called being a soldier when you’re out there in the field you don’t have time to memorize all these technical terms thats why ARMY soldiers called it UCP-useless camouflage pattern and why US soldiers called planes flying out of Vietnam “freedom birds” the very fact that you made this comment makes me think you are just a collector who isn’t too keen on military lingo, and airsofter or just someone who is talking out of your ass
Cotton and a Quran for protection
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@@freshfrozen3035 See 7:34
Oh😂
This guy sounds like he knows everything from books and POGs (personel other than grunt) in the army we never used half that shit just the IOTV (vest) without all those daps on it and the ACH
Quartermaster didn‘t give me this helmet, *GOD* did
Der Boi actually either American Radiator co. or Schutler gave it to him
Der Boi and why do you have god in bold
Achtung probably to imply emphasis
@@hochspannunglebensgefahr5339 wtf you on about?
@@nicgur_6981 “wtf you on about”
1. None of your business. I am not morally obligated to tell you, you have no reason to care
2. It’s quite obvious, you shouldn’t have to ask in the first place
3. You’re replying to a 3 year old comment. Get a life (for the past 3 reasons, not just this one)
PASGT stands for personnel armor system for ground troops, MICH stands for modular integrated combat helmet and ACH stands for advanced combat helmet
"Vietnam Error" lol. Sort of was
Doug Swink I see you watch lindybeige :)
Doug Swink well the flak vest was not a good defense against spandau
Smartphone Gamer Its cool to see the "joke" went over your head.
@@codymcdaniel1151 whoooosh
We used 90's era old army vests, helmets, those square first aid kits in the navy all in the 2000s. this makes me feel old. I thought that was modern equipment back then.
I wouldn't call the PASGT vest cover 'quick' to slip on, but it does indeed slip on.
Something to consider: The gentleman speaking in the video stated the reason armor went out of use during the middle ages was because bullet penetrated the armor. This is only a part of the reason, and not entirely accurate. Many, many cuirasses were able to withstand pistol and various small arms fire of the day. They were often shot as part of the "proof" process. While it is true that at closer ranges small arms could penetrate most of this armor, I would say that economics was a larger factor. Why have one armored knight when you can equip 4-6 foot soldiers with firearms that are going be be more lethal, if less protected, for the same cost? Besides that point, I enjoyed the quick look at these protective systems.
+John McClendon Also consider the metallurgy of the armor, the bullet and its weight, the powder behind the bullet, the logistics of providing armor and maintenance in the field, and in cases in WW1, the downfalls of carrying such armor across the muddy battlefields.
There was a few efforts during WWII to provide sufficient body protection: The Canadian medics used a few steel british belly plates and back plates, not to mention the SN-42 which was highly liked by the engineers who were often under constant fire and last of all the Japanese used a few steel plate designs which are not easy to find good sources.
You're dumb learn to speak properly kid.
1 pilot of Prussian Empire during WW1 wore a very late era Maximilian style armour breastplate and was shot 4 times and survived, the piece is currently kept in The Germanisches Nationalmuseum
Ignoring plates, there was also soft armor available, normally heavy silk.
I wore the PSAGT Kevlar non desert camo version, we in the Seabees weren't issued desert camo. Awesome video thanks so much for the info, brings back lots of great memories.
I served in a smaller european army about 10 years ago and we had those exact forest camo PASGT vests. Not every country can afford the latest and greatest gear.
Which country?
Wore the M-1 Steel Pot until Late 1983-83. Three C’s: Chit, Chower, Chave! Cook also🙁 wore the Vest into 1983, had to DEMILITARIZE Them with Field Mess Kit Knives, all we had!
PASGT for life
Excellent presentation. Thank you, sir.
The magazine belt should be reconfigured to make the bullets magazines serve as additional protective shell on top of the body armor. It would have a positive psychological boost if most of the upper chest and most of the abdomen area are covered. There could be magazine pockets for the upper thighs and arms, too.
