Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 10 days agoFord Motor Company once made helmets designed for the army.www.metmuseum.orgexternal-linkmessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up1111arrow-down10
arrow-up1111arrow-down1external-linkFord Motor Company once made helmets designed for the army.www.metmuseum.orgQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 10 days agomessage-square12linkfedilink
minus-squaretoo_high_for_this@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·9 days agoIt could stop shrapnel from shells. Artillery was responsible for the majority of casualties in WWI, not guns.
minus-square_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoFair point, even with guns there’s spall that can get you if the bullets hit something hard, but the fact that we don’t use this kind of design kinda highlights that it’s not worth the trade off of visibility vs protection.
It could stop shrapnel from shells. Artillery was responsible for the majority of casualties in WWI, not guns.
Fair point, even with guns there’s spall that can get you if the bullets hit something hard, but the fact that we don’t use this kind of design kinda highlights that it’s not worth the trade off of visibility vs protection.