Guys in the field are already wearing armor that can stop multiple AK rounds specifically the plate carriers guys already have to carry about 80+ pounds of gear depending on what mission they’re on adding more magazines and armor on your body will only reduce mobility and might actually get a soldier killed so in theory it might actually do the opposite
why dont we just use bulletproof glass as a armor plate?😂
Kevlar is superior to bulletproof glass
Some one should do "Cooking with m1 helmet"
In case of body armor the history returns. We can see the same evolution in the Middle age, they were bad protected and they build heavier and heavier armor, to protect them against fire weapons. Til they realized, that they can’t fight in to heavy armor. So they took less armor and start focusing on speed and this evolution was til WW1 then the militaries started to make helmets again and later body armor, too. And they make weapons which can penetrate these and make heavier armor. But f.e. special units focus on speed again.
I think, we will build mechanized body armor, so the soldier don’t need muscles anymore, or the history returns again
Thats exactly describes the evolution of of usmc body armor over the last 2 decades. IBA to MTV, Marines wanted something lighter so the scalable plate carrier was introduced and issued concurrently with the MTV, MTV and SPC are then replaced by the IMTV and the IMTV plate carrier, USMC stops issuing the vest version and only issues the plate carrier, and it is currently being replaced by the pc gen 3
Regading 4:18, PASGT is the acronym which means Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops.
The First model of kevlar helmet adopted was Also called "Fritz", it's the name that US soldier gave to the model 38/40/42 of the german "stalhelm", they gave similari design so Fritz for the win!
00:18 prior to ww1 there was no such thing as body armor and helmets
You ever heard of a knight
Skersaroony
_Ballistic_ body armour and helmets
@@pcarrierorange There was armour capable ot stopping common pistols berore WW1.
_Cuirassier_ still active at the beginning of ww1
The helmets were introduced in wwi on the western front to stop cods of dirt thrown in the air by explosives falling on soldiers heads and killing them. Aussie and New Zealand soldiers in Vietnam didn’t usually wear body armour and helmets. Too hot and heavy.
Good video. I was the quality control person for the 1968 & 1969 Vietnam era helmets (#6521) made by Dana Corporation at their Trenton, Michigan, factory. When I worked there both the materials and the manufacturing process were classified. From what I understand that info is now in the public domain.
It’s a steel helmet, not that complicated, why was it classified? Every single country on earth that had a standing army had the capability to stamp sheet steel and temper it.
You're looking at the interceptor vest backwards, and it has plate pockets in both the front and back. When you first get to it in the video, you're looking at the back.
i love my plate carrier stops everything up to 7.62x59 that covers about 80 percent
Mine stop 308
Ive probaly watched this 6 times already
2:48
Once tested firing 9mm and .45acp onto an M1 shell at about 10 meters. Deformed, but no penetration.
Really tired of this guys snide coments on the USMC.
what snide remarks?
They are lamnating my head now using alot of glue and paper please help me save my life!
They are stabbing me snd vutting me please help me
Just trying to check this out before I get drafted
Just a bit short, I was wearing a plate carrier and not a full ibas in 2008
7:10 the protector of the future generations of American soldiers 😂
78th Fort Dix. Lighting tomatos always in my heart. Greetings from Germany.
American Warrior?! Doesn't that include any warrior who happens to be American? I mean he could be fighting for the Taliban and still be an American warrior! What you should've used is US Armed Forces Personnel or G.Is
Prior to WW1,no body armour?
So i guess he has never heard of medieval knights or Samurai from feudal Japan?
Pretty sure he is speaking on the American side, not the Scottish/Irish/Japanese ect
@@JDMilitaria true.Tbh,i was being a bit sarcastic but didn't mean to be a smart ass.
@@ninjamaster7724 oh sorry, I didn't realise my bad
Glad you guys settled your spat calm like
Or buff coats.